"F distribution" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: F distributions [plural]
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  1. (statistics, probability) A probability distribution of the ratio of two variables, each with a chi-square distribution; used in analysis of variance, especially in the significance testing of a correlation coefficient (R squared). Categories (topical): Statistics Related terms: ANOVA
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