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Apparently, this user prefers to keep an air of mystery about them.

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182 Which “mean” to use and when? Feb 19 '12

168 How would you explain covariance to someone who understands only the mean? Nov 7 '11

135 When (and why) should you take the log of a distribution (of numbers)? Nov 23 '11

72 Understanding “variance” intuitively Oct 25 '11

61 How exactly did statisticians agree to using (n-1) as the unbiased estimator for population variance without simulation? May 26 '14

59 What's so 'moment' about 'moments' of a probability distribution? Oct 26 '11

52 Is sampling relevant in the time of 'big data'? Sep 9 '12

46 Is Amazon's “average rating” misleading? Jul 3 '12

39 How should one interpret the comparison of means from different sample sizes? Jun 29 '12

22 Now that I've rejected the null hypothesis what's next? May 27 '14

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