| NOUN | cognition | least squares, method of least squares | a method of fitting a curve to data points so as to minimize the sum of the squares of the distances of the points from the curve |
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| Meaning | A method of fitting a curve to data points so as to minimize the sum of the squares of the distances of the points from the curve. | |
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| Synonym | method of least squares | |
| 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 | statistical method, statistical procedure | A method of analyzing or representing statistical data |
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