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Data & Tools

The calculators maintained on this site, plus the arithmetic behind them and the bug reports that improve them.

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30 topics

Topic	Participants	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Calculators category Data & Tools › Calculators worked example concentration maths syringe units Pinned Wiki Reconstitution, dose equivalence, titration planning, mass-error checking and storage lookup. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is recorded with…	+2	7	733	5mo
Second pass at: The mass-error checker and its intended scope Data & Tools › Calculators site feedback worked example concentration maths Solved Pinned Posting this under the heading it deserves: Second pass at: The mass-error checker and its intended scope Everything below is what sits behind that. Working through the identity arithmetic and I would like it…	+70	74	1.7k	8mo
About the Datasets category Data & Tools › Datasets data table observational data confounding Pinned Wiki Community-collected datasets, their collection methods, and their limitations. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is recorded with its author and a…	+6	11	42k	12mo
Cleaning a self-reported dataset and what you throw away — what changed since Data & Tools › Datasets observational data site feedback data table confounding Solved Posting this under the heading it deserves: Cleaning a self-reported dataset and what you throw away — what changed since Everything below is what sits behind that. Posting the method first, because I know…		2	2k	1h
A calculator that gives a right answer to the wrong question Data & Tools › Calculators concentration maths worked example site feedback syringe units Posting this under the heading it deserves: A calculator that gives a right answer to the wrong question Everything below is what sits behind that. I would like to understand what this number means before I…	+32	36	1.9k	17h
A community side-effect dataset, with its response rate and biases Data & Tools › Datasets confounding site feedback data table observational data Solved A community side-effect dataset, with its response rate and biases — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Posting the method first, because I know what the first three replies…		2	5.1k	19h
Cleaning a self-reported dataset and what you throw away Data & Tools › Datasets confounding site feedback data table observational data Cleaning a self-reported dataset and what you throw away — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A documentation question rather than an analytical one. I have a certificate in…		2	28k	1d
Coming back to: A community side-effect dataset, with its response rate and biases Data & Tools › Datasets observational data site feedback data table Solved Posting this under the heading it deserves: A community side-effect dataset, with its response rate and biases Everything below is what sits behind that. Working through the identity arithmetic and I would…	+96	101	33k	2d
Second pass at: The storage lookup and where its data comes from Data & Tools › Calculators concentration maths syringe units site feedback worked example On the subject in the title: Second pass at: The storage lookup and where its data comes from Working notes rather than a conclusion. A documentation question rather than an analytical one. I have a…	+38	42	13k	19d
Why the titration planner refuses to produce a schedule below a floor Data & Tools › Calculators syringe units site feedback concentration maths Solved Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Why the titration planner refuses to produce a schedule below a floor I would like to understand what this number means before I repeat it…	+76	83	53k	2mo
Whether an aggregate is worth publishing at all: a disputed topic — does this still hold? Data & Tools › Datasets data table confounding observational data Solved Whether an aggregate is worth publishing at all: a disputed topic — does this still hold? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. I would like to understand…	+14	18	3.4k	2mo
Validating a calculator against hand arithmetic Data & Tools › Calculators syringe units concentration maths worked example Solved Validating a calculator against hand arithmetic Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Working through the identity arithmetic and I would like it checked.…	+17	21	12k	3mo
Bug report: the reconstitution calculator and a rounding edge case Data & Tools › Calculators worked example site feedback syringe units concentration maths Bug report: the reconstitution calculator and a rounding edge case — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Working through the identity arithmetic and I would like it checked.…	+68	72	28k	4mo
Contributing data without breaching anyone's privacy Data & Tools › Datasets data table confounding observational data Solved Contributing data without breaching anyone's privacy Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I would like to understand what this number means before I repeat it…	+65	71	839	5mo
Follow-up: Bug report: the reconstitution calculator and a rounding edge case Data & Tools › Calculators concentration maths site feedback syringe units On the subject in the title: Bug report: the reconstitution calculator and a rounding edge case Working notes rather than a conclusion. Working through the identity arithmetic and I would like it checked.…	+58	63	24k	5mo
