Jo Potts

What feels like the best use ever of my #rstats skills, I made a #shiny app to organise my crochet granny squares 🧶 😂 Patterns are from granny squares academy 1 & 2 by Shelley Husband

The Journal of Statistical Ecology is an academic journal at the crossroads of ecology and statistics. jse.centre-mersenne.org The journal welcomes statistical methods development to answer ecological questions as well as rigorous and insightful applications of statistics to ecological datasets.

This might be my biggest achievement for the entire year

Our keynote speaker for #WOMBAT2026 will be the unusual Rob Hyndman on anomaly detection. You don't want to miss this outstanding event. wombat2026.numbat.space #Statistics #RStats #DataScience

Currently in New Caledonia (SPC) where energy security is a big topic. This from @freerangestats.info highlights how exposed the Pacific is. Much of the region relies *heavily* on diesel for electricity, in some cases the entire national grid. Global shocks (eg Iran conflict) hit hard and fast...

I know everyone codes differently, but this is new for me. Good (imo) folder structure: proj_name/ ├ dat/ ├ R/ ├ results/ But they work from R/, and navigate up-across-down back to their data/, e.g., load("../../data/obj.RData") Opinions? I code relative to the project root directory #rstats

The Tjanpi award for Best Student Paper in Environmental Statistics for the Australia Statistics Society are open (due April 7th) #stats www.statsoc.org.au/Tjanpi-Award...

TIL my dad has me stored in his phone as Dr Joanne Potts. I think he’s the only person that might use my (official) title 😂 proud dad!

A tragic loss, first and foremost for her children and family, and secondly science, marine biology, science communication, the academic sector broadly 😢 www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

At the recent Aust stats conference @bharrap.bsky.social showed me some cool ridge plots and I am very very amused (perhaps more than I should publicly admit) that predictive text turns ggridges to grudges.... #rstats #ggplot

Big day! Keynote at the Australian Statistics Conference in Perth, talking about my journey and future of stats in the age of AI. Feeling nervous but have my favourite dress on #ASC2025 #stats

Come and join the @significancemag.bsky.social editorial board!

how did I get this old and not know about reverse assignment in R? #rstats (arguably if I have lasted this long... maybe it isn't that useful!?)

It's long past time for state and federal authorities alike to put an end to Stephen Miller's jerkoff fantasy of masked thugs kidnapping people of color off the street with impunity. Yes, there are Americans who want this. But they are a woefully small minority. Why are we still letting it happen?

Case_when() really does deserve its own appreciation society #rstats

Quarto 1.8 is available! 💡 New features include integrated Axe-core checks for HTML documents, access to environment variables via code cells, light/dark mode logos and colors, and Brand Extensions for sharing your org's brand. Learn more: quarto.org/docs/blog/po... #Quarto #Python #RStats

Missing Values were dropped; Mean Imputation was applied; Data available on request; Code available on request; #rstats

It's bizarre. I can think of at least 3 scientific publications that predict (i.e., model) the uncontrolled explosion of deer across Tas. None of them were referred to in the report. weirdddd

“No anticipated” except by all of us that have been saying for ever that the #feral #deer management plan is pathetic. 🌎 #wildoz www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Are you a #maths teacher? We are delighted to share a brand new set of materials for teaching #statistics for students aged 11-16, and we'd love your feedback on them! #ITeachMath #MathsWeekScot rss.org.uk/resources/ed...

Hey #rstats friends! 👋 Only one week to go until my "Introduction to R Packages" tutorial at #WOMBAT2025! This is a gentle introduction to making R packages, going from initial code to `devtools::check()` Still plenty of spots available :) Sign up at: wombat2025.numbat.space

eight years as a statistical consultant and ecologists still manage to collect weird data that I'm not immediately sure what to do with (it's fun though!)

The hmmTMB paper is finally out in the Journal of Statistical Software! An R package for hidden Markov models with random effects, flexible spline-based covariate effects, and fast inference using TMB or Stan. Check out the GIthub repository for more examples. doi.org/10.18637/jss...

This looks like a great further education opportunity #rstats #stats ONE-YEAR MSC (RESEARCH) SCHOLARSHIPS IN SPATIAL STATISTICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO statsoc.org.au/forum-job-va...

Hello book fans - the charming @annabelcrabb has written the definitive guide to democracy for young people and I have illustrated it - it's out September 30! www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/...

Want to attend #WOMBAT2025 but #Melbourne is a bit too far for you? We've got you covered with hybrid tutorials! * Fundamentals of Forecasting. * Reproducible Reporting with #QuartoDev. * Visualising Uncertainty * Regression Analysis in #RStats 📅 Program and registration wombat2025.numbat.space

🚨Early bird registration for the Australian Statistical Conference ends on the 31st of August🚨 If you've had an abstract accepted (or are just attending anyway!), make sure you register now to save some $$$ #statssky #ASC2025 www.asc2025.net/registration

obligatory plug for our R workshop, in anyone in Melbourne reading this wants to get started learning R; taught in-person over four days at UniMelb Parkville campus in September: scc.ms.unimelb.edu.au/statistics-c...

Delving in to the world of Beaker St science festival. What is your p(doom)? Is AI going to save us, enslave us, or just write all our event descriptions? Even have “the krill” cocktail given my date for the afternoon!

If you want to organise your own personal code collection or contribute to the broader #RStats ecosystem, you can write your R package!📦️ Nick Tierney will show how to use essential tools that make creating a package a breeze. Read more and register here: wombat2025.numbat.space/program/tuto...

Apply to join us at the 2026 Environmental Data Summit, an unconference for environmental data practitioners and researchers in Santa Barbara, CA, Jan 27-29. This year's theme: "Turning Data into Action." Travel and lodging fully funded for 60+ participants! www.nceas.ucsb.edu/environmenta...

Registrations for the annual #WOMBAT2025 workshop are open! 🎉 Register before August 31 to get the early bird discount! 🔗 Registration & Info: wombat2025.numbat.space #DataScience #OpenSource #BusinessAnalytics #DataDrivenDecisions #RStats

Just in time for your commute, a new episode of The Test Set is out! Part 2 with @wesmckinney.com discusses his work on the Positron IDE, the challenges of funding open-source projects, and his passion for metal music. Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or at thetestset.co.

Ok so this C study group I joined a while back is fab. The amount I have learnt about how base-R works (really computers in general) is insane. The saying, the older get the less I know, is apt #rstats contributor.r-project.org/events/c-stu...

We’ve partnered with the GSS to explore the future of the stats profession How will the role change over the next decade & what skills will make it future-ready? 🗳️ We would love your thoughts, fill in our short form by 28 July: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

These stories are all too common. As the mother of a late-term #stillbirth, the grief of giving birth to your dead *full-term* baby is a harrowing pain that stays with you for life. When will doctors learn to listen to their patients. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...