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This tag is used to refer to mathematical/probabilistic/statistical modeling questions, usually this tag is used to ask about questions that are related with the mathematical formalism of the model instead of the correctness of a specific model in practice.

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Modeling question: how often does "the world's oldest person" die?

This story yesterday (no need to follow the link to understand the question!) http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/02/01/texas.oldest.person.dies/index.html?hpt=T2 reminds me that I've often wondered about th …