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Examples where method of moments can beat maximum likelihood in small samples?
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asked Dec 22, 2013 at 23:30
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Which has the heavier tail, lognormal or gamma?
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asked Feb 13, 2014 at 6:01
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How does saddlepoint approximation work?
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asked Jan 20, 2016 at 1:35
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Add gold tag badge privileges to a user's Privileges page
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asked May 2, 2015 at 3:07
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Something wrong with monthly user rep - some users show quarterly figures?
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asked Aug 3, 2016 at 23:33
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Nice example where a series without a unit root is non stationary?
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augmented-dickey-fuller
asked Nov 5, 2015 at 4:11
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How do I find values not given in (interpolate in) statistical tables?
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chi-squared
interpolation
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asked Jul 16, 2013 at 23:55
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Impact of data-based bin boundaries on a chi-square goodness of fit test?
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binning
asked Oct 4, 2013 at 1:48
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Shouldn't the help on how to ask a good question include "make sure you ask a question"?
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asked Aug 18, 2017 at 11:10
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Why did Jon Snow go to this place in Season 5 (Ep 09)?
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asked Jun 8, 2015 at 21:27
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How to interpret a QQ plot
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Please explain the waiting paradox
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Update: an agreement with Monica Cellio
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Explain the xkcd jelly bean comic: What makes it funny?
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How can a distribution have infinite mean and variance?
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When to use gamma GLMs?
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Does mean=mode imply a symmetric distribution?
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How exactly did statisticians agree to using (n-1) as the unbiased estimator for population variance without simulation?
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Why is the square root transformation recommended for count data?
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Interpreting the residuals vs. fitted values plot for verifying the assumptions of a linear model
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Why is the mean of the natural log of a uniform distribution (between 0 and 1) different from the natural log of 0.5?
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Is every covariance matrix positive definite?
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Central limit theorem for sample medians
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How to find a good fit for semi-sinusoidal model in R?
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Why does the variance of the Random walk increase?
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