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    $\begingroup$ @whuber, if this is inappropriate or unhelpful, then I can delete it, but my goal is the opposite: I don't want you (or the other mods) to have to spend time thinking about this & doing a lot of extra research. I'm hoping to bring this to the attention of the community, which, by voting (commenting, etc), will have done all of that for you guys. Nb, w/ respect to lme & multilevel, I'm not sure anyone will have the requisite upvotes--there have only been 3 questions w/ multilevel, according to it's page. $\endgroup$
    – gung - Reinstate Monica
    Jun 7, 2012 at 16:59
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    – whuber Mod
    Jan 21, 2016 at 14:55

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    $\begingroup$ We also have survey which looks more like polling at a quick glance. $\endgroup$
    – mdewey
    Feb 9, 2021 at 15:22
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    $\begingroup$ We also have voting-system which is distinct and for which I have just proposed wiki info. $\endgroup$
    – mdewey
    Feb 9, 2021 at 15:28
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    $\begingroup$ Looking at this again I see we also have survey-weights which I would have thought was a proper subset of survey-sampling $\endgroup$
    – mdewey
    Mar 6, 2021 at 13:41
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    $\begingroup$ @mdewey: I think I will ask this as an independent question, to get more people involved. Seems complicated! $\endgroup$
    – kjetil b halvorsen Mod
    Mar 8, 2021 at 2:02
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(120 posts, no wiki) must be synonymous to either or (both with wikis), or both ... ?

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    $\begingroup$ Scaling seems more generic. Maybe [n] & [st] should be grouped under [fs], & we could even create a [centering] tag to be a synonym as well? Dunno what's best here... We probably don't need 3 tags for this, though. $\endgroup$
    – gung - Reinstate Monica
    Feb 24 at 14:00
  • $\begingroup$ @gung-ReinstateMonica Is centering the same thing as scaling? I always thought scaling was a specific application of the multiplication function, but centering is a specific application of the addition function. (Leaving aside that multiplication itself is repeated addition. :) Do you have a new insight for me, gung? $\endgroup$
    – Alexis
    Jun 12 at 3:32
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    $\begingroup$ here is my standard answer on the specific use of these terms, @Alexis, but I'm guessing fs is a generic term. I think these should be grouped together somehow, but how best to do it is unclear to me. The best superset name would probably be linear-transformation, but that doesn't seem like it would be a good choice for our situation. $\endgroup$
    – gung - Reinstate Monica
    Jun 12 at 11:47

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