Common Definitions and Abbreviations

Here is a list of common definitions and abbreviations used in statistics.

CLT - central limit theorem
V or V[X] - variance
S - standard-deviation of a sample
n - number of samples
- sample mean
df - difference-factor or maybe "degree of freedom"
- sample-proportion
p - population-proportion
SE - standard-error
ME - margin of error
SRS - simple random sampling
CV - critical-values
PE - point-estimation
CI - confidence-intervals
r - correlation
- coefficient-of-determination
s - regression standard error
- standard-deviation
ANOVA (table) - analysis-of-variance-table
F - f-test?

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Common Definitions and Abbreviations