Research scientist @CAPublicHealth. Previously UC Davis. Always trying to learn something new. #rstats #openscience. Views are my own.
Davis, CA
Joined April 2017
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Here is one (unexpected) way to share that our new paper was recently published! @oakeslisa ucdavis.edu/news/babies-reme…
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I can't remember the last time I renamed variables manually in #rstats. I always use my data dictionary for renaming! That way, if I ever need to update names in the future, I'm only updating once in my data dictionary, not in both my data dictionary and script. 🙌
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#RStats people, we gotta reign in these package names. It’s difficult enough to explain to a 70+ y/o government IT employee why I need to install a benign R package, it’s harder when the name of that package is {juicyjuice} 🤦♂️
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Do you like hip hop, data science, or both? If the answer to any of these questions is “yes”, you should check out my first blog post. My goal in starting up this blog is to have fun, flex my data science skills, learn and teach R, and seek answers to real-world questions that
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🚨 New paper out in Child Development! “Delay of gratification and adult outcomes: The marshmallow test does not reliably predict adult functioning” 🧵
doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14129
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Introducing Meta Segment Anything Model 2 (SAM 2) — the first unified model for real-time, promptable object segmentation in images & videos.
SAM 2 is available today under Apache 2.0 so that anyone can use it to build their own experiences
Details ➡️ go.fb.me/p749s5
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Looking for a standardized list of steps for cleaning data for the purposes of data sharing? I've got a checklist for you! Each step explained in detail here: datamgmtinedresearch.com/cle…
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I have added this opinion that power analysis is meaningless to my quick checks if someone lacks expertise in statistics (another quick check is not knowing how p-values are distributed under the null). We power for the smallest effect we care about online.ucpress.edu/collabra/…
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I would love to organize a symposium for #SRCD25 ! I’m thinking it will be focused on diverse language experiences + cognitive development, broadly speaking. This can include bilingual environments (sign and spoken). Anyone interested let me know 🤩
The Call for Submissions for #SRCD25 is now open! The SRCD 2025 Biennial Meeting will be held on May 1-3,2025, in person in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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dplyr::anti_join(), always there to help me quickly figure out who is missing from a dataset.🌟 #rstats
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✨New paper co-led w/ @mellwoodlowe out now! Here we bridge the emerging strength-based science of poverty to developmental cognitive neuroscience, and ultimately towards more humanistic, sensitive, & respectful policies that foster children’s thriving.🪡
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Infants & toddlers & preschoolers, oh my!
Come check out my poster today (P3-150) at #CDS2024 to find out more about what 4-48-month-olds are looking at in naturalistic scenes and how it is changing over age.
See below for our published findings on the infant data! – at Pasadena, CA
NEW PAPER:
doi.org/10.1111/infa.12582
Q: Adults attend to locally meaningful regions in naturalistic scenes. Do infants?
A: Yes!
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Study from @ucdavis reveals new take on visual development in babies. #NEIfunded Watch the video and read more: bit.ly/3vbKIRs
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Can't believe I get to share this news: #WhyWeRemember has landed on the @nytimesbooks #bestsellers list in its first week. Thank you again to everyone who made this dream come true!
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It took a few *years* for this to get written and accepted … but it’s a great paper and you should read and recommend it!
“Underpowered to detect what?” should be the first question to anyone who says a “study” is underpowered journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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Are you a current grad student in the Social Sciences looking for internships outside of academia? Here are some paid internships I encountered that could be of interest:
linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…
#phdlife #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter
ALT Looking for internships? I am trying to gather as many opportunities as possible for those completing a PhD in the Social Sciences. I hope it helps some of you in this journey! - Dr. J
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New podcast episode on #AI and the #brain. Watch at youtu.be/KA3Vpacfx3I. Thanks to Invisible Machines and @uxmag.
🤔 Ever wondered about the uncanny similarities between our brain's predictive algorithms and those powering AI models? 🧠
Join the conversation on Invisible Machines as renowned psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett!
buff.ly/3UoRJIO
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If you like my work and think we could learn from each other and have fun doing research together, Marie Curie postdoctoral applications will soon open and my university has wonderful support for writing one. Write me a mail explaining your idea and why we'd match! 1/
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A new version (v1.6) of #tidycensus, your #rstats package for working with @uscensusbureau demographic / geographic data, is now up on CRAN!
Highlights include:
📊 Full support for the 2022 ACS data, including the 2018-2022 5-year ACS PUMS (just released today!);
📊 Support for the 118th Congress in both the decennial Census datasets (`sumfile = "cd118"`) as well as the ACS
Update / install today with `install.packages("tidycensus")`
Want to learn more? My book Analyzing US Census Data is a great place to get started: walker-data.com/census-r
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As a reminder, you can export data frames to individual spreadsheet tabs using the {openxlsx} package! #rstats
