Brian Demong
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Why do we find the least-squares instead of the least-absolutes? That is, what is the advantage of squaring the distances over finding the absolute values of the distances?
One effect of squaring, besides making all the values positive: it increases the "weight" of larger distances, and even decreases the "weight" of distances between -1 and 1. But why is that valuable/necessary?
Thanks in advance,
_Brian
One effect of squaring, besides making all the values positive: it increases the "weight" of larger distances, and even decreases the "weight" of distances between -1 and 1. But why is that valuable/necessary?
Thanks in advance,
_Brian