Internet Support for Statistics Software
A discussion in fall 2010 considered the extent to which purely software-related questions would be welcome on this site. It didn't really reach a conclusion, but one useful suggestion that arose is to...
View ArticleBlock randomization with blockrand [closed]
I would like to do stratified randomization on three variables: gender, age (2 categories) and center (4 categories). So the number of strata is 2X2X4. This makes 16 strata. I would like 50 people per...
View ArticleDelete [analysis] tag?
I recently encountered analysis and found it to be a bit confusing and unnecessary, despite the detailed tag info. I then discovered this meta thread about it from 2015 that proposed creating the...
View ArticleMachine Learning Question Off Topic?
I'm struggling to model a machine learning problem and created a stylized version of the problem as a question:Predicting Future ZombiesIt was closed as off-topic. Any suggestions on how to improve the...
View Articlehow to make this a better focused question
I have a question about my Cross Validated post: How to set up my workflow and data for my first network modelHello,I would appreciate help. I am trying to ask a question, but I don't understand what I...
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 ArticleSpam-poster on the loose: Flag, VTC, Both?
We have someone on the loose right now who is making post after post that is grossly off-topic. What is the most helpful action for users to take when we see this? Should we vote to close to hit the...
View ArticleWhat should the "MathJax help" link (in the LaTeX section of the "Editing...
The moderators recently received the following message from the SE community team:As you may know, on sites where MathJax is enabled, the /editing-help page includes a LaTeX section, with a "MathJax...
View ArticleJune 5 General Moderation Strike: Recap, Possible roles, consequences and...
I won't beat the bush here: for cognizance of the community, I would briefly state all the recent events that unfolded over the past week or so. And then (my personal opinion) there would be a message...
View ArticleFeature Request: Both `#Header#` and `# Header #` render as headers
Some people using the Cross Validated Stack Exchange website for the first time have difficulty formatting their sections headers.This is an Example of a Well-Formatted Section HeaderIn particular,...
View ArticleHow can I improve my off-topic question?
I recently posted this question and it was quickly closed as off-topic. Could anyone offer any advice as to how this question may be improved, if it is at all salvageable? This will help me with future...
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Should quote only answers be treated like link only answers?
As the question suggests, I'm unsure of what to do with flagged answers that only have a quotation and no other commentary. For context, I came across a review today with this answer, which fits this...
View ArticleEditing questions: dos and don'ts
What is the etiquette for editing questions? How much is it OK to modify? What are the guidelines and what are the limits?I am concerned that once a question has been edited, the difficulties facing...
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Really confused about this constant edit suggestion
I keep seeing a user in the Suggested Edits queue doing the exact same edit to several questions, such as this one here.It always has the same typo "Thanks in Adavanced" and the deleted portion is...
View ArticleNon-English recommendations of books on mathematical and theoretical...
There is a large number of questions asking for recommendations of textbooks and material on these fields. Unsurprisingly, given the language of this site and most of its audience, resources are...
View ArticleIs it on topic to ask about how implementations of a certain algorithm deal...
For instance, would the following question be on-topic?In the context of training a decision tree, let $Y$ be the dependentvariable and $X_1, \dots X_d$ the independent variables.In a typical...
View ArticleWhat happens with questions of unregistered users?
I found an interesting question, posed by a user who has not registered yet. I am afraid the user may have lost access (account confirmation lost in spam, typo in email address, user on holidays, got...
View ArticleShould this question about the Monty Hall problem and odds ratios be closed...
Recently I asked the question: How to reason about the Monty Hall problem with odds ratios? It was closed due to being deemed off-topic. I'd like to challenge that decision.The two reasons that were...
View Articlewarning message in r
I have panel data. I ran the following code (fixed effects regression).ols <- plm(EXP_SHARE ~ TRADE_BAL, data = df, index = c("ID_code","YEAR"), model = "within")stargazer(ols, type = "text")I get...
View ArticleHow can we encourage new users to edit their closed posts?
New or inexperienced users are sometimes faced with their question (or answer) being closed without any detailed feedback, or even without any comments on their post.While this is definitely the way to...
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