Degrees of freedom

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-007545",
  "term": "Degrees of freedom",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Degrees of Freedom",
  "definition": "1. For dose-response model fitting, the number of data points minus the number of model parameters estimated from the data.\n\n2. The total number of items in a sample minus the number of independent relationships existing among them; the divisor used to calculate a variance term; in the simplest cases, it is one less than the number of observations. {ORD} {OW/EAD} {OPP} {OW/TSC} {OAR/OAQPS} {OECA} {ORCR}",
  "subject": "Science and research",
  "references": [
    "Benchmark Dose Software (BMDS) Glossary of Terms",
    "Forum on Environmental Measurements (FEM) Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/degrees-of-freedom/"
}