The illusion of predictability: How regression statistics mislead experts
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- Authors
- Soyer, E., & Hogarth, R. M.
- Affiliations
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (ES)
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Hogarth, Robin M.
- ORCID
- Hogarth, Robin M.
- Venue
- International Journal of Forecasting
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-07
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 695-711
- ISSN
- 0169-2070 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2025463577
- Semantic Scholar
- 6402bc6e4dfa0a4854535591394734865b7c9fcf
- Cited by
- 84
- References
- 27
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 11
- FWCI
- 7.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- papers.ssrn.com
- Locations
- International Journal of Forecasting (publishedVersion)
- SSRN Electronic Journal (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra
- Royal Society
- Royal Economic Society
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Forecasting Techniques and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Data Visualization and Analytics
- Keywords
- linear regression, probabilistic inference, error term, conditional distributions, simulation software, graphical representation
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