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Least-Squares Analysis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Analysis, Least Squares
  • Analysis, Least-Squares
  • Least Squares

Note

  • IM GEN only; coord NIM with specific disease or other concept (IM);

Scope note

  • A principle of estimation in which the estimates of a set of parameters in a statistical model are those quantities minimizing the sum of squared differences between the observed values of a dependent variable and the values predicted by the model.

History note

  • 91(90); was see under REGRESSION ANALYSIS 1990

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016018

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