NOTATION 



a Constant defined by an equation in Appendix 1 and used in evaluating Pearson's 



Type I Curve 



a Constant defined by an equation in Appendix 1 and used in evaluating Pearson's 



Type I Curve 



c Number of distributions required to satisfy conditions assumed in Appendix 2 



d Deviation of the mean of a sample from the mean of a population 



/ Frequency of occurrence 



h Wave height measured from crest to trough 



ho Root mean square value of wave heights 



p Fraction between and 1 



h^^ Mean value of the first pn of n wave heights when arranged in descending order 

 of magnitude 



k Constant taken from a student's "<" table 



m Constant defined by an equation in Appendix 1 and used in evaluating Pearson's 



Type I Curve 



m^ Constant defined by an equation in Appendix 1 and used in evaluating Pearson's 

 Type I Curve 



A' Total number of elements which make up the distribution 



n Number of independent observations required to satisfy conditions assumed in 



Appendix 2. 



P Probability 



r Constant defined by an equation in Appendix 1 and used in evaluating Pearson's 

 Type I Curve 



X Arithmetic mean of the population 



X ■ (i = 1, 2, 3, 4) "ith" arithmetic mean of a sample 



X Value of the abscissa in Pearson's Type I Curve 



y Value of the ordinate in Pearson's Type I Curve 



y Ordinate of the Pearson type curve at the mode 



2 Deviation of any value of / from the mean value of frequency distribution 



/3. Criterion for the Pearson type curves and defined by an equation in Appendix 1 



f3„ Criterion for the Pearson type curves and defined by an equation in Appendix 1 



r Gamma function 



r; Variable of integration in the evaluation of A-— 



h 



