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Continuing with my previous question taken directly from the 7 Essential Meta Questions of Every Beta, here's another. What should we call our site (and linked to that what should our domain name be)?

Blog post about choosing domain.

First round ended; the second will be announced soon.

Here is a discussion about how the second round should look.

There are still new proposals comming! To see them click "newest" tab below: alt text

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    $\begingroup$ Just to emphasize one of my overarching views on the name: the site should be about "data analysis", and that should include all aspects of statistics (yes, including both bayesian and frequentist), visualization, machine learning/data mining, "data science", etc. The title should include all these camps. $\endgroup$
    – Shane
    Commented Jul 26, 2010 at 14:29

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StatsOverflow.com

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    $\begingroup$ Familiar, but wouldn't it be better to have a name that's unique to our endeavour? StackOverflow is a specific computer-science related concept. $\endgroup$
    – Shane
    Commented Jul 20, 2010 at 13:13
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    $\begingroup$ @Shane That is indeed a good point. I just liked the familiarity the name generates with stackoverflow, the same way mathoverflow.net does. $\endgroup$
    – Tony Breyal
    Commented Jul 20, 2010 at 18:21
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    $\begingroup$ @Tony That's why I think it should be something fitting into a S*[O*] scheme but still making sense. $\endgroup$
    – user88
    Commented Jul 23, 2010 at 14:31
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    $\begingroup$ It doesn't mean anything, unlike "StackOverflow". It will be harder to sell to people who aren't familiar with the SO site. $\endgroup$
    – Rob Hyndman
    Commented Jul 26, 2010 at 9:29
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    $\begingroup$ I like it. The "overflow" connotation has not hurt mathoverflow at all, and it is becoming a meme...i.e. people will understand what type of site it is immediately. $\endgroup$
    – PeterR
    Commented Jul 27, 2010 at 19:30
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    $\begingroup$ I just looked at some of the other SE sites, and I didn't see another one going for blahoverflow.com. I agree with @Rob that this has a specific meaning for stackoverflow, and the SO team even chose different names for superuser and serverfault that were more relevant. $\endgroup$
    – Shane Mod
    Commented Aug 10, 2010 at 20:48
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    $\begingroup$ Although closely related, it attempts to borrow too much from it's successful progenitor. Although, arguably, many questions will be asked and answered that reflect the use of software for statistical analysis. $\endgroup$
    – Brandon Bertelsen
    Commented Aug 12, 2010 at 3:54
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    $\begingroup$ @Brandon Stack overflow is rather not the most hurting problem in statistical software... $\endgroup$
    – user88
    Commented Aug 16, 2010 at 15:16
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    $\begingroup$ Regarding the blog post linked in the original question, note #2: "Look for jargon that has meaning to the group of people you want to attract. Insider jargon is the duck call of insiders. Look at me! If I can say “contributory negligence,” I must be a real lawyer!" This speaks to the reason that I think this is a poor name selection. $\endgroup$
    – Shane Mod
    Commented Aug 16, 2010 at 17:31
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    $\begingroup$ There's a Machine Learning proposal on Area 51 even though ML questions are part of the mission statement here. I think the "Statistical Analysis" name keeps some people away. We should go for a name that has meaning for both ML and Statistics folks to encourage more cross fertilization between the two areas. CrossValidated seems pretty good to me for that reason. $\endgroup$
    – ars
    Commented Aug 17, 2010 at 5:48
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ConfidenceRegion.com

(domain name available)

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    $\begingroup$ Not bad -- a place for giving people confidence by answering their questions, as well as the obvious statistical meaning. $\endgroup$
    – Rob Hyndman Mod
    Commented Aug 12, 2010 at 11:31
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    $\begingroup$ Dig it. It's not banal like StatsOverflow and should have meaning for the broad community of data analysts (statistics, machine learning, scientists, etc). Come on folks, vote it up! $\endgroup$
    – ars
    Commented Aug 19, 2010 at 17:37
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    – onestop
    Commented Aug 20, 2010 at 14:50
  • $\begingroup$ I wasn't fast enough to submit some more: SampleSurveys - RepeatedMeasures - BackwardElimination - SignificanceLevel - OpinionPoll - NestedModels - MixedEffects - PurposiveSampling - AcceptanceSampling - InformativePriors - ConfoundingFactors - EfficientEstimates - DummyVariables - Contingency ..Tales :-) $\endgroup$
    – Yorgos
    Commented Aug 24, 2010 at 13:55
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CrossValidated.com

