In short: Recognizing commonly used statistical symbols
- Most of the statistical symbols are greek, latin and mathematical symbols and each has a different meaning in statistics.
- On this page you will find the most commonly used statistical symbols in alphabetical order with their name and meaning for a quick reference.
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Recognizing commonly used statistical symbols
In statistics, you will come across many symbols. On this page you will find the most commonly used statistical symbols in alphabetical order with their name and meaningfor a quick reference.
Commonly used statistical symbols
- Recognizing commonly used statistical symbols
- Commonly used greek symbols
- Commonly used latin symbols
- Commonly used mathematical symbols
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Commonly used greek symbols
Sign | Description | Meaning in statistics |
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\[\huge{\alpha}\] | Alpha | Chance of type I error |
\[\huge\beta\] | Beta | Chance of type II error |
\[\huge\beta_i\] | Beta of i | Standardised regression coëfficiënt |
\[\huge\epsilon\] | Epsilon | Error |
\[\huge\eta^2\] | Eta squared | Measurement of effect size |
\[\huge\mu\] | Mu | Mean of scores of population |
\[\huge\rho\] | Rho | Correlation in population |
\[\huge\sigma\] | Sigma | Standard deviation |
\[\huge\sigma^2\] | Sigma squared | Variance of population |
\[\huge\sigma_x\] | Standard error | |
\[\huge\tau\] | Kendall’s Tau | A non-parametric correlation coefficient |
\[\huge\varphi\] | Phi | Association between two categorical variables |
\[\huge \chi^2\] | Chi-square | Association between two categorical variables |
\[\huge\omega^2\] | Omega squared | Measurement of effect size |
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Commonly used latin symbols
Sign | Meaning in statistics |
---|---|
\[\huge b_i\] | Regression coefficient |
\[\huge df\] | Degrees of freedom |
\[\huge e_i\] | Error associated with variable i |
\[\huge F\] | F-statistic |
\[\huge H\] | Kruskall-Wallis test statistic |
\[\huge k\] | Number of levels of variables |
\[\huge ln\] | Natural logarithm |
\[\huge MS\] | Mean squared error |
\[\huge N, n, n_1\] | Size of sample of population |
\[\huge P\] | Probablity |
\[\huge r\] | Pearson’s correlationcoefficient |
\[\huge r_s\] | Spearman’s rank correlationcoefficient |
\[\huge r_b\] | Biserial correlationcoefficient |
\[\huge r\] | Multiple correlationcoefficient |
\[\huge R^2\] | Determination coefficient |
\[\huge s\] | Standard deviation of sample of population |
\[\huge s^2\] | Variance of sample of population |
\[\huge SS\] | Sum of squares |
\[\huge SSA\] | Sum of squares of variable A |
\[\huge SS_M\] | Model of sum of squares |
\[\huge SS_R\] | Rest sum of squares |
\[\huge SST\] | Total sum of squares |
\[\huge t\] | Test statistic for t-test |
\[\huge t\] | Test statistic for Wilcoxon’s matched-pairs signed-rank test |
\[\huge U\] | Test statistic for Mann-Whitney test |
\[\huge W_s\] | Test statistic for Wilcoxon’s rank-sum test |
\[\huge\bar{x}\] | Mean of sample scores |
\[\huge z\] | Point of data expressed in units of standard deviation |
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Commonly used mathematical symbols
Sign | Description | Meaning in statistics |
---|---|---|
\[\huge\bar{\small[value]}\] | Bar notation | Mean of: [value], or everything directly below the bar sign |
\[\huge\hat{\small[value]}\] | Hat operator notation | Estimator (or predicted value of a sample) of: [value], or everything directly below the hat operator sign |
\[\LARGE\prod \small[value]\] | Product notation | Multiplying of: [value], or everything directly after the product sign |
\[\LARGE\sum \small[value]\] | Sigma notation | Summification of: [value], or everything directly after the sigma sign |
\[\huge\sqrt{\small[value]}\] | Square root notation | Square root of: [value], or everything directly after the square root sign |
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What is the difference between Greek and Latin letters in statistics?
What is the difference between Greek and Latin letters in statistics?
In statistics, the difference between the statistic that describes the sample of the population and the parameter that describes the entire population is important.
- Greek letters are used for the population parameters;
- Latin letters are used for the sample statistics.
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