Residual
The residual is the sum of deviations from a best-fit curve of arbitrary form.
The residual should not be confused with the
Correlation Coefficient
.
© 1996-9
Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-25
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R \equiv \sum [y_i-f(x_i,a_1,\ldots,a_n)]^2.
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