Occam’s razor
The following example in statistics illustrates the principle of Occam’s razor. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_RazorArticle on Occam’s Razor on Wikipedia for a thorough discussion, mathematical or not, of this principle, which is also known as the principle of parsimony.
Example in statistics:
Given the following ten pairs of hypothetical observations of continuous
response variable and continuous explanatory variable :
| Title | Occam’s razor |
|---|---|
| Canonical name | OccamsRazor |
| Date of creation | 2013-03-22 14:44:14 |
| Last modified on | 2013-03-22 14:44:14 |
| Owner | CWoo (3771) |
| Last modified by | CWoo (3771) |
| Numerical id | 9 |
| Author | CWoo (3771) |
| Entry type | Definition |
| Classification | msc 62-07 |
| Classification | msc 00A20 |
| Classification | msc 62A01 |
| Synonym | law of parsimony |
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