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OpenStudy (anonymous):

what does this symbol mean????

OpenStudy (anonymous):

give me a sec

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\(\sigma\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it appeared in my lesson and not sure what it is

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@Data_LG2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its called sigma

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (cggurumanjunath):

summation or sigma

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sigma

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sigma which means sum up

OpenStudy (anonymous):

standard deviation

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes so when it says that in the table it means

OpenStudy (anonymous):

that's the 18th letter of greek alphabet

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sum up

OpenStudy (cggurumanjunath):

standard deviation in this context

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sigma which means SUM UP

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\sum_{n=1}^{4}\] like this?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

standard deviation means, how spread is your data from each other i think..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

http://prntscr.com/6kdh5k this is where I see it at, not that

OpenStudy (anonymous):

huh

OpenStudy (anonymous):

give me a sec

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I cant open Prntscrs.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

see at the end of the table, the last column is labeled that symbol

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh got it. I looked at our math glossary

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Im pretty sure its variance.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

standard deviation for population variance is |dw:1427126990854:dw|

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i am just learning about MAD \[MAD =\frac{ \Sigma |x - \overline{x}|}{N }\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sorry got a bit confused. let that symbol slip through my mind

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