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Any rational theory of prediction must be based upon a model. Enoch Powell expresses this view when he says, ‘The prophets were not soothsayers; they were expounders.’
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Whittle, P. (1990). Prediction. In: Eatwell, J., Milgate, M., Newman, P. (eds) Time Series and Statistics. The New Palgrave. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20865-4_26
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