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A General Method of Incorporating Forecast Cost and Loss in Value Scores

William Briggs1
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  • 1 General Internal Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
Print Publication:
01 Nov 2005
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR3031.1
Page(s):
3393–3397
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Abstract

In this note, the author shows how to incorporate cost for correct forecasts in the skill score statistical test developed by Briggs and Ruppert and how to extend this result to another value score developed by Wilks. It is then shown that both of these methods are special cases of a more general complete value score, where the loss and costs are allowed to be completely general.

Corresponding author address: William Briggs, General Internal Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, 525 E. 68th, Box 46, New York, NY 10021. Email: wib2004@med.cornell.edu

Abstract

In this note, the author shows how to incorporate cost for correct forecasts in the skill score statistical test developed by Briggs and Ruppert and how to extend this result to another value score developed by Wilks. It is then shown that both of these methods are special cases of a more general complete value score, where the loss and costs are allowed to be completely general.

Corresponding author address: William Briggs, General Internal Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, 525 E. 68th, Box 46, New York, NY 10021. Email: wib2004@med.cornell.edu

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