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What is a key property of a good model mentioned in the text?
What is a key property of a good model mentioned in the text?
- Accuracy and precision (correct)
- Inability to represent relevant processes and interactions
- Ability to produce inaccurate results
- Obesity in data and computing resources
Why are models deliberately simplified according to the text?
Why are models deliberately simplified according to the text?
- To enhance the understanding of all intricate details
- To ensure they are unmanageable
- To make them highly complex
- To avoid extraneous detail (correct)
What is one way models can be used, as per the text?
What is one way models can be used, as per the text?
- To predict future conditions with policy intervention (correct)
- To ignore short-term forecasts
- To guarantee the success of any policy intervention
- To predict past conditions
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a property of a good model in the text?
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a property of a good model in the text?
What is one reason for keeping models manageable, as stated in the text?
What is one reason for keeping models manageable, as stated in the text?
What is meant by 'economy in data and computing resources' in the context of modeling?
What is meant by 'economy in data and computing resources' in the context of modeling?
What should a model include in terms of geographical spread?
What should a model include in terms of geographical spread?
'Ability to represent relevant processes and interactions' in a model implies:
'Ability to represent relevant processes and interactions' in a model implies:
'Producing very short-term forecasts as part of an on-line management or control system' is associated with:
'Producing very short-term forecasts as part of an on-line management or control system' is associated with:
'Ability to produce relevant indicators at an appropriate level of disaggregation' in a model indicates:
'Ability to produce relevant indicators at an appropriate level of disaggregation' in a model indicates: