When you perform
automatic or
visual curve
matching, AQTESOLV provides
a statistical analysis of the curve fitting results.
Residual statistics and residual plots help you
analyze the errors between the observed displacement data and an aquifer test solution.
Standard errors allow you to construct approximate confidence
intervals for each hydraulic parameter (e.g., T or S) in an aquifer test solution
(automatic curve matching only).
A residual is the difference between measured
displacement (drawdown) and the model simulated value.
Only AQTESOLV
includes the following residual plots help to evaluate the fit of a model:
residual vs. time, residual vs. simulated and normal probability plots.
Normal probability plot for a pumping test in an
unconfined aquifer. A normal distribution of the model errors is indicated
by residuals falling on a straight line.