Will Mackey

data and economics and #rstats

[Miklos Koren @korenmiklos]

I love Python but i would never use it for data analysis. The UI (including command syntax) of Stata is superior.

UI is important, especially for new users.

Which is why we’re building a Stata-like data package in Julia: https://t.co/UNX2prD3tq

[Will Mackey @wfmackey]

@nerskine95 @gabster0191 yes imo. so quick/easy/good/cheap

[Will Mackey @wfmackey]

@BHarrap much quicker on the M1 etc chips in my limited experience. @MattCowgill forcibly had to switch from Mac to Windows recently so might have a better idea

[Will Mackey @wfmackey]

@BHarrap do it!!

[Florian Ederer @florianederer]

Sports betting legalization reduces net investments of households by nearly 14% overall.

$1 of sports betting reduces net investment
by over $2, increases credit card debt, but has no effect on participation in lotteries or other online gambling
outlets.
https://t.co/k8JRSvj6Da

[Ben Cochrane @BenCochraneR]

All listed AFL players can be plotted, with their models scaled by height, to view entire team lists and their reported injuries.

[Ben Cochrane @BenCochraneR]

What could a visual illustration of #AFL injury lists🩹look like?

Of the 161 current injured players (19.9%), injuries most commonly occur in the thighs (hamstring and quad), ankles, knees and brains.

[Will Mackey @wfmackey]

@Josh_Merfeld @BenCochraneR has done this and promised he would add it to the strayr package in the near future

[Will Mackey @wfmackey]

@MattCowgill an act of aggression

[Will Mackey @wfmackey]

@BenCochraneR the water trap density plot is 10/10. ben you’ve done it again

[Will Mackey @wfmackey]

@MattCowgill @BenCochraneR you’re out of the game cowgill and ben is filling the frutility curve shaped hole you’ve left

[Will Mackey @wfmackey]

@MattCowgill but you may have to sit outside

[Will Mackey @wfmackey]

@MattCowgill come back to earth

[Peter Hull @instrumenthull]

Interesting post by Dan

https://t.co/MwbiLdGNaH

FWIW, I would welcome more papers like this submitted to @restatjournal!

[Will Mackey @wfmackey]

@nerskine95 @MattCowgill there are definitely less intuitive products :)

[Will Mackey @wfmackey]

@MattCowgill right up there with your best

[Kyle Walker @kyle_e_walker]

The pace of innovation in data science is astounding (and I'm not talking about AI!)

2 years ago, I wrote in my book about analyzing a 92 million row @ipums CSV file using a database in #rstats

Now: just point `arrow::open_dataset()` at it and ` collect()` what you need!

[Ben Cochrane @BenCochraneR]

What would Australia look like as a geographically accurate #Catan board?

Thanks to satellite imaging and #rstats we are able to create 'CATANberra' - see how below 🧵

[Will Mackey @wfmackey]

@MattCowgill mostly frustratedly and a little sadly