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j scott armstrong

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Verified email at wharton.upenn.edu
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Error measures for generalizing about forecasting methods: Empirical comparisons

JS Armstrong, F Collopy - International journal of forecasting, 1992 - Elsevier
This study evaluated measures for making comparisons of errors across time series. We
analyzed 90 annual and 101 quarterly economic time series. We judged error measures on …

[BOOK][B] Combining forecasts

JS Armstrong - 2001 - Springer
To improve forecasting accuracy, combine forecasts derived from methods that differ
substantially and draw from different sources of information. When feasible, use five or more …

[HTML][HTML] Sales forecasts for existing consumer products and services: Do purchase intentions contribute to accuracy?

JS Armstrong, VG Morwitz, V Kumar - International journal of forecasting, 2000 - Elsevier
Purchase intentions are routinely used to forecast sales of existing products and services.
While past studies have shown that intentions are predictive of sales, they have only examined …

Significance tests harm progress in forecasting

JS Armstrong - International Journal of Forecasting, 2007 - Elsevier
I briefly summarize prior research showing that tests of statistical significance are improperly
used even in leading scholarly journals. Attempts to educate researchers to avoid pitfalls …

The ombudsman: Business school prestige—Research versus teaching

JS Armstrong, T Sperry - Interfaces, 1994 - pubsonline.informs.org
We examined the relationships between the research originating at business schools,
students' satisfaction with the schools, and the published ratings of the school's prestige. …

Estimating nonresponse bias in mail surveys

JS Armstrong, TS Overton - Journal of marketing research, 1977 - journals.sagepub.com
Valid predictions for the direction of nonresponse bias were obtained from subjective
estimates and extrapolations in an analysis of mail survey data from published studies. For …

Long-range forecasting, 2nd

JS Armstrong - Available at SSRN 666990, 2010 - papers.ssrn.com
Long-Range Forecasting, 2nd. ed, is based heavily on empirical studies and demonstrated
many useful forecasting techniques to attain higher levels of accuracy. The book …

The value of formal planning for strategic decisions: Review of empirical research

JS Armstrong - Strategic management journal, 1982 - Wiley Online Library
A review of research from organizational behaviour supported the guidelines by corporate
planners: that is, use an explicit approach for setting objectives, generating strategies, …

Why We Don't Really Know What Statistical Significance Means: Implications for Educators

R Hubbard, JS Armstrong - Journal of Marketing Education, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
J. Scott Armstrong is a professor of marketing in the Wharton School at the University of …
Scott Armstrong. 1992. Are null results becoming an endangered species in marketing? …

[HTML][HTML] Parallel genome-scale loss of function screens in 216 cancer cell lines for the identification of context-specific genetic dependencies

…, D Jang, J Bistline, B Hill Meyers, SA Armstrong… - Scientific data, 2014 - nature.com
Using a genome-scale, lentivirally delivered shRNA library, we performed massively parallel
pooled shRNA screens in 216 cancer cell lines to identify genes that are required for cell …