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Degree of Freedom


The number of degrees of freedom in a problem, distribution, etc., is the number of parameters which may be independently varied.


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Likelihood Ratio

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Degree of Freedom." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/DegreeofFreedom.html

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