Cryptocurrency Q&A What is SS in data analysis?

What is SS in data analysis?

BlockchainBaroness BlockchainBaroness Mon Nov 18 2024 | 6 answers 1293
I'm trying to understand a term I encountered in data analysis. It's 'SS' and I'm not sure what it stands for or its significance in the context of analyzing data. Could someone explain this to me? What is SS in data analysis?

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Carolina Carolina Wed Nov 20 2024
The sum of squares (SS) serves as a crucial statistic in assessing the variability within a dataset.

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Alessandro Alessandro Tue Nov 19 2024
It provides a quantitative measure of how the observations in a dataset deviate from the mean.

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Giuseppe Giuseppe Tue Nov 19 2024
A higher value of SS signifies a greater degree of spread or dispersion among the observations.

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Martina Martina Tue Nov 19 2024
Specifically, SS is calculated by summing up the squared differences between each data point and the mean.

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Valeria Valeria Tue Nov 19 2024
This cumulative total reflects the overall dispersion of the observations around the central tendency.

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