| NOUN | cognition | degree of freedom | (statistics) an unrestricted variable in a frequency distribution |
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| cognition | degree of freedom | one of the minimum number of parameters needed to describe the state of a physical system |
| Meaning | (statistics) an unrestricted variable in a frequency distribution. | |
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| Category | statistics | A branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters |
| Broader | variable, variable quantity | A quantity that can assume any of a set of values |
| Spanish | grado de libertad | |
| Meaning | One of the minimum number of parameters needed to describe the state of a physical system. | |
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| Broader | parameter, parametric quantity | A constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves |
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