Degrees of freedom
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Degrees of freedom can mean:
- Degrees of freedom (mechanics), independent displacements and/or rotations that specify the orientation of the body or system
- Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)A degree of freedom is an independent physical parameter, often called a dimension, in the formal description of the state of a physical system...
, a term used in explaining dependence on parameters, or the dimensions of a phase space - Degrees of freedom (statistics)Degrees of freedom (statistics)In statistics, the number of degrees of freedom is the number of values in the final calculation of a statistic that are free to vary.Estimates of statistical parameters can be based upon different amounts of information or data. The number of independent pieces of information that go into the...
, the number of values in the final calculation of a statistic that are free to vary