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<p>so-called <a href="page.php?w=location_model_%28statistics%29">location model</a>). In this case, the errors are the deviations of the observations from the population mean, while the residuals are the deviations of the observations from the sample mean.</p>

<p>A <b>statistical error</b> (or <b>disturbance</b>) is the amount by which an observation differs from its <a href="page.php?w=expected_value">expected value</a>, the latter being based on the whole <a href="page.php?w=statistical_population">population</a> from which the statistical unit</p><p>
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