Notation and Random Variables
- capital letters – random variables
- lowercase letters with subscripts – individual instances
Notations
X
A random variable
Example - Time spent on website
(On spreadsheet the column label)
x1
First observed value of the random variable X. (subscript row number)
Example - 15 minutes
\sum_{i=1}^nx_i
Sum values beginning at the first observation and ending at the last value
Example:
5+2+3
\frac 1 n \sum_{i=1}^nx_i
Sum values beginning at the first observation and ending at the last value and divide by the number of observations (the mean)
Example:
(5+2+3)/3
\bar x
Exactly the same as the above - the mean of our data.
Example:
(5+2+3)/3
Notes for Spreadsheet
Range:
=A1-AVERAGE(A$1:A$10)
same with:
x_1-\bar x
=C1^2
square root for each data of a data set in spreadsheet
get the average to get the variance
I think, the formula can also be written as:
=(A1-AVERAGE(A$1:A$10))^2
=AVERAGE(D1:D10)
Testing my theory…
Shape and Outliers
Suggested Reading from my first project’s feedback:
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