noun
residual sum of squares
Technical term in statistics and mathematics; used in regression analysis and ANOVA.
回帰分析では、残差平方和を最小化するようにパラメータを推定する。
In regression analysis, parameters are estimated so as to minimize the residual sum of squares.
Compound of 残差 (zansa, 'residual') + 平方和 (heihōwa, 'sum of squares').