least squares
plural noun
: a method of fitting a curve to a set of points representing statistical data in such a way that the sum of the squares of the distances of the points from the curve is a minimum
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Regression through the origin with phylogenetically independent contrasts...which is equivalent to phylogenetic generalized least squares (PGLS) analysis, accounts for the nonindependence of species and indicates no overall evolutionary relationship between the traits...
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 27 Aug. 2010
Surely someone has done a phylogenetic least squares with a lot of different clades and checked for this?
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2011
Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 27 Aug. 2010
Surely someone has done a phylogenetic least squares with a lot of different clades and checked for this?
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2011
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