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manuscript - terminology for model outputs #2

Closed elray1 closed 4 months ago

elray1 commented 9 months ago

I've been replacing instances of "forecast" with "prediction" as an alternative noun for model outputs, but I realized that "prediction" may also be too specific. For example, we've mentioned that public health agencies might want to set a hub to collect estimates of epidemiological parameters. Is there a more appropriate term we can use that's not just "model outputs" (which feels a bit too vague...)?

nickreich commented 9 months ago

I'd suggest choosing one term (either forecast or prediction seems fine to me) and in the beginning say that it is a placeholder term for any kind of model output (forecast, prediction, scenario projection, estimate, etc...) that a hub collects.

elray1 commented 9 months ago

Makes sense. I vote for prediction, since I think it describes forecasts and projections both fairly well.