The comparative accuracy of judgmental and model forecasts of American football games

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 405-413

  Song, ChiUng ^a   Boulier, Bryan L ^b   Stekler, Herman O ^b  

^a Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI)   (South Korea)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Betting market; Forecast evaluation; Judgmental forecasting; Sports forecasting; Statistical forecasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548247234     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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