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  2. Mode (statistics) - Wikipedia

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    Mode (statistics) In statistics, the mode is the value that appears most often in a set of data values. [1] If X is a discrete random variable, the mode is the value x at which the probability mass function takes its maximum value (i.e., x=argmaxxi P (X = xi)). In other words, it is the value that is most likely to be sampled.

  3. Unimodality - Wikipedia

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    In statistics, a unimodal probability distribution or unimodal distribution is a probability distribution which has a single peak. The term "mode" in this context refers to any peak of the distribution, not just to the strict definition of mode which is usual in statistics. If there is a single mode, the distribution function is called ...

  4. Central tendency - Wikipedia

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    In statistics, a central tendency (or measure of central tendency) is a central or typical value for a probability distribution. [1] Colloquially, measures of central tendency are often called averages. The term central tendency dates from the late 1920s. [2] The most common measures of central tendency are the arithmetic mean, the median, and ...

  5. Chemometrics - Wikipedia

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    Chemometrics is the science of extracting information from chemical systems by data-driven means. Chemometrics is inherently interdisciplinary, using methods frequently employed in core data-analytic disciplines such as multivariate statistics, applied mathematics, and computer science, in order to address problems in chemistry, biochemistry, medicine, biology and chemical engineering.

  6. Markov chain - Wikipedia

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    Markov chains and continuous-time Markov processes are useful in chemistry when physical systems closely approximate the Markov property. For example, imagine a large number n of molecules in solution in state A, each of which can undergo a chemical reaction to state B with a certain average rate. Perhaps the molecule is an enzyme, and the ...

  7. Probability density function - Wikipedia

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    Probability density function. Box plot and probability density function of a normal distribution N(0, σ2). Geometric visualisation of the mode, median and mean of an arbitrary unimodal probability density function. [1] In probability theory, a probability density function (PDF), density function, or density of an absolutely continuous random ...

  8. Factor analysis - Wikipedia

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    In the example above, if a sample of = students participated in the = exams, the th student's score for the th exam is given by . The purpose of factor analysis is to characterize the correlations between the variables x a {\displaystyle x_{a}} of which the x a i {\displaystyle x_{ai}} are a particular instance, or set of observations.

  9. Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    In statistical mechanics, a degree of freedom is a single scalar number describing the microstate of a system. [1] The specification of all microstates of a system is a point in the system's phase space. In the 3D ideal chain model in chemistry, two angles are necessary to describe the orientation of each monomer.