Statistics Symbols
Department Trivia
General Math Trivia
Officer Trivia
Statistics Vocab
100

What is the name of this symbol: σ

Sigma (Population Standard Deviation)

100

Name all five clubs in the Math, Stat, Physics Dept

Stats Club (goated), Math Club, GIS, PTM, Physics Club

100

This is the name of a shape with nine sides.

Nonagon

100

Ava's birthday is in which month?

April

100

The name for a dataset with two modes

bimodal

200

What is the name of this symbol: μ 

Mu (Population Average)

200

Which week of the semester is it?

6

200

<ABC describes an angle with a vertex at what point

Vertex at point B
200

This is the sport Ava played in highschool.

Tennis

200

This is the type of probability used when looking for the likelihood that an event occurred given that a different event already occurred.

Conditional Probability

300

What is the name of this symbol: α or ∝

alpha (Significance Level)

300

What day is Stats, Math, Physics formal?

April 24th

300

What is the sum of the first five prime numbers?

2+3+5+7+11 = 28

300

Where is Ava's internship this summer?

BPMI, Navy, or Pittsburgh/Monroeville

300

Two events are this when the probability of them happening at the same time is zero.

mutually exclusive

400

What is the name of this symbol: z*

z-star (Critical value)
400

Name all three stat faculty

Dr. Singhabahu, Dr. Goodrick, Dr. Kim

400

e0=?

e0=1

400

Ava got this many points on last year's putnam exam

1

400

This is used to model the linear relationship between one dependent variable and one or more independent variables.

linear regression

500

 What is the name of this symbol: x̄ 

x-bar (sample average)

500

Name one club with a parliamentarian role listed on their CORE.

Stats Club or Math Club
500

This mathematical constant represents the ration between a circle's circumference and its diameter.

𝛑 (pi)

500

Ava took this kind of martial arts classes all the way until age 16. Hint: she learned how to use nunchucks

Karate

500

Two variables are this when one event happening does not affect the probability of the other event happening.

independent

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