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How do I calculate what percent of a given forecast was accurate?
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∙ 8y ago
The answer depends on what the forecast was about and how you interpret accurate.
Consider weather forecasts.
If the weather forecast was "sunny", how much cloud cover is acceptable before the forecast is considered wrong?
If the forecast was "dry" would a 5 second drizzle mean a total *FAIL*?
Does "rainy" range from a fleeting drizzle to a tropical downpour?
Also, if the forecast for a region was sunny, and it was sunny in 95% of the region, but in 5% of the region it was not sunny for 5 minutes, does that count as a failure?
It is critically important that all forecast terms are unambiguous and that all thresholds are very clearly defined.
Similar considerations will apply in forecasts of other unknowns.
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