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Examples where method of moments can beat maximum likelihood in small samples?

estimation maximum-likelihood mse method-of-moments efficiency asked Dec 22 '13 at 23:30
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Add gold tag badge privileges to a user's Privileges page

feature-request tags badges privileges-page dupehammer asked May 2 '15 at 3:07
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Which has the heavier tail, lognormal or gamma?

distributions gamma-distribution lognormal heavy-tailed asked Feb 13 '14 at 6:01
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How does saddlepoint approximation work?

distributions mathematical-statistics mgf saddlepoint-approximation partial-moments asked Jan 20 '16 at 1:35
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Something wrong with monthly user rep - some users show quarterly figures?

bug reputation asked Aug 3 '16 at 23:33
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How do I find values not given in (interpolate in) statistical tables?

hypothesis-testing statistical-significance chi-squared interpolation tables asked Jul 16 '13 at 23:55
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Impact of data-based bin boundaries on a chi-square goodness of fit test?

chi-squared goodness-of-fit binning asked Oct 4 '13 at 1:48
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Nice example where a series without a unit root is non stationary?

time-series unit-root non-stationary augmented-dickey-fuller asked Nov 5 '15 at 4:11
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Shouldn't the help on how to ask a good question include “make sure you ask a question”?

feature-request asking-questions help-center asked Aug 18 '17 at 11:10
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Why did Jon Snow go to this place in Season 5 (Ep 09)?

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