Analyze Variability

Graphs - Histogram of the Residuals

  

A histogram of the log residuals shows the distribution of the residuals for all observations. Use the histogram as an exploratory tool to learn about the following characteristics of the data:

·    Typical values, spread or variation, and shape

·    Unusual values in the data

The histogram of the residuals should be bell-shaped. Use this plot to look for the following:

This pattern...

Indicates...

Long tails

Skewness

A bar far away from the other bars

An outlier

 

Example Output

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Interpretation

For the insulation data no evidence of skewness or outliers exists.