IB skill practice

Use residuals to judge model fit

Calculate and interpret residuals and decide whether a model overpredicts or underpredicts.

Paper 1, Paper 2 5 marks Difficulty 5

Absolute residual size

A data point has observed value \(128\) and predicted value \(119\). Calculate the absolute residual.

Worked practice: result and interpretation

Calculate the requested result first, then choose the interpretation that follows from it.