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  • $\begingroup$ Would be good, if singular. That one however, seems to exist already $\endgroup$
    – Peter Smit
    Commented Jul 20, 2010 at 10:58
  • $\begingroup$ Right...hence the plural...alas! $\endgroup$
    – Shane
    Commented Jul 20, 2010 at 13:11
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    $\begingroup$ @mbq: I like your variation (made the change). $\endgroup$
    – Shane
    Commented Jul 24, 2010 at 10:20
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    $\begingroup$ I like this one the most at this point, because it not only covers a broadly applied technique, but also in some sense describes what we do on the site (i.e. have many different views on the same question to find the best solution). $\endgroup$
    – Shane
    Commented Jul 26, 2010 at 14:31
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    $\begingroup$ I note that this is now registered by "Stack Overflow Internet Services, Inc." $\endgroup$
    – Rob Hyndman
    Commented Jul 30, 2010 at 13:18
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    $\begingroup$ I downvoted this: it has no link to statistics for "outsiders", and as a statistician I don't get the "inside joke" feeling either. Cross-validation is a minor technique that is not that great either. $\endgroup$
    – Aniko
    Commented Aug 10, 2010 at 19:09
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    $\begingroup$ @Aniko: w.r.t. your point about the "inside joke", do you really think that everyone on stackoverflow.com knows what a stack overflow is? I am quite sure that they don't given that Jeff Atwood previously admitted that he had no idea what it was. I also don't entirely see how cross-validation is a minor technique; IMO, it's pretty fundamental, especially given the broad "data analysis" basis for the site. $\endgroup$
    – Shane Mod
    Commented Aug 11, 2010 at 23:41
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    $\begingroup$ How about giving it an Italian flavour: CrossValidate.it ? $\endgroup$
    – Yorgos
    Commented Aug 12, 2010 at 12:00
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    $\begingroup$ @Aniko. Every data miner would know about cross-validation, and I think most statisticians would too, although perhaps not under that name. After all, it is closely related to the jack-knife, and to leverage in regression, and to studentized residuals. And it is widely used in nonparametric regression for bandwidth selection. I disagree that it is a minor technique. $\endgroup$
    – Rob Hyndman Mod
    Commented Aug 14, 2010 at 3:27
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    $\begingroup$ So my 2 cents is that it isn't a name that jumps out to me as being related to statistics. I've heard of all of the other things Rob lists above, but never had I heard them referred to as cross-validation until I came here. The litmis test for a name should be if you tell someone what the name is are they going to have a sense of what the site is about. Things may be different for others, but in my area of study I doubt they'll instantly know what the site "CrossValidated.com" is for or about. $\endgroup$
    – russellpierce
    Commented Aug 17, 2010 at 7:04
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    $\begingroup$ The wikipedia disambiguation page for "cross validation" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-validation) lists three meanings. Only one has anything to do with statistics, and that is a fairly narrow part of statistics. We can find a more general name. $\endgroup$
    – Harvey Motulsky
    Commented Aug 17, 2010 at 23:38
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    $\begingroup$ @(all that think one should be familiar with name to find/use the site) -- no, new users will find it by its contents, not name. As Shane mentioned stack overflow is a very specific error and is not commonly known, and still it makes no problem for SO. Also I don't think that median Windows user will now what superuser means. $\endgroup$
    – user88
    Commented Aug 18, 2010 at 6:42
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    $\begingroup$ drknexus - how is "StatsOverflow.com" any more memorable than "Crossvalidated.com"? "Overflow" only has meaning for people who know about StackOverflow, who form a very small group - and a group that's likely to be able to find a statistics site in the StackOverflow family without needing to know what the name is. Conversely, an advantage of CrossValidated is that it's clear about what kind of statistics are being talked about - it's clearly not sports/government/etc. statistics, it's analysis. $\endgroup$
    – Matt Parker
    Commented Aug 18, 2010 at 14:45
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    $\begingroup$ I would hope this site would welcome scientists who need help with data analysis. To facilitate this, we shouldn't use jargon in the site name. What would happen if asked a bunch of scientists to identify the field in which "cross-validate" is used, and offered five choices: a)statistics, b)psychotherapy, c)anthropology, d)accounting, or e)comparative literature. I suspect you'd end up with about 20% guessing each. $\endgroup$
    – Harvey Motulsky
    Commented Aug 18, 2010 at 16:47
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    $\begingroup$ @Harvey: (1) I think that you're wrong about that survey; this concept is primarily associated with statistics/machine learning. Again: just try a google search: all the top research relate to the right thing. (2) IMO, having jargon is a good thing, as per the blog post in the original question. (3) If you have a better idea, please propose it; I would be happy to see a better name myself (I like CV in part because of its meta interpretation). I see StatsOverflow as problematic both because it's "Stats" (hence not including other areas) and Overflow (which has nothing to do with us). $\endgroup$
    – Shane Mod
    Commented Aug 18, 2010 at 17:12
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MaximumLikelihood.com

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StatsExchange.com

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    Commented Aug 8, 2010 at 18:47
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DegreesofFreedom

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    $\begingroup$ I like this because it covers the data mining as well as the more traditional statistical side of the site. It also doesn't emphasise one area (e.g., Bayesian methods or hypothesis testing). $\endgroup$
    – Rob Hyndman
    Commented Jul 23, 2010 at 0:11
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    – Shane
    Commented Jul 23, 2010 at 20:32
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    $\begingroup$ That it is not FreedomDegrees. $\endgroup$
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    Commented Jul 26, 2010 at 5:26
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Overfitting.com

