Symbols used in statistics ‘Table 1: List of commonly used symbols Tatin Symbol | pronounced __| counterpart | Conventionally denotes m ‘sample size N population size y scalar quantity y “bold y” vector X | “bold X” a matrix # mu m mean o sigma s standard deviation x X bar sample mean 3 s-squared sample variance at degrees of freedom F F statistic for ratio of variances a alpha a a beta b regression coefficient € epsilon e error v nu 2 sometimes used for degrees of freedom . pi P sometimes used to denote a probability rt tau t treatment effect 6 theta th generic parameter 1 eta generic parameter x lambda 1 Poisson parameter 6 | delta a a difference A Delta D uppercase 5 pe “KY” -squared 6 Chi-squared on 6 df xX? | X-squared Pearson's X-squared | Sum summation over i B “nat beta” an estimate of a parameter 8 a “tilde u” fan estimate of a variable u Reference for Stats symbols A3; Murison, R.D. 2005, Statistical Modelling in the Sciences, Pearson Education Australia. Library reference: 519.5 M977