What is the difference between Greek and Latin letters in statistics?

In statistics, the difference between the statistic that describes the sample of the population and the parameter that describes the entire population is important.

Greek letters are used for the population parameters;
Latin letters are used for the sample statistics.

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Introduction to Statistics: in short Statistics comprises the arithmetic procedures to organize, sum up and interpret information. By means of statistics you can note information in a compact manner. The aim of statistics is twofold: 1) organizing and summing up of information, in order to publish research results and 2) answering research questions, which are formed by the researcher beforehand.

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Recognizing commonly used statistical symbols: greek, latin and mathematical

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