Sums of squares

least squares

pl.n. Statistics

A method of determining the curve that best describes the relationship between expected and observed sets of data by minimizing the sums of the squares of deviation between observed and expected values.

least squares

(Mathematics) a method for determining the best value of an unknown quantity relating one or more sets of observations or measurements, esp to find a curve that best fits a set of data. It states that the sum of the squares of the deviations of the experimentally determined value from its optimum value should be a minimum

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least squares - 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

method of least squares

statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters

statistical method, statistical procedure - a method of analyzing or representing statistical data; a procedure for calculating a statistic

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Quadratic equations with real coefficients, relations between roots and coefficients, formation of quadratic equations with given roots, symmetric functions of roots, Arithmetic, geometric and harmonic progressions, arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means, sums of finite arithmetic and geometric progressions, infinite geometric series, sums of squares and cubes of the first n natural numbers.

Math's Syllabus for IIT JEE by Vanya Tiwari / Science and technology, general community

Articles are grouped in sections on arithmetic, primes, irrationality and continued fractions, sums of squares and polygonal numbers, Fibonacci numbers, number-theoretic functions, and elliptic curves, cubes, and Fermat's last theorem.

Biscuits of number theory by SciTech Book News

The larger contributions, as indicated by their respective sums of squares, came from the evaluations of warmth, noise, and air quality, while evaluations of lighting were less important.

Self-assessed productivity and the office environment: monthly ... by Humphreys, Michael; Nicol, J. Fergus / ASHRAE Transactions

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