Statistics Tab

The Statistics tab shows several statistics about historical data used to generate the prediction: number of values, minimum value, mean value, maximum value, standard deviation, and the period of seasonality if present (Figure 2-3).

  • Number of data values—The number of historical data values in the date range

  • Minimum—The smallest value in the date range

  • Mean—The average of a set of values, found by adding the values and dividing their sum by the number of values

  • Maximum—The largest value in the data range

  • Standard deviation—The square root of the variance for a distribution, where variance measures the degree of difference of values from the mean

  • Seasonality—Whether the data has a detectable pattern (cycle) and, if so, the time period of that cycle

Figure 2-3 Predictive Planning Panel, Statistics Tab


Predictive Planning Panel, Statistics tab.

The table also displays the following:

For more information about prediction accuracy, see Summary Area.