Symbols in Statistics PARAMETERS: STATISTICS:

- population mean

x - sample mean

- population standard deviation

p - population proportion

s - sample standard deviation

p

- sample proportion

1 - slope of LSRL for a population

0 - y-intercept of LSRL for a population

b1 - slope of LSRL for a sample

b0 - y-intercept of LSRL for a sample

- population correlation

- sample correlation

SAMPLING DISTRIBUTIONS:

x - mean of the sample means

x - standard deviation of the sample means
- mean of the sample proportions p
p - standard deviation of the sample proportions

Abbreviations: LSRL Least Squares Regression Line CLT Central Limit Theorem