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Thursday, October 04, 2007

Forecast Evaluations

By Tangotiger, 11:37 AM

Thankfully, there’s always somebody one step ahead of me, that saves me alot of time in doing stuff. This time, it’s Nate Silver evaluating various forecasts, including Marcel. He gives you a few different ways to evaluate things (which is good), but doesn’t give you the best one. Let me explain:

(60) Comments • 2008/02/25 • Sabermetrics • Forecasting

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