Background Note | HBS Case Collection | 1996 (Revised from original version)

Forecasting with Regression Analysis

by Arthur Schleifer Jr.

Abstract

Provides an example of regression in one of its most important roles. Relating probabilistic forecasts based on past data to decision analysis.

Keywords: Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Data and Data Sets; Forecasting and Prediction; Mathematical Methods;

Citation:

Schleifer, Arthur, Jr. "Forecasting with Regression Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 894-007, August 1996. (Revised from original October 1993 version.)