First notes from the workbench
A short opening post can introduce what belongs here: modelling notes, research software reflections, and data questions worth tracking publicly.
Blog / notes / field thoughts
Writing from the workbench.
A place for notes that are too developed to stay in a scratch file and too alive to pretend they are finished. Expect statistical modelling, data questions, research software, workflow, and the occasional public attempt to think clearly.
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The blog is wired up and ready for first posts. This page is intentionally spare while the writing system takes shape.
Themes
Recurring threads
A rough index for the kinds of writing that will sit here as the project grows.
Statistical modelling
drafting
Distributional regression
Notes on GAMLSS, longitudinal outcomes, dependence structures, and ways to make model behaviour easier to inspect.
Research software
drafting
Building tools in public
Reflections on small tools, reproducibility, APIs, packages, validation, and how to make technical systems easier to trust.
Data questions
drafting
Applied data notes
Short writeups around Australian data, public datasets, limitations, and the practical mess of turning a question into an analysis.