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least squares

a method of regression analysis. The line on a graph that best summarizes the relationship between two variables is the one that ensures that there is the least value of the sum of the squares of the deviation between the fitted curve and each of the original data points.

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linearity multiple multiple birth multiple fission multiple myeloma regression			We generally assume that least-squares analysis is sufficient and indeed it is often so. Powder diffraction: least-squares and beyond by David, W.I.F. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology A linear least-squares analysis of these data yields the equation y = 0. The OECD program to validate the rat uterotrophic bioassay. phase 2: ... by Onyon, Lesley / Environmental Health Perspectives Multivariate ordinary least-squares analysis adjusted for age, sex, race, marital status, and education revealed that obese respondents were significantly more likely to report poorer self-rated health compared with their nonobese counterparts (P [less than or equal to] 0. Effect of obesity on health-related quality of life among Appalachian ... by Krummel, Debra A. / Southern Medical Journal			lean tissue leaning Leap Frog Method Leapfrog Group Leapfrog Position Lear Complex learned drive Learned Helplessness Learned Hopelessness learned profession Learned Treatise learning learning curve learning disability learning disorder learning disorders learning environment learning facilitation learning readiness enhancement learning theory learning-disabled adult lease least cost ration least expensive alternative treatment least squares Least-squares analysis leather leather bottle lesion Leather Restraints leather-bottle stomach leave Leber hereditary optic neuropathy Leber's congenital amaurosis Leber's hereditary optic atrophy Leber's plexus Leboyer Leboyer method of delivery lecheguilla lechiguana lecithal lecithin lecithin-cholesterol acetyltransferase deficiency lecithin-cholesterol acyl transferase deficiency lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase lecithin-sphingomyelin ratio lecithin/sphingomyelin ratio lecithinase lecitho- lecithoblast lecithoprotein lectin			Least-Developed Beneficiary Developing Country Least-Developed Countries Least-Developed Countries Initiative Least-Developed Country Least-Difference Greedy Least-Difference Greedy Matrix least-energy principle Least-Error Matrix Analysis Least-Inclusive Taxonomic Unit Least-Interference Dynamic Channel Allocation Least-Loaded Routing First-Fit Routing and Wavelength Assignment Least-Loaded Routing with First Fit Least-Mean Mixed-Norm Least-Preferred Co-Worker Least-Present-Value-of-Revenue Least-privileged User Account Least-Recently-Used Stack Model Least-Risk Decision Making Least-significant bit Least-Square Boundary Residual Method Least-Square Decision-Feedback Least-squares Least-squares Least-Squares Adjustment Of Calculated On Observed NMR Spectra Least-Squares Ambiguity De-Correlation Adjustment Least-squares analysis Least-squares approximation Least-squares approximation Least-Squares Auto-Regressive Least-Squares Conjugate-Gradient Least-Squares Constant Modulus Algorithm least-squares estimate Least-squares estimation Least-squares estimation Least-Squares Finite Element Method Least-Squares Fitting Least-Squares Fitting Least-Squares Geometrically Uniform Frame Least-squares method Least-squares method Least-squares method Least-Squares Policy Iteration Least-squares problem Least-squares problem Least-Squares Regression Least-Squares Regression Analysis Least-Squares Regression Estimation Least-Squares Regression Line Least-Squares Self-Coherence Restoral Least-squares Variational Method Least-time principle Least-time principle least-upper-bound axiom least-work theory least-worst leastways

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least squares (redirected from Least-squares analysis)

least squares
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