degrees of freedom
The number of degrees of freedom of a distribution (http://planetmath.org/Distribution3) is the number of parameters that are used to the value of the distribution and are either known or assumed to be independent.
The following use degrees of freedom:
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F distribution
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t distribution
Remark: The number of degrees of freedom has also a physical meaning related to the possible directions of motion of the system.
| Title | degrees of freedom |
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| Canonical name | DegreesOfFreedom |
| Date of creation | 2013-03-22 17:10:53 |
| Last modified on | 2013-03-22 17:10:53 |
| Owner | Wkbj79 (1863) |
| Last modified by | Wkbj79 (1863) |
| Numerical id | 7 |
| Author | Wkbj79 (1863) |
| Entry type | Definition |
| Classification | msc 60E05 |
| Classification | msc 62A01 |