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Do accurate predictions matter?

April 26, 2017accurate predictions

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Do accurate predictions matter?

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A. Now that’s a stupid question! But it turns out that they only matter if the reader thinks they are accurate. I’ve found that readers are as interested in having their own basic assumptions challenged as they are in prediction accuracy; in our surveys, these kind of fall out 50/50.