What is a lack of fit sum of squares analysis?
1 Answer
Feb 19, 2018
Basically, just the inverse of the correlation coefficient.
Explanation:
Normally, we are interested in how well the points fit a modeled line. In a sum of the squares analysis that is the correlation or regression coefficient.
If you want to see how poorly the data fit a model, you could take the inverse. Then, a "high" number (anything over 1.2 for example) indicates a POOR fit.
Personally, I don't see any value in the practice.
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