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yr12

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Residual Plot
« on: May 09, 2010, 08:35:39 pm »
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What does the largest positive residual from a scatter plot indicate?
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Re: Residual Plot
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2010, 12:28:30 am »
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It means that that residual corresponding to the point on the graph is above the prediction line (least squares regression line).

Is that what you wanted to know?
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Re: Residual Plot
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2010, 05:25:26 pm »
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Yeah. Nothing overly special. Just at that point calculated that it happens to be positive.
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Re: Residual Plot
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2010, 10:13:55 am »
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Also,  do you always plot it against x?
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Re: Residual Plot
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2010, 09:05:08 pm »
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Yes
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