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Helping statisticians having a bigger role

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Interview with Andy Grieve

Do you want to have a bigger impact?
Would you like to play a bigger role?
Did you have a moment in your career, where you thought you as a statistician felt being put in a box or labeled in such a way that limits your influence?

Today’s interview is surely beneficial to every statistician – both early and later in their career as Andy Grieve shares from his wealth of experience across the industry and academia working in senior roles.

We specifically talk about the following points:

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Baseline testing – a widespread but difficult to treat disease

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I once reviewed tables for a randomized study and noticed several comments about testing the baseline characteristics. The commenters were arguing which test would be best to test for the differences between the 2 randomized groups at baseline.

This made me first angry about the wasted time and then curious about the reasons, statisticians still do this.

In today’s episode, Benjamin and I discuss some backgrounds for baseline testing in randomized studies. We also recommend these further readings:

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Seeing through the mist – consequences of decisions in phase II

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Interview with Trevor Smart

What’s interesting about the early phase?
What are the typical decisions for phase II?
Speaking about a new indication, how are decisions being taken across the industry?
How should we think about phase II studies in this setting?
What statistical approaches do we have to formulate this thinking?

In this episode, Trevor and I discuss a case study to go through the step by step procedure of phase II. We also talk about the following points:

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How to leverage time-boxing to reduce overwhelm being a statistician

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Batch processing and scheduling tasks to fight procrastination

Do you know how to make a good to-do list?
Do you know how to set priorities versus the time it takes?
Do you have a problem with over-committing?

One of the most effective skills you can have in life is effective time management. According to Michael Hyatt: “What gets scheduled gets done. ” If you’re not managing your time well, there’s no way you’re going to reach your goals at work and the life outside of it.

Marc Zao-Sanders mentions time boxing as the number 1 tool for productivity among 100 tips.

In today’s episode, we discuss time boxing and batch processing. We also discuss how these following points work:

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How to get into the flow and reach peak performance

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Do you want to have fun at work?
Do you want to experience satisfaction?
Do you want to get things done at work?

Getting into flow is about these things. Today, we will speak about a research on how to get into the flow and reach your peak performance.

This is awesome for everybody, most especially, for brain workers like us.
In this episode, we talk about the following points:

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