s is the standard deviation of a sample.
It is difficult to know what you are asking.
I will note that there is a statistical programming language called S-Plus, see "Modern Applied Statistics with S-Plus, by Venables and Ripley.
I also note that "s" is also used commonly in statistics as standard deviation of a sample.
That's about all that comes to mind.
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∙ 13y agothe mean is important in statistics because you will find out your average and can compare that mean to other things..
the mean is affected by outliers
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Usually s means standard deviation of a sample.
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It is the estimate for s, the sample standard deviation.
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the mean is important in statistics because you will find out your average and can compare that mean to other things..