Coming back to: Feature request: should a dose-equivalence tool exist at all? Data & Tools › Calculators syringe units concentration maths worked example site feedback Solved Feature request: should a dose-equivalence tool exist at all? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Posting the method first, because I know what the first…	+37	41	725	7mo
A calculator that gives a right answer to the wrong question — does this still hold? Data & Tools › Calculators worked example concentration maths syringe units site feedback Solved Under review A calculator that gives a right answer to the wrong question — does this still hold? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. I would like to understand what…	+23	27	62k	8mo
Revisiting: Sample size in a voluntary survey: the selection problem Data & Tools › Datasets data table confounding site feedback observational data Solved Revisiting: Sample size in a voluntary survey: the selection problem — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Posting the method first, because I know what the first three replies…		2	56k	9mo
Aggregated purity results across four services, with caveats Data & Tools › Datasets observational data site feedback data table Posting this under the heading it deserves: Aggregated purity results across four services, with caveats Everything below is what sits behind that. Working through the identity arithmetic and I would like it…		3	24k	9mo
Coming back to: A community side-effect dataset, with its response rate and biases Data & Tools › Datasets observational data site feedback confounding data table On the subject in the title: A community side-effect dataset, with its response rate and biases Working notes rather than a conclusion. Posting the method first, because I know what the first three replies…	+27	31	46k	9mo
Follow-up: Why the titration planner refuses to produce a schedule below a floor Data & Tools › Calculators worked example syringe units site feedback The question in the title: Why the titration planner refuses to produce a schedule below a floor I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. I would like to understand what this number…	+120	146	14k	10mo
Aggregated purity results across four services, with caveats — a second dataset Data & Tools › Datasets data table confounding site feedback observational data Closed Aggregated purity results across four services, with caveats — a second dataset — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Working through the identity arithmetic and I would like…	+127	151	42k	10mo
The storage lookup and where its data comes from Data & Tools › Calculators worked example site feedback syringe units concentration maths Solved Closed The storage lookup and where its data comes from — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A documentation question rather than an analytical one. I have a certificate in front of…	+4	8	4.1k	11mo
Whether an aggregate is worth publishing at all: a disputed topic Data & Tools › Datasets confounding site feedback observational data On the subject in the title: Whether an aggregate is worth publishing at all: a disputed topic Working notes rather than a conclusion. I would like to understand what this number means before I repeat it…	+20	24	18k	13mo
Validating a calculator against hand arithmetic — what changed since Data & Tools › Calculators concentration maths site feedback worked example Solved Posting this under the heading it deserves: Validating a calculator against hand arithmetic — what changed since Everything below is what sits behind that. Working through the identity arithmetic and I would…	+121	137	21k	13mo
Sample size in a voluntary survey: the selection problem Data & Tools › Datasets observational data data table site feedback Solved Posting this under the heading it deserves: Sample size in a voluntary survey: the selection problem Everything below is what sits behind that. Posting the method first, because I know what the first three…	+1	5	12k	15mo
Revisiting: Bug report: the reconstitution calculator and a rounding edge case Data & Tools › Calculators worked example site feedback syringe units Revisiting: Bug report: the reconstitution calculator and a rounding edge case — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Working through the identity arithmetic and I would like it…	+109	122	5.8k	17mo
Contributing data without breaching anyone's privacy — what changed since Data & Tools › Datasets observational data confounding site feedback data table On the subject in the title: Contributing data without breaching anyone's privacy — what changed since Working notes rather than a conclusion. A documentation question rather than an analytical one. I have a…		2	58k	17mo
Feature request: should a dose-equivalence tool exist at all? Data & Tools › Calculators site feedback worked example concentration maths syringe units Closed Feature request: should a dose-equivalence tool exist at all? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Posting the method first, because I know what the first…	+21	25	4.8k	18mo
The mass-error checker and its intended scope Data & Tools › Calculators worked example concentration maths syringe units site feedback The mass-error checker and its intended scope Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Working through the identity arithmetic and I would like it checked.…	+149	167	42k	2y

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