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A Area distribution of inscribed triangles in a circumference
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I Expected value of X~Geom(p) given X+Y=z
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I Proof request for best linear predictor
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I On Jensen's inequality for conditional expectation
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I Is this conditional expectation identity true?
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I Help understanding conditional expectation identity
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I Total Winning Saddlecloth Numbers
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I Adding random numbers: Tolerance analysis
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I Observational Studies: What to Believe
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I On transformation of r.v.s. and sigma-finite measures
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A Mapping and Recovering Combinations: A Challenge in Combination Theory
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I Group extensions (question about definitions)
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I What branch of electrical engineering uses a lot of probability?
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I How to implement proper error estimation using MC
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I On pdf of a sum of two r.v.s and differentiating under the integral
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I How to correct (adjust) Amazon ratings based on the number of reviews
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B Large Scale Data Collection
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A Axiom of choice: Replacing a strong condition with a weaker condition
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I Airplane crash probability fallacy
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I How to find this equivalent of the material conditional?
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B Help answer student question about infinity?
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B Creating a simple weighting and scoring system
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I Citation needed: Only multivariate rotationally invariant distribution with iid components is a multivariate normal distribution
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A Karhunen–Loève theorem expansion random variables
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I Time Series Models vs Models Used for Cross-sectional Data
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I How to determine if a set is a semiring or a ring?
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B Do All Digit Sequences in Pi Occur Equally Often?
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B Should I be treating the data I have as a Population or Sample?
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I Supremum of a set, relations and order
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I Contrapositive of theorem and issue with proof
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B Binary variables (Absolute values)
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B Why did it suddenly become subtractive? (Example of Bayes’ Theorem)
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I How Many Unique Games of Commander Can Be Played?
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I A variation of the sleeping beauty problem
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MHB Winning Tennis with Probability 0.3 and 0.7
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A Concrete examples of randomness in math vs. probability theory
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I Are different interpretations of probability equivalent?
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B Logic Problem: Figuring Out How Many Apples Each Man Ate
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I How to Express Non-regular Prior Distributions by Mathematical Formula
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I Stationary time series with seasonality...
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I Probability, observers and the multiverse
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I Normality of errors and residuals in ordinary linear regression
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I Time series analysis and data transformation
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I Desirable estimator properties...
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A Omniscience principle and generic convergent sequence
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A Putting upper bounds from a null result
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I Computing the expectation of the minimum difference between the 0th i.i.d.r.v. and ith i.i.d.r.v.s where 1 ≤ i ≤ n
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I Statistical modeling and relationship between random variables
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I The Nuances of Truth in Axioms and Premises
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I Nonlinear Least Squares or OLS for Nonlinear Models?
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I Sampling theory and random sample
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I What to do with biased estimators if we don't know the bias term?
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I Bivariate correlation does not always catch multicollinearity
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I Looking for the most suitable distance for binary clustering
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I Random variable and elementary events
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I Regression line with zero slope and average as best prediction
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I Stopping Time in layman's words
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A Extended version of Cochran's Theorem
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A Parameter optimization for the eignevalues of a matrix
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I Variation of the Liar's Paradox
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I What Are the Advantages of Linearizing Cubic Data for Analysis?
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A Are these results possibly the outcome of a probabilistic calculation?
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A Optimizing Grouping of People for Teamwork
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I Time series and why would we remove seasonality and trend?
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A Distribution of sum of two circular uniform RVs in the range [0, 2 pi)
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I AI Detection - Phase 2: finding hypotheses
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I Finding the pdf of a transformed univariate random variable
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B AI Detection - Phase 1: sample collection
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I Vector visualization of multicollinearity
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I Smoother EWMA that mean-reverts
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I What are the commonly used estimators in regression models?
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I What Are the Key Differences Between OLS and GLM Models in Statistical Analysis?
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I Error bars in Excel (standard deviation, standard error, percentage)
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I How do leaf nodes behave in regression decision trees?
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I Probability paradox: P(X=x)=1/n >1
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I Is there a better way to calculate time-shifted correlation matrices?
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A Continuum Hypothesis: Truth and Provability in FOL
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I Linear Regression, Population, Sample
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B Limitations of Multivariate Linear Regression
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I Why linear in linear regression?
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I Variation of Monty Hall problem
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I Looking for advice in clusterization
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I How many possible plays in first 10 moves of a game of Chess?
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I The covariance of a sum of two random variables X and Y
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B Vacuously true statements and why false implies truth
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I Distribution of Sum of Two Weird Random Variables....
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I Parameters of a distribution of a physical variable
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I The third central moment of a sum of two independent random variables
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A Calculation of average damage using analytical methods
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B How best to statistically analyse a PMT signal?
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I How to obtain moment bound from the importance sampling identity?
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I Basic Probability Theory Question about Lebesgue measure
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A Does Maximizing Likelihood Over Truncated Support Increase Probability?
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I What is the correct definition of measurement uncertainty?
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I Measurement Error Analysis in Gaussian distribution
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I How is it possible to win one-in-infinity odds?
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I Confused about error propagation
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Chernoff Bounds using importance sampling identity
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B An Observed Extreme Probability Event
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I Chernoff Bounds for Independent Bernoulli Sums
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