Dr Daniel Knowles

Ex-Academic, current analyst // Stats person // PhD in Snack Consumption and Proximity Effect // Tweets in a Personal Capacity //

[Dr Daniel Knowles @DrDKnowles]

Happy to share the findings of my second and third #PhD studies on Effort and Salience within the Proximity Effect, published in #Appetite. I previously presented these findings separately at @UKSBM and @BFDGnews conferences. Three down two to go!

https://t.co/XzLeU0BJK5

[Dr Daniel Knowles @DrDKnowles]

@YWHelp @YorkshireWater Glad to see you've made an attempt to fix the issue I reported yesterday morning -_- water still flooding out for over 36 hours.

#S6 Hillsborough, Middlewood Road

Please fix. This isn't what we way extortionate water bills for.

@HillsboroGreens

[CRG @Cantrushit]

Boomers five years ago: “I DO NOT CONSENT TO MY IMAGE OR POSTS BEING USED BY MARK ZUCKERBERG FOR META, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, OR WHATSAPP TO SELL MY DATA. Like and share if you agree!”

Boomers today, for some reason: “hey I just uploaded all your baby pictures to ChatGPT and you and all your cousins look like penguins isn’t this cute I’m uploading all the grandkids next”

[Dr Daniel Knowles @DrDKnowles]

@SY_Supertram 17:47 or 17:49 yellow to Middlewood from Cathedral - said it was coming on the board, pulled up to cathedral, dropped off the gone back to Cricket Inn Road. Why did it change and not go all the way through to Middlewood as planned?

[Dr Daniel Knowles @DrDKnowles]

@benrileysmith @Telegraph A lot of people, people who this could benefit most, don't have the available disposable income to put into ISA's :/

[Dr Daniel Knowles @DrDKnowles]

@YWHelp Hi - this is near house number 51

[Dr Daniel Knowles @DrDKnowles]

@YWHelp the "report a leak" link isn't working - there's been a continuous leak for the last few days on Overton Road, S6.

Are you aware, and is this planned to be fixed, thanks

[Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics]

This is NOT a left right issue

[Dr Daniel Knowles @DrDKnowles]

@olivercoppard @Mat_Man_Miracle @SY_Supertram https://t.co/x7zgBQk7xZ?

[Supertram, South Yorkshire's Transport @SY_Supertram]

@thomas_tom1449 Sorry Thomas if you are affected. This is due to Driver availability

[Joachim Schork @JoachimSchork]

The dplyr package is essential for data manipulation, making it easy to transform and clean data.

I've created an extensive playlist with over 80 video tutorials to help you master this tool: https://t.co/XZT3v5lOJu

Here are some highlights of the dplyr package:

✔️ Simple Syntax: Use straightforward verbs like select(), filter(), mutate(), summarize(), and arrange() to manipulate data sets.
✔️ Efficient Performance: dplyr optimizes performance, ensuring fast data processing.
✔️ Chaining Functions: The %>% operator allows you to chain multiple functions, creating readable and concise code.

I've also developed an extensive online course on "Data Manipulation in R Using dplyr & the tidyverse," which explains these and many other related topics.

Learn more by visiting this link: https://t.co/dCT2uwurEh

#DataAnalytics #RStudio #RStats #DataScience #coding

[Richard Hanania @RichardHanania]

Strong evidence showing that getting a PhD is extremely bad for your mental health.

A new paper uses Swedish medical records and matches them to the full population of PhD students for which the authors could get gender and birth year data from 2006 to 2017. After some exclusion criteria, they end up with a sample size of 20,085 individuals.

The paper compares PhD students to those who have masters degrees and don't start a PhD program.

Before starting a PhD program, people who stop at a masters and those who go on to seek a PhD have similar rates of psychiatric medication use and hospitalization.

A few years into a PhD program, however, 40% more individuals are on psychiatric medications, before the number falls off as people leave or finish their studies.

You see the same pattern with psychiatric hospitalizations. PhD students are up to 150-175% more likely to be hospitalized after starting a program!

These are incredible numbers, too massive to be the result of chance or a flaw in the methodology. This is comparing the same people over time.

If you're considering a PhD program, and the terrible job prospects and waste of time aren't enough, here's yet another reason to stay away.

[Dr Daniel Knowles @DrDKnowles]

@TramlinesInfo Why is the "no pass outs" restriction still in place? Especially for residents, thanks

[YouGov @YouGov]

How Britain voted in 2024: our study of 35,000 voters conducted since the election breaks down the election result by age, gender, education, past vote and a host of other factors 👇

https://t.co/id0HeqC8A1

[Dr Daniel Knowles @DrDKnowles]

@RJalil Wait, no Bellingham? :O

[Dr Daniel Knowles @DrDKnowles]

@SY_Supertram @spidey_simp Isn't this a fix for something you know / assume will be broken again?

[My Inner Monologue @AreTheseNormal]

#ITVDebate
For me, so far, this debate is just confirming one thing. I cannot stand either Kier Starmer or Rishi Sunak. Avoiding the questions, shouting over each other, completely disregarding the chair. A lot of words and fluff but no actual answers. Just attacks on each other.

[Dr Daniel Knowles @DrDKnowles]

@RandVegan Can rshiny apps work with a tabular model? We have a tabular model feed into powerBI but maintaining can be a pain

[Compounding Quality @QCompounding]

Daniel Kahneman passed away today

He changed the world of behavioral finance

Here are 10 things I learned from his book Thinking Fast and Slow as a way to say thank you:

[Dhaval (Investment Books) @InvestmentBook1]

10 lessons from Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

[Cass Sunstein @CassSunstein]

One of the many incredible things about Danny Kahneman: He was a joyful coauthor. Look at how many coauthors he had? His ideas often came from discussions. (When I was struggling to keep with the flood of ideas, all oral, he exclaimed, "Cass, you think by writing. I think by talking!")