The phrase "a reasonable forecast" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing predictions or estimates that are logical and based on available data or trends.
Example: "Based on the current market trends, we can make a reasonable forecast about next quarter's sales."
Alternatives: "a plausible prediction" or "a sensible estimate."
If anyone was asking me what numbers we're expecting, it would not be a reasonable forecast.
Statistical analysis is essential for choosing a reasonable forecast strategy.
–Have an understanding of interest rates and be able to make a reasonable forecast of future interest rates when deciding on the risks versus the rewards of an adjustable-rate mortgage that offers initial low interest rates versus a fixed-rate mortgage.
Alho (1998) compared prediction intervals for the total fertility rate (TFR) in Finland obtained by means of an ARIMA (1,1,0) model with those that result from the errors of so-called naïve forecasts (i.e. forecasts that assume the current TFR level is a reasonable forecast of the future TFR).
Alex Salmond, interviewed on BBC Radio Scotland in July, put the heaviest spin on it when he stated: Well we accept the industry forecast of 24 billion barrels, some people say that's pretty low these days, we put forward a reasonable oil forecast of a $100 a barrel.
We put forward a reasonable oil forecast of a $100 a barrel.
The proposed method was tested on benchmark IEEE 14-bus and 300-bus test systems, and all FDI attacks of significant strength were successfully identified for reasonable forecast quality.
Furthermore, in basis of the reasonable forecast about energy consumption structure and SO2 emissions at "12th five-year plan" period at Shijingshan district, the predictive result shows that the contribution of industry and energy structure effect into the decrease of SO2 emissions intensity will be 6.52% and 58.24%, respectively.
One reasonable forecast shown in Figure 7 was miR205- PRKCE- CNA13- CDH1- PTPN14-OCIAD2.
Indeed, it may be that the characteristics that make for more reasonable forecasts — an acknowledgment of uncertainty, an awareness of the limits of one's knowledge, and a willingness to speak in probabilistic terms rather than seeing everything as black-and-white — make us uncomfortable, because of our aversion to uncertainty.
In effect, it is a political choice.A shift of three to nine percentage points in tax rates, as the authors' range of reasonable forecasts implies Japan must one day do, will be painful.
