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  2. Backtesting - Wikipedia

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    Historically, backtesting was only performed by large institutions and professional money managers due to the expense of obtaining and using detailed datasets. However, backtesting is increasingly used on a wider basis, and independent web-based backtesting platforms have emerged. Although the technique is widely used, it is prone to weaknesses ...

  3. Survivorship bias - Wikipedia

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    A major criticism that surfaced against his calculations was the possibility of unconscious survivorship bias in subject selections. He was accused of failing to take into account the large effective size of his sample; that is, all the subjects he rejected as not being "strong telepaths" because they had failed at an earlier testing stage. Had ...

  4. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and ...

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    The appendix provides specific requirements on the formatting of research papers as well as theses and dissertations. General formatting requirements include recommendations on paper and margin sizes, options as to the choice of typeface, the spacing and indentation of text, pagination, and the use of titles.

  5. APA style - Wikipedia

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    APA style (also known as APA format) is a writing style and format for academic documents such as scholarly journal articles and books. It is commonly used for citing sources within the field of behavioral and social sciences, including sociology, education, nursing, criminal justice, anthropology, and psychology.

  6. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch - Wikipedia

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    The advice in this guideline is not limited to the examples provided and should not be applied rigidly. If a word can be replaced by one with less potential for misunderstanding, it should be. [1] Some words have specific technical meanings in some contexts and are acceptable in those contexts, e.g. claim in law.

  7. List of topics characterized as pseudoscience - Wikipedia

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    In research designed to identify the "quack factor" in modern mental health practice, Norcross et al. (2006) [467] list NLP as possibly or probably discredited, and in papers reviewing discredited interventions for substance and alcohol abuse, Norcross et al. (2008) [468] list NLP in the "top ten" most discredited, and Glasner-Edwards and ...

  8. 15 Fast Food Restaurants That Don't Use Real Cheese - AOL

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    It does use real cheese for its cheese curds, but other products, for example, its Cheeseburger and Backyard Bacon Ranch Signature Stackburger, use processed cheese. Francis Dean / Getty.

  9. Free response question - Wikipedia

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    Free response tests are a relatively effective test of higher-level reasoning, as the format requires test-takers to provide more of their reasoning in the answer than multiple choice questions. [4] Students, however, report higher levels of anxiety when taking essay questions as compared to short-response or multiple choice exams.