Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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least squares | Yes | No | No | No |
statistics | Yes | No | No | No |
least squares (noun) | statistics (noun) |
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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 | a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters |