A Common Problem Found in Attempting to Predict the Future

question 96

Multiple Choice

A common problem found in attempting to predict the future is

• A) being oblivious to or unimpressed by many of the social changes.
• B) looking too far into the future instead of looking backward for clues.
• C) the "rearview-mirror effect" in which recent events occupy too much of our thinking about the future.
• D) being oblivious to or unimpressed by many of the social changes and the "rearview-mirror effect" in which recent events occupy too much of our thinking about the future are correct.

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Definitions:

Linear

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Nonlinear

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Time-Series Graph

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Changing The Scale

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