Errors And Residuals In Statistics
In statistics and optimization, statistical errors and residuals are two closely related and easily confused measures of the deviation of a sample from its "theoretical value". The error of a sample is the deviation of the sample from the (unobservable) true function value, while the residual of a sample is the difference between the sample and the estimated function value.
The distinction is most important in regression analysis, where it leads to the concept of studentized residuals.
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