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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

You're a jerk for making me learn new things all the time. I appreciate it.

Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Fascinating. The concept of the treatment as a function could have broad implications. I wonder how, in practice, the estimates would differ from the "same" process otherwise conceptualized with (penalized) splines.

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Hey @apnews.com, I can fix the headline for you: "US Carries Out Another Extra-Judicial Execution Killing 6 Unknown People, Trump Says"

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

It was bad enough when politicians were proposing bleach to treat COVID-19. But to actually change the label on acetaminophen?!? “Kennedy said that the F.D.A. would issue a note to doctors about the risk of acetaminophen during pregnancy and begin the process to make a safety change on the label.”

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Update from Christina Jewett

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Noah Greifer @noahgreifer.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

References for the above, since these papers are not well known, but should be: King et al (2017): doi.org/10.1111/ajps... Huling & Mak (2024): doi.org/10.1515/jci-... Cho et al (2013): doi.org/10.1111/stan...

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

My pain point, the RStan viewer doesn't work 😥😥😥

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

It's a legitimate way to measure metabolism. It has higher error than actual direct or indirect calorimetry, but it's "fine" at scale. Haven't read the rest of paper yet...

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

ChatGPT is far better at being my personal mixologist than writing R stats code. #statsky #episky

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Still debating if this is worth a full blog post with reproducible code. Let me know if you'd read it and find it useful...

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

"Central Limit Theorem tells us that we only need to use Gaussian Models!" Um, Maybe? I guess if you have infinite data and/or don't care about inference at all. Those of us that want to efficiently detect differences with constrained data need to though... #statsky

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

I have a 6 and 8 year old. English irritates them to no end because of things like this.

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I had someone ask recently if I did a sensitivity analysis recently and literally had to ask "sensitive to what?" If you want a sensitivity analysis to every analytical decision I make, you're in for a long presentation!

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Science is NOT self-correcting. The arc of the moral universe does NOT bend toward justice. The second Law of Thermodynamics states that an isolated system will only either increase randomness or stay the same, not become more orderly. It requires us to put in energy to see defined change.

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Please post when there is a preprint or something citable! I have a paper currently under review where it may be helpful. I love me a tensor spline interaction.

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Should transgender athletes compete with cisgender athletes in sport? I don't know. There are more Opinions, Position Stands, & Reviews than Original Research. The Original Research out there, is HIGHLY confounded, full of garbage, and invalid statistical analyses.

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

This was discussed elsewhere, I think it's a philosophical difference. I'd argue the other way around, how would you know what outcome is meaningful if you don't understand the system? You don't design a drug without a planned cellular target.

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Haha, I've heard the purpose of data science is to confirm choices the C-suite have already made...

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

It's just hard to toe the line between using words normal people understand and being totally wrong in describing what's going on.

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

😂 It's the C-suite, the last step is always implied. But yeah, I think my boss just wants something for a PPT saying "look! The magic has a process you understand!" because the actual analysis plan requires a PhD in statistics and lots post doc learning to get.

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

They requested a figure. I think part of the idea is just to show that we have a process, it takes many steps to do well. It's accompanied by a 10 page statistical analysis plan they won't likely read or understand if they did.

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

FEEDBACK REQUESTED! I've been tasked with developing a general flow chart for C-suite stakeholders on the process for planned observational causal inference work. I want the figure to be as correct as possible, fit on a Powerpoint slide, and be written for a layperson. Thoughts #statsky #episky?

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Basically true for every field. Unfortunately, some fields are worse about this than others.

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

To the paper itself, I tend to agree with your points. Also that while they put in a TON of work, it is still a small sample and we don't know how representative it was. Side note that means nothing: I was asked to review the paper and declined due to lack of time.

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

I have many feelings about the actual work, but my largest thought it that whatever hot air Ross puts on a podcast is not worth my time. Dude is all bravado and not substance.

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Don't categorize continuous variables. #statsky

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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Weird how Stanford Professor and "world's most cited epidemiologist" John Ionnidis can crank out a paper every 3 days and write bmj blog posts about science Kardashians, but is mute on all of this.

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Frank Harrell @f2harrell.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

A senior machine learning expert at @stanforduniversity.bsky.social once interrupted a lecture of mine saying that #MachineLearning does not need a minimum sample size. I almost didn't know what to say. Almost.

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Any chance of any indy podcast in the future for us old folks that don't use YouTube?

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

While I know Gordon Guyatt has a lot of citations, either the dude is using really bad AI or has limited vocabulary and a huge ego about his work. I couldn't help myself. #statsky #episky

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Headline: "CONSUMER CONFIDENCE SURGES!" Actual data (see picture). Nice to know we're all embellishing findings and it's not unique to a field.

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

This is all VERY field specific. I'm seeing Pharma moving away from their traditional SAS and more towards R. There are aspects of Life Sciences using Python but I'd be shocked if R weren't the predominant language in Life Sciences in 15 years.

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Nice! I went with a pellet grill. I'm ready for Dino ribs already.

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Just bought a smoker. All future posts will now be about smoked meats, not statistics or sport. Be prepared.

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

My favorite pizza restaurant now adds a 10% tariff surcharge.

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Glam journals publish flashy findings. Subject-matter journals publish the real evidence. Does Jet Lag cause changes in team sport performance? Find out soon... #statsky #episky

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Yeah, I agree with the last point (something I put in my own papers)... but this is like saying we should never have movies because we can have books. There's no problem having both.

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Lord, I hope she's primaried by someone who does more vanilla photo ops.

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Matt Tenan PhD ATC @tenanatc.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

If you ever want to write "primer on estimands for jocks" at a high Impact journal I'm more than happy to facilitate (I'm an editor).

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