Now I suppose somebody is going to tell me that this given straight line was derived from a least
squares error calculation; that being at least one of the more obvious things to do.
Not exact matches
If you've ever taken a statistics or econometrics course, you might recognize the
calculation and application of the left - inverse as the ordinary least
squares (OLS) estimation of the weights; that means that in this case, «closest» implies that the weights we found minimize the sum of the
squares of the differences («
errors» or «residuals») between our replicated portfolio and VTSMX.
The
errors of manifest variables were set as the
calculation of one minus the measurement's reliability, and the path between the manifest variables and latent variables were set by using the
square root of the measures» alpha reliabilities.
When the ark had serious dimension problems as a result and the neighbours had even more reason to laugh and point, Noah checked the original source and discovered the
error in
calculation to be several hundred
square cubits, setting construction back by a decade or so, creating huge cost overruns and perhaps explaining why the unicorn didn't make the trip.