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Applied and theoretical statistics: e.g. statistical inference, regression, time series, multivariate analysis, data analysis, Markov chain Monte Carlo, design of experiments.
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Why is it so cool to square numbers (in terms of finding the standard deviation)?
If you are dealing with negative numbers, you need to square them (or use absolute value) to capture the appropriate distance from the mean.
Using a square allows one to have a continuously differenti …
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