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almostdonewithschooling

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Residual?
« on: March 03, 2019, 10:06:22 pm »
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 Could someone help me find the residual? I tried using the formula but somehow keep getting -109.99
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Re: Residual?
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2019, 10:11:18 pm »
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residual = actual value - predicted value

If the person is 160cm in height, the formula predicts that their hand span = 2.9 + 0.33 * 160 = 55.7
If that person has an actual hand span of 58.5cm, then the residual = actual - predicted = 58.5 - 55.7  = 2.8

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