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We're almost halfway through 2021, and in case you missed it, Community Promotion Ads are gonna be a bit different this time! TL;DR: submit and vote for ad proposals before August 2nd!What are...
View ArticleCould we change the title of this sub-stack, as well as the image which seems...
Validation is not inherently tied to repetition over folds. Considering the hundreds of "unanswered" questions tagged with [cross-validation] (meaning no answer is either up-voted or accepted), I...
View ArticleCommunity conscious on viewing hot questions from artificial intelligence and...
It is a well-known fact that overlap is high between the three sites: Artificial Intelligence, data sciences, cross validated.If we go through the meta-questions of individual sites, we can also find a...
View ArticleWhy is it difficult to get help here
I am Simran, I have been studying for a govt exam with statistics as optional (which is rarely opted by students ) , due to which there isn't any good professional coaching available , I have been...
View ArticleShould conciseness be a part of the "How do I ask a good question?" guide?
I've noticed that questions that are as concise as possible without sacrificing clarity get more attention. More specifically, questions that avoid repeating information, avoid adding unnecessary...
View ArticleWhy can some people close others answer
So , it has been quite some time i started using this platform , and I was just looking at few questions that showed " this question is not accepting any answers " which means it must have been...
View ArticleDeleting self-study questions after asking?
What is (or should be) the policy on deleting self-study questions after getting help?Context.This question is prompted by whuber's remark on someone's self-study question: How would this Markov chain...
View ArticleDo you say "thank you" to commenters who solve your problem?
I have this question of etiquette. I was wondering if at the end of a discussion in the comment section a question, once my doubt has been clarified, should I add a final comment thanking the person...
View ArticleThread for merging duplicates
I thought to duplicate (pun intended) the duplicate thread on Math Meta. No need to seek permission from me to edit my posts. Just edit this, if you find more duplicates.Duplicates of Monty Hall...
View ArticleWhy the equations in this website is not displayed as expected? [closed]
The website is:How would you explain Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) to a layperson?. How should I address this issue?
View ArticleShould questions about the statistics profession be added to the scope of CV?
I noticed that a recent question about the statistics profession was closed as off-topic. It clearly does not fall within the listed topics on our help pages so I have no objection to the moderating...
View ArticleHas any methodological research begun with a CrossValidated question?
Are there any publications that were motivated by a CrossValidated post? Was the site acknowledged? Is there a badge for that?
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 ArticleRequest for information on top users --- name, profession, institution, title
SE users,Request for information on top users --- name, profession, institution, titleI am currently writing an academic paper on statistics education using CV.SE, which is expected to be published in...
View ArticleInternet 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 ArticleHow best to use the review queue?
For the past couple of months I've had access to the review queue and haven't really got to grips with it yet. I find the design rather unintuitive and clunky - when looking at a post in the review...
View ArticleWhat (if anything) should we do about user profiles for users who have passed...
I recently learned from another user that one of our high-ranking users, Michael R. Chernick, passed away earlier this year (see obituary here). His profile page remains as he left it when he was...
View ArticleOn posting questions concerning proofs of results in machine learning,...
Context.From my experiences with this site, I've noticed standard proofs in statistics and probability theory, generally on foundational, textbook topics, tend to get answered and dealt with extremely...
View ArticleImprove [hypothesis-testing] tag excerpt and description
The current tag except (and description) of hypothesis-testing readsHypothesis testing assesses whether data are inconsistent with a given hypothesis rather than being an effect of random...
View ArticleFirst Questions Review Queue: Flagging a Question Does Not Advance the...
In the new First Questions Review Queue, if I flag a question, say, as needing clarification, in my opinion the Actions box should have a button saying "I'm done" or the entire screen should advance to...
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