Applied Statistics Using SPSS, STATISTICA, MATLAB and R

Σ covariance matrix
x arithmetic mean
v sample variance
s sample standard deviation
xα α-quantile of X ( FX (xα
) = α
med(X) median of X (same as x0.5)
S sample covariance matrix
α significance level (1−α is the confidence level)
xα
α-percentile of X
ε tolerance
Abbreviations
FNR False Negative Ratio
FPR False Positive Ratio
iff if an only if
i.i.d. independent and identically distributed
IRQ inter-quartile range
pdf probability density function
LSE Least Square Error
ML Maximum Likelihood
MSE Mean Square Error
PDF probability distribution function
RMS Root Mean Square Error
r.v. Random variable
ROC Receiver Operating Characteristic
SSB Between-group Sum of Squares
SSE Error Sum of Squares
SSLF Lack of Fit Sum of Squares
SSPE Pure Error Sum of Squares
SSR Regression Sum of Squares
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