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最小二乗法 (saishounijouhou) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

最さい小しょう二に乗じょう法ほう

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Meanings

1

least-squares method

A standard mathematical technique for fitting a model to data by minimizing the sum of squared residuals.

回かい帰き分ぶん析せきでは最さい小しょう二に乗じょう法ほうが

よく

使つか

わ

れる

。

The least-squares method is often used in regression analysis.

最さい小しょう二に乗じょう法ほうで近きん似じ曲きょく線せんを求もとめる。

Find an approximate curve using the least-squares method.

Kanji

最utmost, most, extreme
小little, small
二two, two radical (no. 7)
乗ride, power, multiplication
法method, law, rule

Related words

回かい帰き分ぶん析せき
Regression analysis is a broader statistical technique that often employs the least-squares method for estimation.

Built from

最さい小しょう二に乗じょう+法ほう

Written forms

最小二乗法
- さいしょうにじょうほう
  Standard kanji spelling for the mathematical term.
- さいしょうじじょうほう
最小２乗法
- さいしょうにじょうほう
  Variant using the numeral 2 instead of 二; commonly seen in technical writing.
- さいしょうじじょうほう
さいしょうじじょうほう

Etymology

Compound of 最小 (smallest) + 二乗 (square) + 法 (method), a calque from English 'least squares method'.