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Stat help
Message posted by Christine on June 30, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)

Can someone point to me in the right direction for some help with stats? I took classes in college 6 years ago and now need to use this in work but can't remember certain symbols etc. Like, what does ˆ mean?


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Re: Stat help
Message posted by Chad Allen on June 30, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)

Sorry to hear about your dilema. Feel free to email me with specific questions and I'll do my best to answer them. I teach graduate-level statistics courses and both work and freelance in data analysis for companies, theses, etc. I would be glad to help out.

Chad Allen
lewingca@tribe.nlu.edu


Re: Stat help
Message posted by Larry on July 6, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)

I believe that simply means to raise the number byb the exponent, so ^ would indicate to raise the number by 2 or 5 = 25 (5x5)



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