AP Statistics Vocabulary and Symbols

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What does μ stand for?

• Population standard deviation

• Population mean

• Sample standard deviation

• Sample mean

What does s_x stand for?

• Population standard deviation

• Population mean

• Sample standard deviation

• Sample mean

What does x̄ stand for?

• Population standard deviation

• Population mean

• Sample standard deviation

• Sample mean

What does Σ stand for?

• to find the product of a data set

• to find the sum of a data set

• to find the deviations of a data set

• to find the average of a data set

What does ∩ stand for?

• confidence level

• Or

• And

• Power

In the equation ŷ = b₁x + b₀; what does b₀ stand for?

• y-intercept of the line of best fit (LOBF) for a population

• y-intercept of the line of best fit (LOBF) for a sample

• slope of the line of best fit (LOBF) for a population

• slope of the line of best fit (LOBF) for a sample

In the equation ŷ = b₁x + b₀; what does b₁ stand for?

• y-intercept of the line of best fit (LOBF) for a population

• y-intercept of the line of best fit (LOBF) for a sample

• slope of the line of best fit (LOBF) for a population

• slope of the line of best fit (LOBF) for a sample

What does r² stand for?

• correlation coefficient

• coefficient of determination

• slope of the line of best fit (LOBF) for a sample

• slope of the line of best fit (LOBF) for a population

The chance that a specific event occurs.

• proportion

• p-value

• probability

• population