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Manjari Narayan's avatar

The frontiers of biostatistics is filled with a variety of "variance explained" equivalent measures but based on interventional prediction rather than associational/observational prediction (per Pearl's ladder of different "predictions"). They haven't been written up for a mainstream audience. Former RAND statistics group members have done work on this!

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Kris Willis's avatar

I am also cautiously optimistic about the changes in how peer review will be deployed, both at NSF and NIH. Peer review at the agencies was not conceived or designed to make fine-grained distinctions between a set of meritorious proposals. It was meant as a bulwark against political interference into free inquiry (seems relevant), and to advise (not dictate) the decisions of agency employees who were, to quote Vannevar, "persons of broad interest in and understanding of the peculiarities of scientific research and education". At NIH, there are reasons to believe that moving away from strict adherence to pay-by-score-order, which only developed and calcified in recent decades, will have positive effects on support for innovative proposals, emerging areas of research, and early stage investigators. It's something I will be watching closely in the coming months, and I'm sure you will be too.

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AuDHD Mindset's avatar

Does anyone have heroes? I’m lucky. I have 2

Dr. Damian Milton from the UK coined the term Double Empathy Problem back in 2012. Would you believe the AAAS - Science says ND’s don’t have empathy… and this is still a theory.

I proved that theory VALID AND CORRECT right here on the stacks. Everyone has been wonderful to me with my neurological and AuDHD diagnosis except that NT lady my first week.

The other one is Professor SOL. His facebook posts SAVED MY LIFE when I was just learning that I might be Autistic. Would you believe it took me $5000 and months just to be told my own mind. BS right. Can be done in 30 minutes flat by observation alone by an ND doctor.

Talk about a cash grab. Months or years to be told something we already know… wonder why the AAAS - Science refuses to acknowledge this. Guess Clair is just paid off like the rest of them. Big Pharma.. you know. Good meds when you need to deal with the fallout. The cPTSD, trama, anxiety and extreme depression because they cant be bothered to care except about the money.

Here. Come start your own Skool Platform and visit the Neurospicy Skool. Come tell us your story about the crap you had to deal with to be diagnosed by some NT.

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Ruxandra Teslo's avatar

Very interesting article in Asterisk. Relevant to clinical trials

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