Timeline for Difference between Greek and Latin letters in OLS
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| Jan 17 at 16:36 | vote | accept | Tim | ||
| Jan 6, 2023 at 7:20 | answer | added | Roger V. | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jan 6, 2023 at 5:50 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jan 6, 2023 at 3:01 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackStats/status/1611196150350024704 | ||
| Jan 6, 2023 at 0:56 | comment | added | Alexis | @Dave I would read $\hat{\beta}_{OLS}$ as the estimated slope for the variable $OLS$. | |
| Jan 6, 2023 at 0:55 | history | edited | Alexis | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 5, 2023 at 23:16 | comment | added | Dave | @AdamO $\hat\beta_{OLS}?$ Still, the best practice is to write in English (or whatever language) what notations mean, yes. | |
| Jan 5, 2023 at 23:11 | comment | added | AdamO | Normally I'd say you can use whatever notation you want as long as you define it. But not all Greek letters have a Roman analogue. Sure $\alpha$, $\beta$, $\gamma$ are nice, but what about $\chi$ and $\psi$? As others mention, you can put "hats" ($\hat{}$) on estimators, but even that can be ambiguous when you use different estimation methods. Nothing will tell your audience that you're talking about OLS estimators unless you say, $\hat{\beta}$ is the OLS estimator of the slope, etc. | |
| Jan 5, 2023 at 22:06 | answer | added | Newcomer | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 5, 2023 at 22:00 | answer | added | Dave | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jan 5, 2023 at 21:55 | history | edited | Dave |
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| Jan 5, 2023 at 21:50 | history | asked | Tim | CC BY-SA 4.0 |