Astrostatistics Forum

This a forum for discussion of astrostatistical methods and applications are welcome, including questions from all levels of statistical expertise. The moderator is Brandon Kelly (UC Santa Barbara).
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Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics: do you know?by Brito de Freitas, Daniel No replies yet by Brito de Freitas, DanielFebruary 01. 2016
Making plausibility plausible?by Krzysztof Findeisen No replies yet by Krzysztof FindeisenAugust 29. 2014
Six key trends in contemporary statistics that really could revolutionise astronomical data analysis …by Cameron, Ewan No replies yet by Cameron, EwanMarch 25. 2014
Good statistics for the y-axis spread in a scatter plotby Hinkel, Natalie 6 by Cameron, EwanJanuary 24. 2014
new book on statistics, DM, and ML in astronomyby Wang, Yan 1 by Wang, YanJanuary 06. 2014
Simple spelling correctionby Belanger, Guillaume No replies yet by Belanger, GuillaumeDecember 11. 2013
Propensity score matching in astronomyby Cameron, Ewan No replies yet by Cameron, EwanJune 04. 2013
Multivariate Goodness of Fit/Model Comparison Examples or Resourcesby Mosby, Gregory 7 by Mosby, GregoryJune 02. 2013
SED fitting and F-testby Vignali, Cristian No replies yet by Vignali, CristianApril 18. 2013
What is the optimal way to detect transient events or features in astrophysical data?by Belanger, Guillaume 2 by Cameron, EwanApril 16. 2013
Survival Analysis + (Asymmetric) Uncertaintiesby nlutzgendorf 11 by lspezziApril 12. 2013
How to decide which model describes the data in a better wayby Hinse, Tobias Cornelius 4 by Feigelson, EricApril 05. 2013
Comparing 2 populations: matched pairs, ANOVA, or something else?by Barmby, Pauline 1 by Cameron, EwanFebruary 07. 2013
Estimation of parameter precision – time of minimum light of an eclipsing binary or transiting planetby Hinse, Tobias Cornelius 1 by Hinse, Tobias CorneliusJanuary 17. 2013
Credible intervalsby Laskar, Tanmoy 1 by bckellyJanuary 17. 2013
Best fit model for cumulative number counts (small numbers)by Rudnick, Lawrence 2 by Cameron, EwanJanuary 17. 2013
Bivariate correlationby bckelly 2 by bckellyJanuary 02. 2013
Likelihood function including censored databy Laskar, Tanmoy No replies yet by Laskar, TanmoyDecember 07. 2012
Change point detection in heteroscedastic unevenly sampled time series databy Lo, Kitty No replies yet by Lo, KittySeptember 17. 2012
Nonlinear least squares: 2 dep. var; fitting polarization databy Rudnick, Lawrence 2 by Feigelson, EricJune 19. 2012
Assessing whether a parameter varies.by Bauer, Franz 1 by bckellyJuly 06. 2012
Telescope proposals and power calculations…by Vaughan, Simon 1 by bckellyMarch 19. 2012