The gender gap is actually smallest in retirement preparedness, which requires such skills as strategic planning, short-term and long-range forecasting, and analysis of multiple variables.
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Separate research departments bring a variety of economic theories, analysis, forecasting techniques, and conclusions to the FOMC table.
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"The pluses and minuses have evened out, " said John Pitkin, a demographer with private consultancy Analysis and Forecasting, Inc. in Cambridge, Mass.
Admittedly, forecasting and cost-benefit analysis on big, long-term projects such as this amount to little more than complicated guesswork.
Objective Analysis has been forecasting a mid-2013 turnaround since 2009, and has racked up a very impressive record for forecast accuracy.
Objective Analysis has been forecasting for the past two years that a DRAM shortage would commence in mid-2013 causing prices to remain stable through the middle of 2015.
Objective Analysis has been forecasting a mid-year semiconductor recovery.
His system for forecasting the entire bracket uses survival analysis, a method for predicting failure in systems, and gives Florida a 15.7% chance of winning the whole thing, also the best of any team.
For instance, PDI could be embedded in a storage appliance used on demand for device data analysis, such as capacity forecasting or failure prediction.
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As a result, they can do what-if analysis, model data, and run sophisticated data mining and forecasting algorithms that return answers within minutes, enabling them to fine-tune and refine their offers and service bundles to accurately reflect the needs of their subscribers.
Its tools bring together forecasting data gathered from operational administration sources, and merges them for further review and analysis by corporate managers, giving them better data to weigh before allocating resources to a given business initiative.
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