s (residual standard deviation): An estimate of the standard deviation of the residuals: s = sqrt(sum of residuals squared / (n minus 2)).
How to apply it: s measures the typical size of a prediction error; smaller s means better predictions.
Course: AP Statistics · Unit: Inference for Quantitative Data: Slopes
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