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    $\begingroup$ Or maybe ModelOverfit.com to stick to two-word standard? $\endgroup$
    – user88
    Commented Jul 21, 2010 at 10:03
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    $\begingroup$ read as Mode-Lover-Fit also :-P $\endgroup$
    – Yorgos
    Commented Aug 12, 2010 at 11:19
  • $\begingroup$ @gd047 Good point. $\endgroup$
    – user88
    Commented Aug 26, 2010 at 7:08
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AllYourBayes.com

If we don't want to appear partisan:

AllYourBayesAndFreqs.com

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    Commented Aug 10, 2010 at 16:09
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www.randomvariate.com

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  • $\begingroup$ Or perhaps RandomVariable, since the word "Variate" is not widely known? $\endgroup$
    – Aniko
    Commented Aug 6, 2010 at 19:23
  • $\begingroup$ @Aniko, unfortunately RandomVariable.com is already owned by someone. $\endgroup$
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    Commented Aug 12, 2010 at 22:04
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ModelConvergence.com

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OptimumModel.com

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  • $\begingroup$ I like this because a "model" is such a general term (used in all areas), and optimization is a very general goal. Plus it has a meta-interpretation about our role on the site. $\endgroup$
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    Commented Aug 20, 2010 at 13:57
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ModelOverfit.com

(available) Based on this discussion

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ExplanatoryVariable.com

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StatsFaq.com

I own this domain and would be happy to donate it. Nice and succinct, isn't it?

I also own the domains StatFaq.com, StatFaqs.com and StatsFaqs.com as forwarding addresses, so anyone who omits or adds an "s" would wind up at the right site.

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    – Mike Lawrence
    Commented Aug 7, 2010 at 18:30
  • $\begingroup$ I prefer "stats" because it works as a shorthand for "statistics"; "StatFAQ" doesn't make as much sense to me. But if other people like it, I'd be fine with using it. $\endgroup$
    – Trevor Burnham
    Commented Aug 9, 2010 at 20:30
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EnsembleMethods.com

(available) This is a play on concept of ensemble learning:

In statistics and machine learning, ensemble methods use multiple models to obtain better predictive performance than could be obtained from any of the constituent models.

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I listed a few here in the past, but my favorite is "Confidence Intervals"; several of these are available as domain names.

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StatisticalSignificance.com

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    $\begingroup$ I think we should try to avoid names that lean towards specific branches of statistics. For example, StatisticalSignificance and NullHypothesis have a frequentist slant to them. A bad choice of name may put many people off the site. $\endgroup$
    – csgillespie
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    – Shane
    Commented Jul 20, 2010 at 13:51
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alternativehypothesis.com

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Statosphere.com

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ExploratoryAnalysis.com

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RandomPatterns.com

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PirateBayes.com

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    $\begingroup$ Arrrrrrrrrrr... $\endgroup$
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    Commented Jul 21, 2010 at 13:05
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    $\begingroup$ ThePirateBayes.com would be even better $\endgroup$
    – Vebjorn Ljosa
    Commented Jul 21, 2010 at 14:00
  • $\begingroup$ @Veb absolutely. $\endgroup$
    – bmargulies
    Commented Jul 22, 2010 at 0:47
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    – Sharpie
    Commented Jul 22, 2010 at 2:39
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    $\begingroup$ Amusing, but not a reasonable candidate given that it connotes a narrow focus on bayesian statistics alone. $\endgroup$
    – Mike Lawrence
    Commented Aug 7, 2010 at 18:34
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How about www.normallydistributed.com ?

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    $\begingroup$ I don't love this because ideally our questions/answers will be fat tails (in terms of their degree of excellence). $\endgroup$
    – Shane
    Commented Jul 20, 2010 at 13:12
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    $\begingroup$ When I saw this, the smart@ss in me really wanted to submit www.abnormallydistributed.com but the serious side of me slapped the smart@ss side into submission. With that said and off of my chest, I agree with Shane. $\endgroup$
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I thought of SignificanceTested. Domain is free, and it is in SE style.

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MeanSquareErrors.com

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    – Peter Smit
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    $\begingroup$ Regretfully, that's unavailable... $\endgroup$
    – Shane
    Commented Jul 20, 2010 at 13:13
  • $\begingroup$ I voted this down because I think it implies a focus on parametric statistics while neglecting the other domains of interest for this site. $\endgroup$
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NullHypotheses.com

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    – walkytalky
    Commented Jul 20, 2010 at 12:58
  • $\begingroup$ Unfortunately, the singular version is already taken unless we can do a ".net" instead of ".com". $\endgroup$
    – Shane
    Commented Jul 20, 2010 at 13:09
  • $\begingroup$ I voted this down because I think it implies a focus on null hypothesis testing logic which is primarily relevant to the "statistics" focus of the site while neglecting the other domains of interest furthermore, not all people engaged in statistical inference are particularly happy with null hypothesis testing approaches. $\endgroup$
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This one is available:

UnbiasedEstimates.com

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BootstrapConfidence.com

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infinitevariance.com

(Taken, but apparently for a personal site, so maybe the owner can be convinced to give it up.)

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