2023: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we wave goodbye to last year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.As most of you here might be...
View ArticleWhy do statistics journals generally have low impact factors, long...
Disclaimer: I realize this could be perceived as off-topic, but wanted to get perspectives from those directly in the field. If this question gets closed, I understand.I've been investigating...
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 ArticleAre Scihub or Mega/Google Docs articles allowed on CV?
Was just curious about this question today because I have sometimes seen that people here will ask for article links which include whatever is relevant to their statistical questions. Sometimes this...
View ArticleCould we have a tag for question about books?
The tag "references" is about requests for references. Fine. That's a useful tag. But the tags "textbooks" and "books" are synonyms of that tag. That leaves us with no tag I can find for questions...
View ArticleCreating a learner object for Bayesian optimization using the mlr and mlrMBO...
I aim to build species distribution models (SDMs) using various machine learning models to evaluate the relationships between species presence/absence (encoded as a binary variable 1/0, where the...
View ArticleRecommended visualization libraries question - on topic?
We have an antique question (asked in 2011): Recommended visualization libraries for standalone applications. Yes, we do have our data-visualization tag, and this one asks about visualizing data (not,...
View ArticleShall we edit the Help Centre page on generative A.I.?
S.E. have added a new help page on the use of generative A.I. to write answers:https://stats.stackexchange.com/help/ai-policyI think what's lacking is any reminder that whoever posts an answer is...
View ArticleWhat motivates people to answer questions?
I know why I ask questions -- to learn and to get help with problems I'm struggling with. And I have been incredibly impressed with the Stack Exchange community's knowledge, eloquence, and...
View ArticleWhat are some "best practices" for editing to improve a post?
We already have another excellent question on CV.SE setting out editing dos and don'ts, but that mostly focuses on the limitations that apply to editing other people's posts, rather than the substance...
View ArticleIs this really a Wiki?
Is this question really qualified as a "wiki" question?Frequentist probability: Can we prove mathematically what we are setting probabilities equal to, or are they just assumptions/definitions?I...
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...
View ArticleDid someone... clone... a question?
We just got a question How do I compare the results between two different Likert Scales questionnaires? from a newly registered user. Under "Related", I see a question asked four years ago: How can I...
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...
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Update on March 21, 2024This site sponsorship has been extended through June 30th.Update on January 24, 2024This site sponsorship is now only visible to users in the US and Canada, due to the sponsor’s...
View ArticleUpdating own answers
I have old answers here that would really profit from an edit, e.g. linking to later answers, or to other resources I have become aware of. What should I do here?I could edit the answer. That would...
View ArticleHow best to leave comments on questions and answers in the review queue?
I notice that regular Review Queue patrollers often leave a stock comment, particularly on "first posts" and "low quality posts". There are many issues that arise time and again, for example an answer...
View ArticleProfusion of threads on imbalanced data - can we merge/deem canonical any?
We appear to have a number of overlapping threads on imbalanced data. Here are just a few of the more highly-upvoted ones:Are unbalanced datasets problematic, and (how) does oversampling (purport to)...
View ArticleCould we have a canonical post on the interpretation of confidence intervals?
Interpretation of confidence intervals in both frequentist and Bayesian formalisms (credible intervals) have been a constant and repeated source of queries over the years at CV.Every now and then,...
View ArticleShould we close questions asking for help with model interpretation if the...
Some questions on this site are of the basic form: "I ran this model and I don't know how to interpret these results." The individuals who ask these sorts of questions sometimes have a limited prior...
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