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How many stats 101 ‘rules’ are anything but? A nice, simple explanation of why heteroscedastity is mainly an issue for OLS when using small data sets with the simple standard error.

Good description of the ‘intricate’ methodologies and poorly structured lit reviews that ‘delve’ into a topic neither the student nor I are interested in. Sentences (and the odd paragraph) *seem* to make sense but are really, really dull. The whole is a hot mess.

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The combination of Quarto and the #pyodide extension for learners is 💯! Students wanting to familiarise themselves with Python Software Foundation #python can do everything in the browser without even needing Jupyter now! Eg. jreades.github.io/code-camp/

Do you use large textual data and models to answer geographical research questions? We have a job for you👇 This is part of our new Smart Data Research UK project: An Atlas of Economic Activities in the UK: Tapping into Web Archives for Social Science Research’. jobs.ac.uk/job/DIG848/sen…

Good thread on housing data and good questions/comments too!

Bumper year for UCL CASA: huge congratulations to Prof of Cities and Networks Neave O'Clery and Prof of Economic Geography Max Nathan together with new Associate Profs Esra Suel and Duncan A Smith News: ucl.ac.uk/human-resource…

Well this is depressing: number of girls in England taking computing GCSE plummets. My *guess* is that fall will be less pronounced where better-trained and -resourced teachers are found. And where will that be? 🤔 theguardian.com/technology/art…

🚨Job Alert!🚨 We have a 2-year post-doc opportunity at UCL CASA with me, Adam Dennett, Gerry Casey, and Anna Sterrantino Our ESRC project with The Alan Turing Institute will develop methods and data to support an equitable transition to net-zero. More info 👉 ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

Taylor & Francis sells access to academic research they’ve published to Microsoft AI. thebookseller.com/news/academic-…

I am finding these opening ceremonies quite… perplexing. This feels like a long-form version of No Context French. I bloody lived there and speak fluent French and have no clue what is going on.

Am a long way from being first to say this: algorithms that optimise for, say, time of user are a choice to privilege one set of outcomes at the expense of others. Benefits of that choice may then accrue to one group (which sees it as ‘natural’) at the expense of others.

New *open* UK points of interest dataset from the CDRC (which should be funded forever, great work) - over 2 million categorised POI points 👏 and released as a single, ready-to-use gpkg file 🥳 data.cdrc.ac.uk/dataset/point-…

👀 Max Nathan

News flash: pretty much everything predicted by academics has happened and architects of ‘HE market’ continue to try meld the worst aspects of markets and non-markets through tinkering at the margins.

.Hackney Council: have now twice nearly been run over by vehicles at this ‘upgraded’ junction despite being in the crossing. Drivers either don’t understand (bad signage) or don’t care (wasn’t a problem b4). Someone will die/SI if you don’t fix it soon. Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan

Data relating to 373 #BTR developments in #London shows that developments are clustered where transport-related infrastructural investments have opened '#RentGaps' that can be exploited by developers ow.ly/n5SR50Tzl5H Dr Bonnie Buyuklieva Adam Dennett Jon Reades @jreades.🦋.social Phil Hubbard

At MIT Urban Planning @mitdusp.bsky.social and MIT Schwarzman College of Computing we are thrilled to announce a TT position seeking an Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, Computing, and Health of the Planet (see here apply.interfolio.com/156251). I wanted to make a 🧵to explain a bit about what we are looking for… 1/16

Join the CASA team! We're recruiting a part-time, early career research assistant to work on an EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account award-funded project, investigating the decline in West Midlands fire & rescue services. Read more & apply by 10 December: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…