Today my collaborators and I found a mistake in my analysis (the result of an unnoticed R package error and a corrupt data file) that could have changed some preliminary results collaborators had already reported (https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😓" title="Face with cold sweat" aria-label="Emoji: Face with cold sweat">)

A https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread">

I felt HORRIBLE, and immediately spent time fixing it (and running the analysis a million times to make sure it was correct and consistent).

The results ended up being almost exactly what we thought they were, but the scare and the mistake were real.

I just want to hide the fact that I made a mistake and no one noticed it until now (after some results were shared with others and right before submissionhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙃" title="Upside-down face" aria-label="Emoji: Upside-down face">)

I& #39;m so embarrassed but I thought that sharing it here might make other people feel better about making mistakeshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💚" title="Green heart" aria-label="Emoji: Green heart">

I learned from this situation (the R package error is apparently a known issue), and tightened up my future workflow to prevent this from happening.

But I am trying to sit with the failure and make it right, while not beating myself up as much.

Thank you SO much for your kind words, and support. It did help a little to admit to making mistakes publiclyhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙂" title="Slightly smiling face" aria-label="Emoji: Slightly smiling face">

I& #39;m muting this thread for a bit, but I hope others feel like it& #39;s okay to admit making mistakes https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💚" title="Green heart" aria-label="Emoji: Green heart"> (even ones that make you feel dumb, like this one didhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😋" title="Face savouring food" aria-label="Emoji: Face savouring food">).

I& #39;ve certainly learned how to be more careful from this mistake https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙂" title="Slightly smiling face" aria-label="Emoji: Slightly smiling face"> and that& #39;s all you can do once you make a mistake: learn!