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High School What is an unbiased estimator ?
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Undergrad For what value of θ is the binomial probability b(x;n,θ) maximized?
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Undergrad Is U+W the Same as U∪W in Vector Spaces?
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Graduate How do i calculate expectation of expectation?
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Graduate What is the definition of randomness in mathematics and physics?
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Undergrad What is the difference between weak and strong large number laws?
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Undergrad The mean of a sum of variables.
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Graduate Predicate logic and one point rule using Z notation
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Graduate Becoming Familiar with Regression Notation and Terminology
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Graduate The inverse of uniform random variable
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Graduate Simple Covariance Matrix Question
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Graduate Stochastic differential equation problem
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Graduate Question related to IID process
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Graduate How to Simplify the Mean of 3D Variables to 1D?
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Graduate Shortest Distance between 2 convex sets
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Undergrad What Are Confidence Intervals in Curve Fitting Analysis?
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Graduate Expected number of games in a series that terminates
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Graduate I have two sets of deterministic numbers, collected in the two
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Graduate Formal Proof for Predicate Calculus 2: Solving Complex Operations and Predicates
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High School What does non-parametric (statistics) actually mean?
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Undergrad Relation on X: Symmetry, Reflexivity & Transitivity
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Undergrad Does Infinite Monkey Theorem Prove Originality?
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Graduate Can G[P(A),c] imply G(A,c) be proven using predicate calculus axioms?
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Graduate Comparing Continuous Probability Distributions: Finding Significance
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Graduate Co-Variance and Signum Function
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Undergrad Counting Number of Possible Hand Gestures
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Undergrad Interpreting results of a polynomial fit
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Graduate Term structure isomorphic to the usual model/structure of number theory
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Graduate Is the Order of Applying Restrictions Commutative in Set Theory?
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Graduate Real Analysis: Worked Examples and Graphical Representations
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High School Probability of rain this weeken?
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Undergrad Having trouble understaning the notation co-variances
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Graduate Distribution of Maximun Likelihood Estimator
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Graduate Dirichlet distribution - moments
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Graduate Producing Xi squared distribution by Monte Carlo
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Graduate Determine the infinite sum of b_k = c_k - c_(k-1)
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Graduate Sample standard deviation serially correlated normal data
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Undergrad What is the average price per share for John's holdings after Date 4?
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Undergrad Calculating Probability of 2 Black Balls from 3-Ball Urn w/ Pascal Triangle
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Undergrad Should I take the absolute value of a negative t-test statistic?
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Undergrad What is the formula for ranking combinations of two sets of numbers?
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Graduate Proving the proof by contradiction method
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Undergrad Combinatorics: solving for coefficient of x^n term
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Undergrad Calculation of total standard deviation over samples of different size
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Undergrad Prove |sin x|/|x| =< 1 for all x in Real Numbers.
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Graduate Gamblers Ruin - Markov Chain problem
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Undergrad Question about element of and subset symbols
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Graduate Is $X_1$ Independent of $Y = X_2 + X_3$ Given Pairwise Independence?
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Graduate Infinitary union combined with infinitary intersection
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Undergrad Queuing theory: calculate probability of an medical case
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Undergrad Why my random experiment has a log normal distribution?
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Undergrad Let's Make A Deal: Should You Switch Curtain Choices?
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Undergrad Black Box Theory: Am I Understanding It Correctly?
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Graduate What is the difference between ⊢ and ⊨?
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Undergrad When to Use Total Probability Formula and Bayes Formula?
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Graduate Apostol 1.19 - Understanding where my logic went wrong (Sets, sup, inf)
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Graduate Moments and Moment-gen. function.
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Graduate Brownian Motion 1 (birth-death)
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Graduate Brownian Motion 2 (probability)
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Undergrad Z attach x, what is the name of this?
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Undergrad Coin Flip Probability: Non-Random Switching & Skewed Distribution
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Undergrad Chi-squared and reduced Chi-squared
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Undergrad Understanding a special combination
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Graduate Minimum number of edges in a graph of order n with chromatic number k
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Graduate Distribution of Difference of 2 2nd Degree Non-Central Chi Squared RVs
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Undergrad At what probability is it rational to look for paranormal explanations?
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Graduate Gaussian Distribution Question.
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High School Mutual Exclusiveness vs Independence: A Comparison
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Graduate Denumerable set and surjective function
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Undergrad How to Calculate Probability of Recatching Fish?
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Graduate Probability density function of a function of a random variable
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Graduate Probability help/sigma-algebras
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Graduate Arithmetics and algebra, what/ which is the main concept?
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Graduate Raw moments of Gaussian Distribution
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Graduate Random function coupled to a non-random function question.
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High School A+B=C: Understanding Real Number Equality and Functionality
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Undergrad Multiple variable correlation - drowning in stats formulas,
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Undergrad Random variable, expected value,Variance
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Undergrad Probability that Bill told the truth problem
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Undergrad How Do Insurance Risk Classes Affect Car Accident Probabilities?
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Undergrad Help with the 3D gaussian function
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Undergrad Why Is the Expected Number of Shooting Stars 1.5 in 15 Minutes?
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Graduate How to Perform Turkey's Test for Additivity with Two Observations per Cell?
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Graduate Is the Empty Set Considered an Open Set in Topology?
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Graduate Operations on irrational numbers
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Graduate How to calculate entropy of mixing in 2-d systems
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Graduate How to calculate actuarial present value
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Graduate Small lemma about sums and products
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Graduate Help for the stochastic differential equations
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Graduate What Are the Practical Implications of Infinitely Many Cardinal Numbers?
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Undergrad Probability of Arranging Rooks on Chessboard with Rook Polynomials
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Undergrad Poisson distribution normalized
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Undergrad Compare Box Plots: Different # of N?
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Undergrad Independence Problem: 3 Digits & Probability of Sending 0
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Graduate Solving Color Convergence Problem - Monte's Research
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Graduate Stochastic differential of a particular martingale
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Graduate Find a counterexample for a false statment about independent events.
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Graduate Solving for least square coefficients of power law
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Graduate Derivation of Vasicek Entropy Estimator
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Graduate Proof of Set Function f(f^-1(Y'))\subseteqY
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