Asked by caleb

Which is the formula for calculating a residual value?

Residual = Observed Value - Predicted Value

Residual = Predicted Value + Observed Value

Residual = Observed Value + Predicted Value

Residual = Predicted Value - Observed Value

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Residual = Observed Value − Predicted Value

(So a positive residual means the observed value is larger than the model predicted; a negative residual means the model overpredicted.)