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Greek alphabet letters & symbols table

AlphabetUppercaseLowercase
Sans-serifSerifSans-serifSerif
AlphaΑΑαα
BetaΒΒββ
GammaΓΓγγ
DeltaΔΔδδ
EpsilonΕΕεε
ZetaΖΖζζ
EtaΗΗηη
ThetaΘΘθ ϑθ ϑ
IotaΙΙιι
KappaΚΚκκ
LambdaΛΛλλ
MuΜΜμμ
NuΝΝνν
XiΞΞξξ
OmicronΟΟοο
PiΠΠππ
RhoΡΡρρ
SigmaΣΣσ ςσ ς
TauΤΤττ
UpsilonΥΥυυ
PhiΦΦφφ
ChiΧΧχχ
PsiΨΨψψ
OmegaΩΩωω
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The Greek Alphabet in Statistics

In medical research and biostatistics, Greek letters are traditionally used to represent population parameters, while Latin letters represent sample statistics.

Common Statistical Usage:

SymbolNameCommon Usage in Statistics
αAlphaSignificance level; Type I error rate
βBetaType II error rate; Regression coefficients
μMuPopulation mean
σSigmaPopulation standard deviation
ΣSigma (Cap)Summation operator
χ2Chi-squaredDistribution used for frequency tables
ρRhoPopulation correlation coefficient

See also

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