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Forecast bias

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occurs when there are consistent differences between actual outcomes and previously generated forecasts of those quantities; that is: forecasts may have a general tendency to be too high or too low. A normal property of a good forecast is that it is not biased.
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of the forecast errors, but other measures of bias are possible. For example, a median-unbiased forecast would be one where half of the forecasts are too low and half too high: see
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In contexts where forecasts are being produced on a repetitive basis, the performance of the forecasting system may be monitored using a
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As a quantitative measure , the "forecast bias" can be specified as a probabilistic or statistical property of the
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forecast error
bias
arithmetic mean
expected value
Bias of an estimator
tracking signal
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Science portal
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Mathematics portal
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Engineering portal
Calculating demand forecast accuracy
Consensus forecast
Optimism bias
Demand forecasting
Exponential growth bias
Forecast skill
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Biases
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Acquiescence
Ambiguity
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