Where can I ask how to use a specific hypothesis test in R?
I'd like to know where on Stack Exchange I should ask about how to use a specific hypothesis test on R and where to ask if my code tests do what I would like to without theoretical foundation.
View ArticleWhat is 'active' about this question?
Usually when CrossValidated marks a question as "active today", I can see something (edits or answers or bounties) that tells me what changed.This question is marked as "active today", but I don't see...
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 ArticleUsage guidance for software-specific tags
Our usage guidance for the r tag is nice and clear: Use this tag for any on-topic question that (a) involves R either as a critical part of the question or expected answer, & (b) is notjust about...
View ArticleIs having equations in LaTeX preferable to images and if so, is it desireable...
Is it preferable to have equations in LaTeX format instead of images, and if so, is it a desideratum to convert images to LaTeX when possible? I have been going through some older questions and...
View ArticleHow should reviewers handle questions with awful formatting?
From time to time when reviewing questions I stumble upon posts that are terribly formatted. Here is a good recent example (note the screenshot with almost invisible text): transformation...
View ArticleBig Thank You for All Your Help!
I have just finished self-studying my way through Mathematical Statistics with Applications, 5th Ed., by Wackerly, Mendenhall, and Scheaffer. I read every word, and solved every problem (well over 1k)....
View Article2021: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange...
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 ArticleNew tag [tag:probability-limit-theorems]
Created just now probability-limit-theoremsI just copied from here:https://math.stackexchange.com/tags/probability-limit-theorems/infoWhat do you think?
View ArticleIs my question clear and if so can it recieve a bounty? [closed]
My question Finding a distribution of a countably infinite subset of the unit interval which has the least non-uniformity? has been lying around for a couple of days.I was wondering if my post was...
View ArticleWhy can’t I edit this post? [closed]
The following question has some formatting issues that I wanted to correct.Econometrics problem with regressionI cannot edit it, even though I can edit other questions (not just my own).What’s going...
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 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 to do about obsolete, or out-of-date questions, specifically this one...
Some questions have answers which are obsolete, or outdated. One prominent example is How to choose the number of hidden layers and nodes in a feedforward neural network?This question has an answer...
View ArticleCurrent tag synonym candidates
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View ArticleIs this question appropriate - Is it necessary to report on the step-by-step...
I would like to ask a question on CrossValidated about statistics reporting, rather than statistical analysis itself. The question is - Is it necessary to report on the step-by-step results from a...
View ArticleIndenting code snippets?
A moderator edited one of my answers, but just to add indent the whole thing. See https://stats.stackexchange.com/a/22574/5503This seems to be a pointless edit: if that kind of indent is desirable...
View ArticleHow to seek a book as a reference on a subject?
I'm looking for a book that explains why r-squared is invalid for nonlinear regression.While there are some articles online about that subject, I'm specifically looking for a book as a...
View ArticleWe have a very large & widening gap between questions and answers. How do we...
Cross-validated is a question-and-answer site. I think it's worthwhile to ask "How well does this website serve people who ask (on-topic, answerable) questions?"To answer this question in a...
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