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BiG DaN

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Core clarification
« on: October 19, 2008, 01:04:10 pm »
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With the 1-varstats calculator thing
do we use Sx or ox?
thanks

also with the equation y=a + bx
B=rSx/Sy
do we use Sx or ox?
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Re: Core clarification
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2008, 01:16:53 pm »
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What's ox? i'm fairly sure its Sx that you use
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Re: Core clarification
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2008, 01:22:19 pm »
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Quote from: Amnesiac on October 19, 2008, 01:16:53 pm
What's ox? i'm fairly sure its Sx that you use

that o is ment to be sigma sign
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Re: Core clarification
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2008, 01:24:22 pm »
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Quote from: Glockmeister on October 19, 2008, 01:25:43 am
I think you would use the Sx when refering to the standard deviation of a sample whilst σx would be the standard deviation of a population.

For the purposes of Further Maths, you would always be refering to samples not population.
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