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kjetil b halvorsen

Mathematical statistician

Below a list of some questions I have responded to, where I consider my response most interesting:

how-does-saddlepoint-approximation-work

what-is-the-intuition-behind-svd

goodness-of-fit-and-which-model-to-choose-linear-regression-or-poisson

Estimating parameters for Binomial with both $n$ and $p$ unknown

what-is-the-difference-between-finite-and-infinite-variance

http://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/72479/general-sum-of-gamma-distributions/137318#137318

http://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/120776/why-should-we-use-t-errors-instead-of-normal-errors/120787#120787

http://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/112451/maximum-likelihood-estimation-mle-in-layman-terms/112480#112480

http://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/152850/difference-of-two-i-i-d-lognormal-random-variables/176374#176374

http://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/131065/non-transitivity-of-correlation-correlations-between-gender-and-brain-size-and/131069#131069

http://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/188903/intuition-on-the-kullback-leibler-kl-divergence/189758#189758

http://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/35956/taleb-and-the-black-swan/36048#36048

http://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/102778/correlations-between-continuous-and-categorical-nominal-variables/102800#102800

http://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/254124/why-does-logistic-regression-become-unstable-when-classes-are-well-separated/254205#254205

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15 Comparison of different concepts of integral Mar 14 '14
13 What are some fun/nonstandard examples of arithmetic/geometric series? Apr 4 '14
10 References for “high-school mathematics from an advanced point of view” May 5 '14
7 Why are manhole covers circular? Mar 9 '15
7 Good motivation for the introduction of Lebesgue integral? Mar 30 '14
7 Real-world examples of more “obscure” geometric figures Mar 12 '15
6 What is a good way to explain the Lebesgue integral to non-math majors? Jan 26 '16
6 What is a good motivation/showcase for a student for the study of eigenvalues? Mar 19 '14
6 Reference request: Textbooks in mathematics for future kindergarten teachers May 21 '15
5 Empirical papers on “interactive engagement” in calculus education? Jun 19 '14
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