The phrase "basis for prediction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the foundation or reasoning behind making forecasts or estimations.
Example: "The data collected over the past year provides a solid basis for prediction regarding future sales trends."
Alternatives: "foundation for forecasting" or "groundwork for estimation."
The predictive distribution, as its name suggests, forms the basis for prediction of navigation ability for unobserved individuals.
There is no reliable basis for prediction.
Statistics are a tricky business, and, as any insurance company knows, become a reliable basis for prediction only if an all but unlimited number of cases are included.
That said, this year should be a reminder as to why to be leery of any political handicapping site ONLY using released polls as their basis for prediction.
These crop parameters are easily assessable through microwave remote sensing and therefore they can form the basis for prediction of pest remotely.
In this study, we sought to identify clusters of methylation associated SNPs as a basis for prediction of methylation landscapes of germ cell genomes.
And it will need to cope with mutations so rare or novel that at most a handful of studies offer any basis for predictions.
In addition, retrospective research generates a basis for predictions that can be used early on to protect an ecosystem.
Therefore, our model can serve as a basis for predictions of ecosystem response to climate change and management regimes.
Detailed knowledge about species-wise, as well as group-wise, relationships can provide guidelines for conservation management and a basis for predictions about different management scenarios.
While the light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology provides a good basis for predictions of tree height and biomass, tree species identification based on this type of data is particularly challenging in structurally heterogeneous forests.
