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OPTIMUM FIT [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Methods
CONT

The line of best fit may be drawn freehand by personal judgement ...; or it may be fitted by group averages ... or least squares ..., or by any other method of simple-regression analysis ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes statistiques
CONT

Ajustement optimal. La méthode des moindres carrés permet, une fonction : Y = f (X) étant donné, de calculer les paramètres de cette fonction -- mais non de déterminer la fonction qui réalise l'ajustement optimal. [...] Lorsque les données sont nombreuses, la ligne des moyennes conditionnelles [...] fournit l'allure de cette fonction.

Key term(s)
  • ajustement le meilleur

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