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How to calculate with tiny probabilities and large samples?
Is it possible to calculate or approximate the probability of something extremely unlikely happening once over a large sample? ie. in situations where the probability is smaller than machine error?
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Is there a way to predict change based on data? [duplicate]
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Is there a way to predict future change based on data?
I do not know anything about statistics. I am a software engineer.
I had a question in my mind and I think here ...
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Are experts harmful?
I'm reading "The Role of Chess in Artificial Intelligence Research" (pdf) and, interestingly enough, they say
Experience [...] suggests that inputs from chess experts, while generally useful, ...
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Best way to interactively guide a remote statistical session, for a computer without admin access?
I collaborate with colleagues in other cities using other operating systems. My colleagues are in the public service and so have limited flexibility to configure their (windows) machines. I want to ...
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Is it legal to publish the code of a published algorithm?
Let's say I want to implement an algorithm based on a paper or book and publish it under a non-proprietary but not necessarily non-commercial-friendly license (e.g. on a blog).
Is it legal to do ...
