John Salvatier

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18	What is the difference between fixed effect, random effect and mixed effect models?
9	What practical implications/interpretations are there of a kurtotic distribution?
6	What methods can be used to specify priors from data?
5	Estimating distribution parameters from few data points
3	What is the Bayesian counterpart to a two-sample t-test with unequal variances?

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+10	What is the difference between fixed effect, random effect and mixed effect models?
+5	Textbook deriving Metropolis-Hastings and Gibbs Sampling
+10	Given a 10D MCMC chain, how can I determine its posterior mode(s) in R?
+5	Weakly informative prior distributions for scale parameters

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17 Questions

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14	Weakly informative prior distributions for scale parameters
10	What MCMC algorithms/techniques are used for discrete parameters?
9	What should I know about designing a good Hybrid/Hamiltonian Monte Carlo algorithm?
6	Textbook deriving Metropolis-Hastings and Gibbs Sampling
6	Estimating a sparse inverse covariance matrix with known sparsity

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27 definition × 2	9 kurtosis
21 bayesian × 24	9 interpretation
18 random-effects-model	8 prior × 5
18 mixed-model	6 probability
18 fixed-effects-model	6 meta-analysis

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