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Residual curvature diagnostic

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A systematic curved pattern in regression residuals plotted against fitted values suggests a misspecified conditional mean. Positive residuals at both ends and negative residuals in the middle motivate trying quadratic regression. The diagnostic does not by itself identify the error probability distribution or prove heteroscedasticity.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2013 / iii / Paper 30 / 1 / e / Solution

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