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Reply #34: That's called extrapolation
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zipplewrath
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Mon May-24-10 10:28 AM
Response to Reply #33 |
34. That's called extrapolation |
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It is always a risky analysis technique. In this case, considering you are trying to extrapolate forward 6 times the data sample, it is VERY risky. We typically don't like to extrapolate more than 10%, if at all. You're trying to do it 600%.
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