least squares kucaktarin cârušhâ Fr.: moindres carrés Any statistical procedure that involves minimizing the sum of squared differences. |
method of least squares raveš-e kamtarin cârušhâ Fr.: méthode des moindres carrés 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. → method; → least squares. |