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Normal Equations
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normal equations [¦nȯr·məl i′kwā·zhənz]
(statistics)
The set of equations arising in the least squares method whose solutions give the constants that determine the shape of the estimated function.

Normal Equations 

a set of algebraic or transcendental equations whose solution gives the approximate values of unknown quantities that can be derived by the method of least squares.



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Using non-full-rank design matrices and numerous models, Monahan covers the linear least squares problem, estimability and least squares estimators, the Gauss-Markov model, distributional theory, statistical inference, topics in testing (such as orthogonal polynomials and contrasts), variance components and mixed models, and the multivariate linear model.
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