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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Andrew Althouse‏ @ADAlthousePhD 11 Jul 2018

      Statistician's tip of the day: if someone tells you that they "just have a few Excel sheets" that they want help with, run the other way. Also, you may want to give them a fake phone number, possibly a fake name. It may be worth faking your own death, in extreme circumstances.

      27 replies 245 retweets 1,008 likes
    2. Maarten van Smeden‏ @MaartenvSmeden 11 Jul 2018
      Replying to @ADAlthousePhD

      MS Excel is a wonderful tool for many things but statistics isn't one of them

      1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
    3. Roger Hilfiker‏ @RogerHilfiker 11 Jul 2018
      Replying to @MaartenvSmeden @ADAlthousePhD

      What are good tools for data entry?

      3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    4. Andrew Althouse‏ @ADAlthousePhD 11 Jul 2018
      Replying to @RogerHilfiker @MaartenvSmeden

      Access is a little better than Excel - you can impose more structure and controls. REDCap and other web-based tools are better still. My issue is not solely with Excel - it's with people that create dumpster-fires of Excel sheets while ignoring best-practices for data entry...

      3 replies 0 retweets 27 likes
    5. Andrew Althouse‏ @ADAlthousePhD 11 Jul 2018
      Replying to @ADAlthousePhD @RogerHilfiker @MaartenvSmeden

      ...and then ask if you can "just" help them organize some data a few Excel sheets. If there are 5 Excel sheets with >300 total variables and they all have different names, codes, etc...that's a lot more than "can you just help me put together data in a few Excel sheets?"

      1 reply 0 retweets 11 likes
    6. Andrew Althouse‏ @ADAlthousePhD 11 Jul 2018
      Replying to @ADAlthousePhD @RogerHilfiker @MaartenvSmeden

      If someone actually put together their data in Excel but followed all the reasonable rules and good practices for data entry...then it's fine. That is exceedingly rare, but it would be fine.

      2 replies 0 retweets 14 likes
      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 11 Jul 2018
      Replying to @ADAlthousePhD @RogerHilfiker @MaartenvSmeden

      I've found that even when people enter the data well, keep everything consistent, and try really hard, most of the time they format things in a way that makes it incredibly time-consuming to analyse

      4:25 PM - 11 Jul 2018
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        2. Andrew Althouse‏ @ADAlthousePhD 12 Jul 2018
          Replying to @GidMK @RogerHilfiker @MaartenvSmeden

          Oddly enough, I think most of these people are trying pretty hard. In many cases it’s just a complete lack of knowledge. favorite example was a person that didn’t know you choice change the width of cells on Excel, so they “merged cells” whenever the value they were typing...

          1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
        3. Andrew Althouse‏ @ADAlthousePhD 12 Jul 2018
          Replying to @ADAlthousePhD @GidMK and

          ...got wider than the default cell width. We received a data sheet that had hundreds of OH MY GOD THEY DID THIS ONE CELL AT A TIME?!?! merged cells nestled throughout the sheet. How did they land on that as the solution?!

          1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
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