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There can be variants in the definitions, we can't answer you without more context. However, we can never calculate that, we'd have to survey everyone in the population, so we use a statistic, ie, the mean height of a sample of people. If we take the height of an individual, the difference in their height and the population mean would be the error. The difference in their height and the sample mean would be the residual.
In the context of regression models, there is a true regression model, that gives an output value based on the input value s. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. Create a personalised content profile.
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However, we only have access to the residuals, so that's what we work with. An error is the difference between the observed value and the true value very often unobserved, generated by the DGP. A residual is the difference between the observed value and the predicted value by the model. Error term is a theoretical concept that can never be observed, but the residual is a real world value that is calculated for each time a regression is done.
Residual is calculated after running the regression model and is the differences between the observed values and the estimated values. Error term is an unknown value that could never be known unless the DGP is known. Therefore, theoretically, one can generate a variable x from say a Normal random variable and the error from a normal random variable. This comes in line with another question, what is the difference between the Mean Squared Error and Mean Squared residual. There is nothing called MSR: Means squared residual.
However, many practitioners treat them the same. MSE is a theoretical concept that is always translated to MSR by practitioners due to their unfamiliarity between theory and practice.
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