method of least squares
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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 (synset 106030362)
referred to in: statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parametersis a type of: statistical method, statistical procedure - a method of analyzing or representing statistical data; a procedure for calculating a statisticsame as: least squares
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