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stats:

  • Bayesian statistics and Markov chains
  • ANOVA
  • how do you decide what sample size is big enough?
  • likelihood ratio tests
  • go through all of the different distributions. I only really know the normal one :) (this is a really cool question actually! Understanding what distributions come up in real life and how to handle them is super interesting .)

ML:

  • Practical guide on how to prevent overfitting (and navigating its trade offs)
  • "machine learning algorithms"

questions where I don't really know where to start:

  • dynamic monte carlo methods
  • sampling bias
  • what is standard deviation (other than "well here's the definition" -- why do we use the standard deviation actually?)
  • how to choose the right hypothesis test!
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