2. Functions

Residuals And Goodness Of Fit — Quiz

Test your understanding of residuals and goodness of fit with 5 practice questions.

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Practice Questions

Question 1

In a regression context, what is a residual?

Question 2

A data point has observed value $18$ and predicted value $15$. What is the residual?

Question 3

What does a residual plot help you check?

Question 4

Which description best matches a good fit for a regression model?

Question 5

What does an $R^2$ value close to $1$ usually indicate?