RIP CrossValidated?
GPT generated text:Once a lively place where students, researchers, and curious wanderers exchanged ideas, our statistics platform has fallen oddly silent. The questions still appear, perfectly...
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Google Cloud will be Sponsoring Cross Validated SE
Update on June 30, 2026Google Cloud's sponsorship has been extended through December 31, 2026. The sponsorship will be visible to users in the United States, Canada, Australia, India, Japan, South...
View ArticleCan "Community" reduce the frequency of bringing up old questions?
Given the decreasing number of new questions, is it possible to have "Community" bringing up an old question less often than every hour (like every two, three, or five hours or so)? Although it...
View ArticleUnanswered questions, low volume, and custodial work
Update thanks for the answers thus far, it’s funny that there were actually a ton of new questions this past week! Anyway, leaving my original Q below, though I now have a good plan for myself.I have...
View ArticleRIP CrossValidated?
GPT generated text:Once a lively place where students, researchers, and curious wanderers exchanged ideas, our statistics platform has fallen oddly silent. The questions still appear, perfectly...
View ArticleIs there a preferred way to present R code?
I often find myself wondering about the best way to present R code, and output.The issue is in R itself, in the console, we will see this type of thing:> X <- rnorm(100)> Y <- X +...
View ArticleNot seeing names of authors on answers?
As of this morning (10AM PST Oct 14th 2025), I can not see the names of authors of answers on CrossValidated (It worked yesterday). Is it just on my end? Is it a system bug? Otherwise, what changed and...
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Google Cloud will be Sponsoring Cross Validated SE
Update October 2, 2025The site sponsorship has been extended through December 31, 2025 and is visible to users in the US, Canada and UK.Update July 7, 2025The site sponsorship has been extended through...
View ArticleClass Imbalance in machine learning (again) [closed]
Over the last few days, I have been trying to write a "canonical Q&A" on the class imbalance "problem" for the datascience stackexchange because there is so much confusion over there. I think @Dave...
View ArticleCurrent tag synonym candidates
Please post your tag synonym suggestions as new answers in this thread, one answer per suggestion. Upvote answers where you believe that the suggested tags should be made synonyms, and downvote answers...
View ArticleOff-topic message: why is the Open Data website so prominent?
The "off-topic" message when a question is closed currently reads as follows:This question appears to be off-topic because it focuses onprogramming, debugging, or performing routine operations, or it...
View ArticleThis question I've asked on Computer Science S.E., one tells me it would...
I have asked this question on Computer Science S.E. :I'm willing to know how to declare a collection or set of vectors mapped depending an Oriented Object class. Its instance objects (that each are one...
View ArticleShould the mailing list on structural equation modeling (SEMNET) consider...
I am subscribed to SEMNET, a list on structural equation and latent variable modeling, and it is undergoing some sort of an existential crisis. The talk there is about moving to a forum/website -- it...
View ArticleWhy edits to replace T with TRUE in R code?
I see a few edits rolling through to my questions and comments where R code is used, and replacing T with TRUE. Is there a reason for this or is it a matter of preference? If the latter, I guess we...
View ArticleA question is based on a concept. When is it acceptable to only link to its...
In the question When are dataviz ducks acceptable? I introduce a concept "duck" without explaining what it is, and only provide a link. I did that mostly because when I thought about how to explain it,...
View ArticleHow to ask whether I have understood a subject correctly?
I have a question (for StackExchange) about the algorithm used by a specific statistical tool. The information is there in the published article, but it is too densely written for me to understand, and...
View ArticleTop $k$ List of Reasons to Close a Question Immediately
This is intended to be a "humorous and friendly thread on how to ask a horrible question" (amoeba) which can help new users understand how to write good questions.We hope you will contribute one...
View ArticleHelp spread the wealth
[This post was inspired by this one]You may have noticed that I award the occasional bounty - I like to give one when I see a particularly good answer or a question I think should get an answer. (What...
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Google Cloud will be Sponsoring Cross Validated SE
Update May 20, 2025Belated update: the site sponsorship has been extended through June 30, 2025.Update December 23rd, 2024The site sponsorship has been extended through March 31st, 2025.Update...
View ArticleTemporary test post for Cross Validated
I am testing the Cross Validated platform. My question is: How do I create and delete a temporary post on this site? I have already tried submitting a basic post, but it was rejected for not meeting...
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