In Data Literacy, what are some common notations used to represent mathematical concepts or operations in a more concise and readable manner?
In programming, notations such as '==' are frequently used to represent equality in conditionals, while '!=' denotes inequality.
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One common notation in Data Literacy is using Greek letters, such as using the symbol 'θ' to represent an unknown parameter in a statistical model.
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Another widely used notation is the sigma notation, often used to represent the summation of a series of values. It is denoted using the Greek letter 'Σ' followed by the expression to be summed.
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Regular expressions also use special notations to represent patterns, such as using '.' to match any character and '?' to represent an optional character.
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For mathematical operations, shorthand notation can be used, like using '√' to denote the square root and '∑' to represent a sum.
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