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Denham, Carolyn H. – Journal of Educational Data Processing, 1973
A major problem in most predictions of school enrollment is the forecaster's failure to express adequately his certainty or uncertainty in his estimates. Describes a method whereby a forecaster can prepare probability distributions of enrollment predictions. The Monte Carlo computer simulation calculates enrollments by the multivariable method,…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Data Analysis, Enrollment, Futures (of Society)
