least squares

Noun
  1. 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 parameters
    is a type of: statistical method, statistical procedure - a method of analyzing or representing statistical data; a procedure for calculating a statistic
    same as: method of least squares

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