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CART as junior synonym to Decision Tree

I would recommend to make "cart" and "classification-tree" tags junior synonyms of "decision-tree". Because, often CART acronym is regarded to be just a particular method or algorithm of the tree ...
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Tag merge: average and averages

I noticed that there are both tags average and averages. Is there any subtle difference in meaning between the two? That plural form of the tag doesn't have a tag wiki, so I'd suggest making it a ...
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Synonyms for the “Test” tags

Stats.SE seems to have a few ambiguous / synonymous tags: test x 49 testing x 23 hypothesis-testing x 497 The former two are even missing a description. I'll leave merging and creating appropriate ...
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Current tag synonym candidates

(I apologize that there have been similar questions before, but I'm not sure adding to them would be best here. Perhaps the most reasonable option would be to add to this question, but it is rather ...
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Should the data-visualization and figure tags be merged?

Should the data-visualization and figures tags be merged? There is no wiki description for ...
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What does the kernel tag refer to?

I was reviewing the "kernel" tag and this tag may refer to several different items. In statistics, Kernel has a particular meaning. However, a commonly encountered use of the term kernel in the ...
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Why is there no “parameter” tag?

When choosing tags for the question: " Is there a difference between the "maximum probability" and the "mode" of a parameter? " I was surprised to find no "parameter" tag. I ...
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Tags for references

Something's been bothering me (and it may just be me) about one category of our tags. When someone asks for references for a particular topic, their choices for tags seems to be: ...
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Tag synonym suggestion: multiple-comparisons <-> multiple-hypothesis

The terms multiple-comparisons and multiple-hypothesis are used interchangeably.
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Synonym merging suggestion for users with under 2.5k?

Is there any way for a user with under 2.5k reputation to suggest synonym mergers?
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Should mixed-model and multilevel-analysis be tag synonyms?

The tags mixed-model and multilevel-analysis seem to be entirely redundant upon a quick glance at the question lists. Should we only have one tag? (I'm not quite sure what the difference between tag ...
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Tag synonym: auc -> roc?

I believe auc should be a synonym for roc. auc was created only for this question.
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Tagging bug?…

After trying four times to edit this question to add the "change-point" tag to it, which is associated with three existing questions, I have been unsuccessful: no matter how emphatically I type :-) it ...