Describe a Functional Structure and Some of Its Important Advantages

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Essay

Describe a functional structure and some of its important advantages and disadvantages.

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Definitions:

Regression Sum of Squares

A measure of the variability explained by the regression model, calculated as the sum of the squared differences between the predicted values and the mean of the dependent variable.

Total Sum of Squares

A statistical measure representing the total variation or spread of a dataset from its mean, used in various statistical models to assess the explanatory power of predictors.

Coefficient of Determination

A statistical measure that represents the proportion of the variance for a dependent variable that's explained by one or more independent variables in a regression model.

SST

An abbreviation that can refer to several concepts depending on context, such as Sum of Squares Total in statistics, which measures the total variation in a dataset.