The number of independent pieces of information that go into the estimate of a parameter. Used in, for example, design of experiments, the χ2 distribution, and the F distribution. Alternatively, the number of independent pieces of information that can be specified within a set of table calculations before all other entries in the table are uniquely determined.
Degrees of Freedom (df, n)
The number of data points associated with a given parameter estimate.
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