| Subject | English | French |
| math. | discounted least squares method | méthode des moindres carrés pondérés |
| math. | least squares method | méthode des moindres carrés |
| stat. | "least squares" method | méthode des "moindres carrés" |
| stat., scient. | least squares method | méthode moindres carrés |
| stat. | least squares method | moindres carrés |
| tech. | least-squares method | méthodes des moindres carrés |
| stat. | least-squares method | méthode des moindres carrés |
| anal.chem. | least-squares method | methode des moindres carrés |
| comp., MS | least-squares method | méthode des moindres carrés (A method that assigns values to unknown quantities in a statistical model, based on the values found by minimizing the sum of squared deviations from the mean) |