<s>
In	O
applied	O
statistics	O
,	O
a	O
partial	B-Application
residual	I-Application
plot	I-Application
is	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
technique	I-Application
that	O
attempts	O
to	O
show	O
the	O
relationship	O
between	O
a	O
given	O
independent	O
variable	O
and	O
the	O
response	O
variable	O
given	O
that	O
other	O
independent	O
variables	O
are	O
also	O
in	O
the	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
performing	O
a	O
linear	B-General_Concept
regression	I-General_Concept
with	O
a	O
single	O
independent	O
variable	O
,	O
a	O
scatter	B-Application
plot	I-Application
of	O
the	O
response	O
variable	O
against	O
the	O
independent	O
variable	O
provides	O
a	O
good	O
indication	O
of	O
the	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
relationship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
it	O
can	O
still	O
be	O
useful	O
to	O
generate	O
scatter	B-Application
plots	I-Application
of	O
the	O
response	O
variable	O
against	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
independent	O
variables	O
,	O
this	O
does	O
not	O
take	O
into	O
account	O
the	O
effect	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
independent	O
variables	O
in	O
the	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
=	O
regression	B-General_Concept
coefficient	I-General_Concept
from	O
the	O
i-th	O
independent	O
variable	O
in	O
the	O
full	O
model	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Partial	B-Application
residual	I-Application
plots	I-Application
are	O
widely	O
discussed	O
in	O
the	O
regression	O
diagnostics	O
literature	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
see	O
the	O
References	O
section	O
below	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
,	O
if	O
Xi	O
is	O
highly	O
correlated	O
with	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
independent	O
variables	O
,	O
the	O
variance	O
indicated	O
by	O
the	O
partial	B-Application
residual	I-Application
plot	I-Application
can	O
be	O
much	O
less	O
than	O
the	O
actual	O
variance	O
.	O
</s>
