Where do the definitions in statistics come from?
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Motivation behind standard deviation?
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Is what statisticians call a "random variable" what physicists call an "observable" in QM?
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Intuitive explanation of the F-statistic formula?
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Origin of "ballpark estimate" to mean a very rough estimate?
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Why do statisticians like "$n-1$" instead of "$n$"?
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What is the meaning of the density of a distribution at a point?
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What is the intuitive sense behind the purpose and mechanics of Sufficient Statistics?
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Standard reference for classical mathematical statistics?
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What is the difference between variable and random variable?
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What's so special about standard deviation?
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The Two Cultures: statistics vs. machine learning?
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Origin of the term "fun fact"
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What does "probability distribution" mean?
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How exactly do Bayesians define (or interpret?) probability?
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What is a standard deviation?
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What is the difference between using a probability distribution and using the mean of observations only as a measure to describe the data?
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How to get started on this statistics problem?