In this recipe, we'll look at how well our regression fits the underlying data. We fitted a regression in the last recipe, but didn't pay much attention to how well we actually did it. The first question after we fitted the model was clearly, how well does the model fit? In this recipe, we'll examine this question.
Evaluating the linear regression model
Getting ready
Let's use the lr object and Boston dataset—reach back into your code from the Fitting a line through data recipe. The lr object will have a lot of useful methods now that the model has been fit.
