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Undergrad Question about Big-O functions.
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High School What is the probability of winning in a game of chance?
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Graduate Which Generalized Mean Best Approximates the Median?
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Undergrad Expected Value for # of Cards Dealt
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Graduate Performing Detection with IID RV: Unknown PDF & Neamen Pearson Test Efficiency
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Graduate There is no set of all functions
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Undergrad What's a good resource for teaching myself Markov chains?
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Undergrad Set Theory Proof Help | Prove (A-C) U (B-C) = (A U B) - C
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Graduate Deriving the MGF for the Weibull Distribution
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High School Proof of x=0 or y=0 for x^2+y^2=0
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Undergrad Can Autocorrelation Affect Exponential Smoothing Results?
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Undergrad Large Sample Test: Rejecting Hypothesis at 5% Significance
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Graduate What is the simplest proof of Zorn's lemma
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Undergrad Z-score/P-Values vs. Confidence Intervals
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Graduate Questions About Single Element Set X={0} in Euclidean Metric
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Undergrad Looking for good books for self-study
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Graduate N% uniqueness of x columns * y rows of output
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Graduate A Question about the Alternating Series Test
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Graduate Need statistical test for contingency table with very small and big counts
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Graduate Positive recurrent CTMC with a null recurrent embedded DTMC
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Graduate What are the best tests and statistics indicators for analyzing algae data?
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Undergrad Pigeonhole Principle question
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Graduate A statement that is true AND false?
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Undergrad How does raising a variable to a power affect the error in measurement?
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Graduate Markov chains: period of a state
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Undergrad Calculating Majority Chances in a Three-Way Election
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Graduate What is the probability associated with a Dirac delta-like distribution?
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Graduate How Do Stochastic Processes Apply to Real-World Events and Systems?
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Graduate Does Surgical Implantation Affect Hummingbird Weight Loss?
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Undergrad Understanding RMS Accuracy for Measurements
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Undergrad How to calculate confidence interval not on t-table
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Graduate Abstract Algebra[zero polynomial of infinite field]
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Graduate Expected value of function in binomial distribution
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High School Solving Modular Arithmetic Problems: How to Explained
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Graduate Church's Thesis: Definition and Proof
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Undergrad Is Your Opponent Likely to Have a Flush on a Three-Suited Board?
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Graduate Mean Absolute Deviation/Standard Deviation Ratio
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Graduate About the linear combination of multivariate normal distributions.
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Undergrad Calculating m and b for Logarithmic Regression with Small Data Set
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Graduate Calculate the bias of the estimator
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Undergrad Normal Distribution v. Student's T Distribution
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Graduate Lognormal Distribution of Labour Force Incomes and Income Disparity
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Graduate How to generate conditional probability from a algebric equation ?
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Graduate How Do Lambda and Beta Relate in the Exponential Decay of Foam?
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Undergrad Where Can I Find Raw Statistical Data with Dummy Variables for Analysis?
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Undergrad What is the use of mathematical induction
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Graduate Is It Possible to Embed the Set of Rational Numbers in a Countable Set?
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Graduate Comparing accuracy of estimators
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Graduate How Do You Find the Density Function of a Sum of Exponential Random Variables?
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Undergrad How Do Sets A and B Relate Through Equivalence Properties?
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Undergrad Hypothesis Tests: Understanding p-value, alpha level & more
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Graduate Calculating Expectation Value of Winning Number in Probability Puzzle
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Graduate Question about Godel's Incompleteness Theorems
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Undergrad Deal or No Deal Normal Distribution?
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Graduate Real Analysis proof (inner product)
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Graduate How to calculate the bandwidth for a Kernel density estimation
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Graduate Is the Interval (a,b] a Well-Ordered Set?
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Graduate Sigma field generated by singletons of real line
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Graduate How to relate P(F) with P(F') where F' is F's closure (P(F)\neq 0)
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Graduate Non central chi square distribution
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Graduate Using negation of an for all statment in a proof by contradiction.
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Graduate Equating Truth Table Expressions: A NAND Solution
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Undergrad So, the statement is still true.
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Undergrad Basis for Margin of Error in Opinion Polls?
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High School What are the Different Types of Events in Probability Theory?
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Graduate Can a nonempty set has probability zero?
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Undergrad How would i figure this out? (probability of coin flips)
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Undergrad Calculating μ for a Normal Distribution with Given Probability
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Undergrad Confusion about defn. of Surjective mapping in WIKI.
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Graduate Replication Method for Survey Estimation
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Graduate Real-valued measurable cardinals versus Vitali sets
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Graduate The power of a cardinal number to another cardinal number
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Graduate Calculating Probability for X from f(x;θ) with θ > 0
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Graduate Product of gaussian random variable with itself
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Undergrad F-test and One-way ANOVA (in R)?
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Graduate Multivariate Distributions, Moments, and Correlations
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Undergrad How Do Different Types of Measurement Uncertainties Compare?
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Graduate Do Infinite Sets and Their Unions with Finite Sets Share the Same Cardinality?
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Graduate Cardinality of sets of functions
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Graduate How does the composition of functions prove this limit theorem?
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Graduate How Does the Axiom of Foundation Address Self-Membership in Sets?
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Graduate How can I calculate the moment generating function for moments about the mean?
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Graduate True Statements: Always Provable?
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Undergrad Calculating Conditional Probabilities with Mutually Exclusive Events
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Undergrad Joint density functions (gaussian)
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Graduate Calculating expected values for a random variable with a continuous distribution
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Graduate Calculating E[x] for f(x)=e^-2|x| distribution in the reals (x e R)
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Graduate The intrinsic relationship between pure math and science
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Graduate How to Find the CDF and PDF of (X+Y)²?
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Graduate Can Open Subsets of Real Numbers Form Countable Unions of Intervals?
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Undergrad Combinatoric Proof for choosing objects
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Undergrad What is the Probability of Prisoner A Being Freed in this Situation?
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Undergrad Algebra Q (reposting with corrected notations)
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Graduate Understanding the P vs NP Problem: Factoring and Its Impact on Internet Security
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Undergrad What is the probability of drawing a spade from a deck of 51 cards?
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Graduate Solving for \pi_{H} and \pi_{L} in Limit Case
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Graduate And the definition of axiom is ?
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Undergrad Significant figures calculations
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Graduate What is the Probability Distribution of Parking Requests in a Poisson Process?
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Graduate Difference between martingale and markov chain
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