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Mediation analysis with weighted GLMs in R: What could possibly go wrong?

Issues (and some solutions) when working with R packages {mediation} and {survey}

statistics

mediation

survey

glm

fragile families

This blogpost documents the challenges we faced when attempting to run a mediation analysis using the mediation package with a binomial mediator and outcome while…

Vasco Brazão, Priya Devendran

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It seems I’ve taken to writing on Medium again. Find my account here: @vascobrazao

Devaneios pós twitter e pré aula de ucraniano

portuguese

war

poetry

será que aquela portuguesa continua a aprender russo

Anti-fat bias, not ‘obesity’, is a problem worth fighting

Here’s what changed my mind

i used to think

english

health

fat liberation

I used to think fat bodies were inherently less healthy than thin bodies. I believed that fighting “obesity” at a societal and individual level was important. I also felt…

What if Autism was the norm?

How might we describe “Neurotypical Spectrum Disorder” in a world where most people are Autistic?

autism

neurodiversity

english

More on the topic “What if neurodivergence was the norm?” Let’s subvert how we tend to think about Autism! If 95% of people were Autistic, how would we describe those with…

What if ADHD was the norm?

How might we describe “Neurotypical Spectrum Disorder” in a world where most people have ADHD?

adhd

neurodiversity

english

TikTok account @myfavouritejo (also on Instagram @myfavouritejo) asks: what if neurodivergence was the norm? Highly inspired by their content, I made this post to subvert…

I used to think tidying was moral

It’s not. It’s functional. Let KC Davis tell you what that means.

i used to think

english

I’ve always struggled with tidying. Making my bed, gathering all the dirty clothes from the floor, loading the dishwasher and sanitizing the countertops—I struggle with all…