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Evaluating Forecasts Of Discrete Variables: Predicting Cattle Quality Grades

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  • Brorsen, B. Wade
  • Lusk, Jayson L.
  • Norwood, F. Bailey

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Little research has been conducted on evaluating out-of-sample forecasts of limited dependent variables. This study describes the large and small sample properties of two forecast evaluation techniques for limited dependent variables: receiver-operator curves and out-of-sample-log-likelihood functions. The methods are shown to provide identical model rankings in large samples and similar rankings in small samples. The likelihood function method is slightly better at detecting forecast accuracy in small samples, while receiver-operator curves are better at comparing forecasts across different data. By improving forecasts of fed-cattle quality grades, the forecast evaluation methods are shown to increase cattle marketing revenues by $2.59/head.

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  • Brorsen, B. Wade & Lusk, Jayson L. & Norwood, F. Bailey, 2004. "Evaluating Forecasts Of Discrete Variables: Predicting Cattle Quality Grades," 2004 Conference, April 19-20, 2004, St. Louis, Missouri 19017, NCR-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ncrfou:19017
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.19017
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