The statistical phrase "degrees of freedom" denotes ____.
A)the number of related pieces of information
B)the number of independent pieces of information

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Degrees of freedom refers to the number of independent pieces of information in a statistical analysis. It represents the number of values in the final calculation of a statistic that are free to vary. In other words, it measures the number of variables that can be arbitrarily assigned a value without affecting the values of the other variables.

The Statistical Phrase "Degrees of Freedom" Denotes ____