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Statistical Symbols
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Here are some commonly used symbols in statistics. μ is used to denote the population mean and σ is used for the population standard deviation. Some other very common and important ones are x (with a bar on top) which is used for the sample...
If there is no satisfactory symbol in any font, the ultimate solution is to generate the symbol as a graphic in a drawing program, and then to insert the graphic into the Word file.
Pull down "Insert" click on "symbol" symbols will come up. Scroll through & pick the one you want. Click on it, then click "close" for that symbol screen. You will see the symbol you chose in your Word docu...
Answers to Other Common Questions
Yes, they can. Almost all properties for almost all statistical models can be calculated in symbolic form. Statistical inferences, however, are always calculated from the actual dataset and thus they are always numerical. UP
http://www.statisticalinference.com/questioary.php#20
Pretty hard to do it without special symbols. There is a "u" shape for the mean (add all samples together and divide by number of samples), the standard deviation (how far a number is from the mean), random samples (each item has ...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080619054...
Sometimes "pi" is also used to denote a product series, or a permutation. I don't see it used for mean (μ), variance (σ^2) or standard deviation (σ).
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081118152...
The Lower-Case Sigma ? is the symbol used for standard deviation of a population. Thanks for using ChaCah!
http://www.chacha.com/question/what-is-the-symbol-used-...
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