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Opportunities For Forecasters
- Part-Time Work:
- Valmarpro Forecasting, Inc. desires to procure a reserve pool
of
part-time forecasters and estimators on a variety of topics.
Forecasters/estimators will be paid in accordance with the
Lundgren
method of forecasting incentives, which calculates the value
marginal
product (VMP) of individual forecasters.
- Possible Fields:
- The VMP forecasting incentives method is capable of eliciting
unbiased forecasts or estimates for both observable and
unobservable
variables. Forecasts and estimates may be sought in any of the
sciences, including economics, political science, engineering,
physics,
chemistry, biology, and interdisciplinary. Possible applications
include prediction of future prices, quantities, and profits;
estimation
of environmental externalities; estimates of regulatory
costs/benefits;
business, financial, and mutual fund valuations, including
prediction of
means and variances; macroeconomics; and other specialties.
- No Travel or Relocation:
- These part-time opportunities do not require geographic
relocation,
do not require travel, and should be compatible with other
full-time
employment. Individuals and consulting firms with forecasting or
estimating ability in any of the natural sciences, social
sciences,
business, or finance are encouraged to apply.
- Requirements:
- The minimum requirement is a college bachelors degree with
some
knowledge of college-level statistics. Some forecasting projects
may
require a masters or doctoral degree in specific fields.
Forecasters
will not be selected on the basis of such nonmerit grounds as
nationality, race, color, gender, religion, political
affiliation,
marital status, sexual preference, age, or unrelated disability.
- Complete Independence:
- Forecasters are independent contractors, not employees. Any
forecaster may refuse any forecasting task for any reason. As
much as
possible, forecasters will be selected for tasks with due regard
for
their expressed specialties, interests, and constraints.
Forecasters
may live anywhere, either inside or outside the United States.
- Further Information:
- Further details of a more technical nature can be found in
many of
the papers listed under Technical Papers.
Comments, questions, and
suggestions can be sent to
ValMarPro Forecasting, Inc.
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