Degrees of freedom formula

Asked Oct 01 '16 at 09:46

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I am reading about degrees of freedom and came across the formula

Degrees of freedom = (number of categories) - 1 - (Number of parameters estimated from the data)

I can not get the "Number of parameters estimated from the data" part. What does it mean?

asked Oct 01 '16 at 09:46

Bakhtawar

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Degrees of freedom for what? What kind of model you are talking about? – Tim Oct 01 '16 at 10:14
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Also, check out the question How to understand degrees of freedom? as it may cover what you're interested in. – Silverfish Oct 01 '16 at 10:15

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