Summation Algebra - Statpower

2. Summation Algebra In the next 3 chapters, we deal with the very basic results in Summation Algebra , descriptive statistics, and matrix Algebra that are prerequisites for the study of SEM theory. You may be thoroughly familiar with this material, in which case you may merely browse through it. However, it is my experience that many students find a thorough review of these results worthwhile. SINGLE SUBSCRIPT NOTATION. Most of the calculations we perform in statistics are repetitive operations on lists of numbers. For example, we compute the sum of a set of numbers, or the sum of the squares of the numbers, in many statistical formulas. We need an efficient notation for talking about such operations in the abstract. In the simplest situations, we have one or two (or perhaps three) lists, and we wish to refer to particular numbers in those lists. This is the kind of situ- ation you have probably already dealt with repeatedly in your undergraduate course in statistics.

12 SUMMATION ALGEBRA be already familiar with this notation from an undergraduate course, but you may not be aware of its full potential. We shall begin with some simple ex-

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