Women’s hemlines are falling to ankle length this year. Could this mean that another recession is in the works? Not at all, say the authors; rather, the legend that hemlines are a lead indicator of the economy is apparently backwards. Hemlines, in fact, appear to lag behind economic activity...

For some odd, unfathomable reason, there seems to be a scarcity of articles documenting our missteps as forecasters as opposed to those lauding our successes. Sensing a real need here that they would be eminently capable of filling, Joe and Simon, our intrepid duo, focus in this segment on their...

Forecasting software applications now include functionality for virtually any forecasting process and any size business. While the functionality may be available to meet varied forecasting needs, there continues to be a lack of adequate attention paid to usability and the user experience(UX). In...

Sohn reviews this recent publication. Copyright International Institute of Forecasters, 2012

Kolassa reviews these two recent publications. Copyright International Institute of Forecasters, 2012

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Ganeshan comments on Steve Morlidge’s articles on Guiding Principles of the Forecasting process (published in Foresight, issues 22 and 23). Copyright International Institute of Forecasters, 2012

Gilliland comments on Steve Morlidge’s articles on Guiding Principles of the Forecasting process (published in Foresight, issues 22 and 23). Copyright International Institute of Forecasters, 2012

In 2004, Scott Armstrong, Alfred Cuzán, and Randy Jones launched the PollyVote to see if combining forecasts from different methods could improve the accuracy of election forecasting relative to individual forecasting methods. Scott had previously reported evidence that combining nearly always...

Prevailing wisdom has it that campaigns don’t matter when it comes to forecasting U.S. presidential elections; the incorporation of direct campaign measures into statistical forecasting models does not appear to improve forecasting accuracy. Richard Nadeau and Michael Lewis-Beck now challenge...