- goodness of fit
- Degree of agreement between an empirically observed distribution and a mathematical or theoretical distribution.
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Goodness of fit — The goodness of fit of a statistical model describes how well it fits a set of observations. Measures of goodness of fit typically summarize the discrepancy between observed values and the values expected under the model in question. Such… … Wikipedia
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goodness of fit — 6 : fit 1d * * * goodness of fit (statistics) The extent to which observed data matches the values predicted by a theorem • • • Main Entry: ↑good * * * Statistics the extent to which observed data match the values expected by theory … Useful english dictionary
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Goodness of fit — Die Anpassungsgüte (engl. goodness of fit) beschreibt, wie gut ein statistisches Modell eine Menge von Beobachtungen trifft. Das Maß der Anpassungsgüte fasst typischerweise die Diskrepanz zwischen beobachteten Werten und Werten, die man aufgrund… … Deutsch Wikipedia
goodness of fit Statistics — the extent to which observed data match the values expected by theory. → goodness … English new terms dictionary
goodness of fit — Date: 1895 the conformity between an experimental result and theoretical expectation or between data and an approximating curve … New Collegiate Dictionary
goodness of fit — A statistical term used to indicate the correspondence between an observed distribution and a model or hypothetical mathematical distribution. In many statistical tests of significance the hypothetical or expected distribution is a model based… … Dictionary of sociology
goodness of fit — noun (in statistics) the measure of how closely a set of observed values approximate those derived from a theoretical model …
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