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<p>A <b>prediction</b>  or <a href="page.php?w=forecasting"> '''forecast'''</a> is a statement about a <a href="page.php?w=future">future</a> <a href="page.php?w=event_%28probability_theory%29_">event</a> or about future <a href="page.php?w=data">data</a>. Predictions are often, but not always, based upon experience or knowledge of forecasters. There is no universal agreement about the exact difference between "prediction" and "<a href="page.php?w=estimation">estimation</a>"; different authors and disciplines ascribe different <a href="page.php?w=connotation">connotation</a>s.</p><p>
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