What does ∑ mean in statistics?

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Dileep Vishwakarma

2 years ago

The symbol ∑ indicates summation and is used as a shorthand notation for the sum of terms that follow a pattern. For example, the sum of the first 4 squared integers, 12+22+32+42, follows a simple pattern: each term is of the form i2, and we add up values from i=1 to i=4.

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