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Undergrad Specific question re Bayesian statistics/analysis

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High School In dire Straights: Straights of 11+ w/ 2 Poker decks

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Understanding Proper Subsets of Ordinals in Searcoid's Theorem 1.4.4 - Peter

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Graduate Using standard deviation values as independent variables

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Undergrad Can Turing Machines Understand Infinity?

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Undergrad How does one formulate continuous probabilities/pdfs?

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High School Seat arrangements around a rectangular table

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Undergrad Finding least n for Big O notation with logarithmic functions

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Proving every well ordered set is totally ordered

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Well-ordering property of ordinal subsets in theorem 1.4.3

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Graduate What is the variance of a Gaussian RV

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Undergrad How Can Bayes' Formula Help Understand Price Increases with Overseas Expansion?

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Undergrad Proof of a Lemma regarding absolute values

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Undergrad Definition of a diffusion coefficient

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Graduate Cardinal Number Alephs: Countably Infinite?

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The Recursion Theorem .... Searcoid, Theroem 1.3.24 .... ....

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Graduate Estimation error from estimation quantile of normal distribution

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Finding the Domain of a Logarithmic Function f(x) = log_5(8 - 2x)

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High School Adding error to a percentage change

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Undergrad Probability that X is less than a set

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How Long to Grow Bacteria Population from 1,000 to 500,000?

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Undergrad Why are steps 6 and 7 true in this implication proof?

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Convert the recursive formula into the explicit form

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Equivalent Rates - Valuation Mathematics

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Undergrad The general notion of a recurrence relation

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Original Price Percent Increase

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What Is the Total Amount Paid for a $35 Meal with a 10-15% Tip?

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Undergrad Simplest independent first-order expression in PA

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Undergrad How to interpret this definition of a subset?

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High School Probability of matching 6 numbers in a lottery from 1 to 58

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Undergrad Understanding part of the multinomial formula

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Undergrad Accuracy of the Normal Approximation to Binomial

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Undergrad Probability of dying from glioblastoma on the same date as another person

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Undergrad Conditional probability choosing from the objects

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Undergrad Random set of N points in a unit disc, what is the average nearest distance

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Graduate Creating a confounding variable

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Undergrad Pdf of Difference of Random Variables

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Graduate "Recovering" the Formula from a graph?

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Undergrad Why is the Axiom of Power Set needed?

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Undergrad Is every isomorphism between groups preserves cardinality of elements?

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Math induction with sigma notation

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How does existential instantiation derive line 7 in this Copi proof?

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Undergrad CDF of sum of order statistics with random denominators

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Graduate How can I simulate 2D correlated data with continuous-valued variables?

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Number of rearrangements of letters

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How to Calculate Tail/Tail Probability for Multiple Coin Tosses?

  • mathmari
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High School What Is the Probability of Winning in This Ball Selection Game?

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How to Prove the Negation of Nested Quantifiers After Instantiation?

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High School Why does the player going first in tennis have lower win probability?

  • Wes Turner
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How many edges does the graph have?

  • mathmari
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How many new branches will the complement graph of a deleted edge have?

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Graduate How to correctly analyze the results of a preference study?

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Undergrad Independent events and variables

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Prove: 2ε{a,2,b} in Set Theory

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In how many ways can we create such a committee?

  • mathmari
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Determine the diameter of the graph

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Undergrad Why Are P-values Uniformly Distributed in Hypothesis Testing?

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Undergrad Why doesn't removing r! from the combination formula give permutations with repetition?

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Undergrad Balancing crew matchups across 12 crews and 6 boats in regatta fleets

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Undergrad Probability Theory: Multinomial coefficients

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Finding the Maximum Likelihood Estimator for a Density Function

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Undergrad Rayleigh distribution and the probability of a point

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High School Standard Deviation as Function of Sample Size

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Undergrad What's the converse of this statement?

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Find Probability of two polygons

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411.1.3.15 Prove A\cap(B/C)=(A\cap B)/(A\cap C)

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Graduate Continuous output: logistic vs linear regression

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Undergrad Efficiency prediction (minimum versus average)

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Undergrad Other linear fitting than least squares

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Undergrad What is mathematical induction

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Multiple-choice quiz questions on measurement uncertainties

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Undergrad Maxwell and The distribution of velocities in a gas

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High School Megastat's Regression Analysis keeps asking confidence level

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Graduate Mathematical inequality measures for the social sciences

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High School How might determinism affect probability?

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Graduate Using incorrect models to infer correct ones.

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Undergrad If k divides 25 what is prob(k odd)?

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ZFC and the Pairing Principle .... Searcoid Theorem 1.1.5 ....

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Undergrad Godel's unprovable statement - Numberfile

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Graduate Bayesian Priors and relation with ignorance

  • ChrisVer
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Computing event probability from posterior Beta distributions

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High School Can you equate bases when logarithm arguments are equal?

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Stats question on premiership goals

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High School Why is pH a negative logarithm?

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Undergrad Why the emphasis on first-order logic?

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Undergrad Loophole in Godel's Incompleteness Theorem?

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Undergrad Uncertainty of coefficients after a least square fit

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Pr of exactly one dice showing 2

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High School An elementary confusion on discrete or continuous variable

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Graduate Similarity between -/+ weighted distributions

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Undergrad Percentage of a normalized value

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High School Why does the compound interest formula include a 1 in the base?

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Tricky Logic Puzzle with 26 Variables

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Undergrad What is truth in the completeness theorem?

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What Does Rejecting the Null in ANOVA but Not Hartley's FMAX Mean?

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Undergrad How To Find 68% Confidence Interval After Running MCMC

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