Question

You are running a multiple regression analysis by hand. You would like to calculate the sums of squares of the residuals. Which of the follow best describes how you would obtain the ssR?

Answer 1

The formula for Sums of squares of the residuals (SSR) is attached below.

Therefore, option B is correct:

B. I would calculate the difference between the observed outcome (Y) and the predicted value of Y (Y_hat), square each one of these differences, and add them up.