residual variance

collocation in English

meaningsofresidualandvariance

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residual
adjective
uk
/rɪˈzɪd.ju.əl/
us
/rɪˈzɪdʒ.ju.əl/
remaining after most of something ...
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variance
noun
uk
/ˈveə.ri.əns/
us
/ˈver.i.əns/
formal
the fact that two or more things are different, or the amount or number by which they ...
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(Definition ofresidualandvariancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Normal linear models with genetically structuredresidualvarianceheterogeneity : a case study.
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Residual by observed values were plotted to examine the assumption thatresidualvariancewas randomly distributed.
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This measure describes how much of theresidualvariancewas eliminated from the baseline model.
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They do not arise because of any difference between genotypes in their environmental orresidualvariance.
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The mean value of theresidualvariancebefore selection is given by exp(b+s2/2).
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Further, theresidualvarianceestimates were grossly overestimated.
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For the normal data, a flat but bound prior was chosen for theresidualvariance.
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But, it does increase theresidualvariancewhich, in turn, can affect hypothesis testing.
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Both of these findings are indications that theresidualvarianceis systematic.
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The indices were logtransformed and weighted with the reciprocal of theresidualvariancefor each comparison.
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We assumeresidualvarianceto be homogeneous across families for both methods.
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Because, despite this systematic effect, the squared bias for the variable model is lower than that for the fixed model, theresidualvariancearound the regression must also be lower.
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We fit four models with different levels of complexity in theresidualvariancestructure, with the simplest being the standard repeatability homogeneous variance additive genetic model.
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The first is to investigate the presence of additive genetic effects influencing the logresidualvariance and their possible correlation with the genetic effects influencing the expected litter sizes.
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Heritability estimates are given by the ration of the additive genetic variance to the sum of the between-family variance and theresidualvariance.
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This assumption simplifies the mathematical manipulation of theresidualvariance-covariance matrix (inversion, factorization, etc.), but may deviate from reality.
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There is, moreover, strong evidence of a negative correlation between the additive genetic values affecting litter size and those affectingresidualvariance.
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The main effect of using cofactors is the reduction in theresidualvarianceleading to a higher test statistic.
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