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Undergrad Stopping Time in layman's words
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Graduate Extended version of Cochran's Theorem
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Graduate Parameter optimization for the eignevalues of a matrix
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Undergrad Variation of the Liar's Paradox
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Undergrad Unit Conversions of Force: How to Convert Between Different Units of Force?
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Undergrad What Are the Advantages of Linearizing Cubic Data for Analysis?
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Graduate Are these results possibly the outcome of a probabilistic calculation?
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Graduate Optimizing Grouping of People for Teamwork
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Undergrad Time series and why would we remove seasonality and trend?
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Graduate Distribution of sum of two circular uniform RVs in the range [0, 2 pi)
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Undergrad AI Detection - Phase 2: finding hypotheses
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Undergrad Finding the pdf of a transformed univariate random variable
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High School AI Detection - Phase 1: sample collection
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Undergrad Vector visualization of multicollinearity
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Undergrad Smoother EWMA that mean-reverts
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Undergrad What are the commonly used estimators in regression models?
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Undergrad What Are the Key Differences Between OLS and GLM Models in Statistical Analysis?
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Undergrad Error bars in Excel (standard deviation, standard error, percentage)
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Undergrad How do leaf nodes behave in regression decision trees?
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Insights What Are Numbers?
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Undergrad Probability paradox: P(X=x)=1/n >1
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Undergrad Is there a better way to calculate time-shifted correlation matrices?
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Graduate Continuum Hypothesis: Truth and Provability in FOL
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Undergrad Linear Regression, Population, Sample
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High School Limitations of Multivariate Linear Regression
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Undergrad Why linear in linear regression?
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Undergrad Looking for advice in clusterization
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Undergrad How many possible plays in first 10 moves of a game of Chess?
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Undergrad The covariance of a sum of two random variables X and Y
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High School Vacuously true statements and why false implies truth
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Undergrad Distribution of Sum of Two Weird Random Variables....
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Undergrad Parameters of a distribution of a physical variable
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Undergrad The third central moment of a sum of two independent random variables
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Graduate Calculation of average damage using analytical methods
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High School How best to statistically analyse a PMT signal?
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High School Cosecant function: notation for the domain and range -- Am I right?
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Undergrad How to obtain moment bound from the importance sampling identity?
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Undergrad Basic Probability Theory Question about Lebesgue measure
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Graduate Does Maximizing Likelihood Over Truncated Support Increase Probability?
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Undergrad Formula for the propagation of complex errors
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High School Squaring finite decimals of 2/3 and 1/3 - growing patterns
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Undergrad What is the correct definition of measurement uncertainty?
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Undergrad Can you transform a countably infinite set to an uncountable one?
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Undergrad Measurement Error Analysis in Gaussian distribution
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High School Is one out of infinity different from zero?
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Undergrad How is it possible to win one-in-infinity odds?
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Undergrad Confused about error propagation
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Graduate Chernoff Bounds using importance sampling identity
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High School An Observed Extreme Probability Event
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Undergrad Chernoff Bounds for Independent Bernoulli Sums
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Graduate Constructing PDFs for Max Likelihood Density Estimation Problem
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Undergrad Understanding Absorption Laws (Boolean Algebras)
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Graduate What are your insights on The Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever?
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Undergrad What Is the Probability Atom A Will Emit a Photon Before Atom B?
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High School Multiply Probabilities vs. Sum of the Squares
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Undergrad Question about about halting problem and this particular function
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Undergrad Relating Moments from one Distribution to the Moments of Another
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Undergrad When can Ordinal Variables be treated as Interval Variables?
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Undergrad Categorical vs Numerical Variables
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High School I have an issue with Cantor's diagonal argument
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Undergrad Basic Measure Theory: Borel ##\sigma##- algebra
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Undergrad Is thermal noise a statistical uncertainty?
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Undergrad Write probability in terms of shape parameters of beta distribution
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Undergrad Coefficient sign flip in linear regression with correlated predictors
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High School Are there two kinds of inverse with respect to closure?
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Undergrad Probability to get a certain number or less by throwing two 6-faced die
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Undergrad What Are Examples of Alternate Orderings in Mathematics?
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Graduate Standard error of the coefficient of variation
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Undergrad Linear regression and random variables
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Undergrad Expected number of random variables that must be observed
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High School What is the building block of maths?
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Undergrad Help Needed: Probability Problem in Risk Management Calculcations
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Graduate Calculating Probability of N Points on a Line Being Within Given Distance
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Undergrad The answer is 15! What is the problem?
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Graduate Runners in a race, probability paradox
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Graduate Multiparticipant events and pairwise probabilities
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Undergrad Does inference help forecasting?
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Graduate "The Operation Combination Problem"
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High School How helpful is probability theory?
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Undergrad Making Sense of Notation Confusion in Statistical Digital Signal Processing
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Undergrad Choosing from identical objects of different types
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High School Confusion about division by zero in sets
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High School Calculating 'Typical' Grade of a Hiking Trail
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Undergrad Monte Carlo for uncertainty estimation
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Undergrad Is an algorithm for a proof required to halt?
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Undergrad Confused about using Monte Carlo for error estimation
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Graduate Confused about magnitude of error
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Graduate The standardized and unstandardized canonical correlation coefficients
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Undergrad Collinearity between predictors: what happens under the hood
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Undergrad Is Unbiasedness in Estimation Truly Reflective of Population Parameters?
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Graduate Uncertainty on an asymmetry signal
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Undergrad Sample space, outcome, event, random variable, probability...
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Undergrad Handling categorical variables in R
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Undergrad Linear Model with independent categorical variable
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High School How is the harmonic mean affected by additional data points?
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Undergrad Why Does Yₙ Converge to Zero for q < 1/2 in a Random Walk?
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Undergrad Number of edges in a tree digraph
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Undergrad Martingale, Optional sampling theorem
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High School Is There an Alternative Approach to Learning Pure Math for Beginners?
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Undergrad Finding expectation of the function of a sum
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