Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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statistical method | Yes | No | No | No |
method of least squares | Yes | No | No | No |
statistical method (noun) | method of least squares (noun) |
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a method of analyzing or representing statistical data; a procedure for calculating a statistic | 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 |