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I'm looking for a list of research topics along with subtopics in health. Medline (https://medlineplus.gov/healthtopics.html) provides a good high-level list but if you click on any of the topics,...
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08 August 2015 6,172 16 View
I'm going to partition a symmetric matrix (covariance matrix) into columns/rows that are independent. Analysis of eigenvalues was what I had in mind but I have difficulty mapping out...
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There are many examples with highly correlated data; as a result, the determinant of the covariance matrix of moments becomes very small (e.g. in an example the determinant of the covariance...
05 May 2014 3,655 4 View
I need to sample 'n' individual data from a large population data set but the sample should follow specific specifications of my interest. As a simple example, let's assume that the population...
02 February 2014 2,639 8 View
I've been using J-test for model selection but apparently it's not a good measure when models have different degree of freedoms. To my understanding, Akaike information criterion (AIC) or Bayesian...
01 January 2014 6,847 4 View
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01 January 2014 720 10 View
I'm putting together a list of ongoing modeling works (from different research areas) which try to understand and predict the behavior of an interesting phenomenon. Just a few examples to kick...
11 November 2013 8,840 11 View
I'd like to aggregate statistical findings from heterogeneous studies that report regression models with different functional designs. All regressions have the same dependent variable (e.g. Y as...
11 November 2013 3,502 3 View
I'm interested in hearing your experience on these two estimation techniques specially on the choice of moments and auxiliary statistics.
11 November 2013 6,948 3 View
In June 2013, the American Medical Association classified obesity as a disease. There are many opinions on this matter that say just the opposite. What are your thoughts? Do you believe that...
11 November 2013 2,919 16 View