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Myth: Data analytical residuals only contain errors—they are noise! Mythbuster: No, residuals may be(come) your best friend!

Esbensen, Kim; Geladi, Paul; Larsen, Anders

Abstract

The Mythbusters show that there is useful information lurking in residuals, e.g. sampling errors (of many kinds), sample processing errors as well as analytical errors. Residuals contain important interpretable information which makes them your best friend!

Keywords

analytical residuals errors

Published in

NIR news
2014, Volume: 25, number: 7, pages: 18-19

    UKÄ Subject classification

    Other Mathematics
    Mathematical Analysis

    Publication identifier

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1255/nirn.1484

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    https://res.slu.se/id/publ/67687