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degrees of freedom

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The number of degrees of freedom of a distribution is the number of parameters that are used to calculate the value of the distribution and are either known or assumed to be independent.

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Cross-references: t distribution, non-central chi-squared random variable, F distribution, chi-squared statistic, chi-squared random variable, independent, parameters
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This is version 3 of degrees of freedom, born on 2007-06-01, modified 2007-06-03.
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AMS MSC:	60E05 (Probability theory and stochastic processes :: Distribution theory :: Distributions: general theory)
	62A01 (Statistics :: Foundational and philosophical topics)

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