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FREEHAND METHOD [4 records]

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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

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Methods
DEF

Method which consists in drawing a line freehand in a regular curve through a series of plotted observations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes statistiques
DEF

Méthode qui consiste à tracer à main levée une courbe régulière aussi simple que possible, passant à travers des points représentatifs des observations, de façon à ce que les écarts positifs et négatifs de ces points à la courbe se compensent [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 1980-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Painting (Arts)
DEF

A method for transferring a drawing to another surface on a different scale, especially to a larger surface that is to be painted, such as a canvas or a wall.(...) the drawing is ruled off into squares, and the same number of squares are then ruled on the surface to which the drawing is to be transferred. Each square of the drawing is then copied freehand onto the corresponding square of the other surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peinture (Arts)
DEF

procédé permettant aux artistes de reproduire à une échelle différente un motif préalablement recouvert d'un quadrillage.

Spanish

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Record 4 1979-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
CONT

The simplest method of describing a trend graphically is by inspection. If the trend is a straight line, it may be drawn with the aid of a transparent ruler or a tightly stretched piece of string. If the trend is non-linear, it may be drawn freehand(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
CONT

Ajustements graphiques. Il s'agit "a main levée" de raboter au mieux les creux et les bosses (ou encore de lisser) la ligne brisée.

Spanish

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