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degrees of freedom

degrees of freedom Degrees of freedom are the number of independent pieces of information available for a statistical estimate.

Degrees of freedom are the number of independent pieces of information available for a statistical estimate. They are generally found by taking the number of observed values and subtracting the number of parameters that had to be estimated along the way.

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