Error term

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A random variable in a model representing the difference between the response variable and the assumed model prediction. Also known as residual error.

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residual error

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Experimental error
Variation in response or outcome of virtually identical test conditions. See also Residual Error.

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I am the reliability expert at FMS Reliability, a reliability engineering and management consulting firm I founded in 2004. I left Hewlett Packard (HP)’s Reliability Team, where I helped create a culture of reliability across the corporation, to assist other organizations.

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