As we know a simple matter of spotting bias – systematic under or over forecasting – can get surprisingly tricky in practice if our actions are to be guided by scientific standards of evidence – which they need to be if we are actually going to improve matters.
The average level of MAPE for your forecast is 25%. So what? Is it good or bad? Difficult to say. If it is bad, what should you do? Improve…obviously. But how?
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