Prediction
Prediction
PREDICTION.See Prophet.
Fuente: A Dictionary Of Christ And The Gospels
Prediction
1. The process and the expression of an inference made with respect to a future event.
2. According to Plato, a prophetic prediction is a form of inspired “frenzy” which produces a good result which could not be obtained in a normal state of mind (Phaedrus). The other two forms of this abnormal activity are poetic inspiration and religious exaltation. This concept has been exalted by Christian theology which gave to it a divine originthe gift of prediction is an attribute of a saint, and also of the biblical prophets.
3. In mathematical theory, prediction is an inference regarding an unknown or future event, from calculations involving probabilities and in particular the computation of correlations. Statistical predictions are usually made by means of regression coefficients and regression lines, which indicate the amount of change of one variable which accompanies a given amount of change in the other variable. The process of predicting values within the range of known data is called interpolation, and the process of predicting values beyond the range of known data is called extrapolation. The reliability of these predictions varies on the basis of the known variables, and of their limits. — T.G.