Questions tagged [sums-of-squares]

sum of squares plays an important role in statistical models based on the normal distribution, like ANOVA.

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square things in statistics- generalized rationale

Why do you square things in stats? I have run across this a lot, in both data mining and statistics classes, but no one has ever been able to give me an answer. One specific example is when summing the deviation scores in statistics you have to…
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What is the difference between RSS and SSR?

According to this post in Wikipedia the residual sum of squares (RSS), the sum of squared residuals (SSR) and the sum of squared errors of prediction (SSE) are the same. So the RSS = SSR = SSE Now, according to this post in Wikipedia the…
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Explain the difference between type 1,2,3,4 sums of squares

Can someone explain the difference between type 1:4 sums of squares using examples with relatable variables?
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Derivation of SSE(reduced)-SSE(full) = $(C\hat \beta - h)'(C(X'X)^{-1}C)^{-1}(C\hat \beta - h) $

When stating hypothesis in matrix formulation, as H0: $C\hat\beta=h$, $SSE(reduced)-SSE(full)$ can be expressed as: $$(C\hat \beta - h)'(C(X'X)^{-1}C)^{-1}(C\hat \beta - h) $$ How is this result derived? It looks very weird considering it has no Y…
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