Healthy Uncertainty

Statistics were, I am a bit embarrassed to say, my weakest subject in high school. I barely scraped by with a passing grade, well below my average in other math classes. Depending on how different in age we are, you may remember learning how to manually calculate an ANOVA table... [Read More]

Using Claude AI to replicate decision models Introduction Health Technology Assessment (HTA) requires the inclusion of economic analysis so that decision-makers have information about the impact their decisions will have on the health of the population - both in terms of direct health impact but also the health foregone by... [Read More]

As I mention in The R Guide, my method for building models in R is the product of some self-directed trial and error. It does not, therefore, match well with more conventional approaches to model building. It still works, and I still believe that “it works” is the only standard... [Read More]

Functions are bits of code that tell R to run a set of instructions to an object (or a group of objects) and return a specific output. You could, for example write a function that tells R to calculate the 95% CI around a number based on its mean, standard... [Read More]

On Jan 20th I was invited to present to the Network of Alberta Health Economists (NOAHE). This afforded me the opportunity to discuss an aspect of my doctoral work that didn’t really get much attention in my actual dissertation, despite being the aspect of the work I was most intrigued... [Read More]