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A distribution is a mathematical description of probabilities or frequencies.

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Reasoning about an arbitrary transformation function based on observed data

I have two lots of data that have been independently, arbitrarily transformed from the same original data source using the same permutation algorithm. I would like to know what kind of statements I ca …
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Equivalent of Kolmogorov-Smirnov test for integer data?

Is there an equivalent of the two-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test for integer data (not count data, as it can include negative integers)? The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test does not perform well in the prese …
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How can I estimate the shape of a curve where the predictor variable is right censored inter...

Are there methods available to conduct interval-regression style analysis where a predictor variable is the interval variable and the outcome variable is a dichotomous variable? To give a bit of bac …
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How can I estimate the shape of a curve where the predictor variable is right censored inter...

It turns out that the problem of regression with an interval-censored independent variable is much less studied than regression with an interval-censored dependent variable. There are at least a dozen …
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How should I interpret these strange density and mixing plots when fitting a generalised par...

The generalised pareto distribution has the limitation that $mu < x$. Thus, the posterior density is capped at x, as COOLSerdash noted. This is intended behaviour, not a bug. The lesser, left-most p …
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How should I interpret these strange density and mixing plots when fitting a generalised par...

I'm trying to fit a generalised pareto distribution to a simulated dataset using JAGS and runjags. When doing so, I get very strange density and mixing plots for the mu parameter. The sigma and xi par …
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How can I simulate census microdata for small areas using a 1% microdata sample at a large s...

I would like to perform an individual-level multivariate analysis at small levels of geographic aggregation (Australian census collection districts). Clearly, the census isn't available at these smal …
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