residual sum of squares

noun

The sum of the squared residuals between some model and a data set; a measure of how well the model fits with the data.

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Meanings

nounresidual sum of squares (plural residual sums of squares)

plural residual sums of squares

  1. mathematicsThe sum of the squared residuals between some model and a data set; a measure of how well the model fits with the data.

Translations

Danish residualkvadratsum
  • residualkvadratsumresidual sum of squares
Finnish jäännösneliösumma
  • jäännösneliösummaresidual sum of squares
German Residuenquadratsumme, Quadratsumme der Residuen
  • Residuenquadratsummeresidual sum of squares
  • Quadratsumme der Residuenresidual sum of squares
  • Summe der Residuenquadrateresidual sum of squares
Romanian sumă reziduală de pătrate
  • sumă reziduală de pătrateresidual sum of squares
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