RESIDUAL SUM OF SQUARES - RSS
A statistical technique used to measure the amount of variance in a data set that is not explained by the regression model. The residual sum of squares is a measure of the amount of error remaining between the regression function and the data set. A smaller residual sum of squares figure represents a regression function which explains a greater amount of the data.
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