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Identifying Notational Errors
A researcher writes the following description: 'Let a be a random variable representing the age of a student. For one specific student, their age is denoted by a. Now, let's consider a set of features for a student, including age and GPA. We'll represent this set of features with the random variable a, and a specific student's feature set is denoted by x.'
Identify two distinct notational errors in this description and explain the correct convention for each.
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