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Top Questions
237 votes

How would you explain Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) to a layperson?

bayesian mcmc intuition teaching asked Jul 19 '10 at 23:21
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97 votes

What's the difference between correlation and simple linear regression?

correlation regression asked Aug 25 '10 at 23:53
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78 votes

What is the single most influential book every statistician should read?

books asked Jul 21 '10 at 0:44
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73 votes

What is a “kernel” in plain English?

kernel-trick kernel-density-estimate asked Sep 9 '10 at 0:15
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61 votes

Explain the difference between multiple regression and multivariate regression, with minimal use of symbols/math

regression multiple-regression terminology multivariate-regression asked Sep 3 '10 at 18:54
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42 votes

What is the objective function of PCA?

pca asked May 2 '11 at 23:10
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25 votes

What's the difference between a probability and a proportion?

probability intuition asked Aug 11 '10 at 7:24
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23 votes

How to get all roles that a user is a member of (including inherited roles)?

postgresql users role postgresql-9.3 access-control asked Jan 3 '14 at 22:07
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18 votes

How to do incremental backup every hour in Postgres?

postgresql backup windows postgresql-9.4 asked Jul 8 '13 at 5:17
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What limits the number of connections?

postgresql linux max-connections unix asked Mar 19 '15 at 21:50
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