The results of the survey will be used to develop future research projects and to establish a list of projections developers for communications purposes. Other Change Factor Projects. Discussions with Texas have continued on procedures for continuing work on state-national change factors. Evaluation of Occupational Projections . Evaluation of Minnesota occupations for 1986-93 are completed and a draft report is done.
Results show substantial room for improvement.
Most of the projection error arises from error in occupational staffing projections. Little correlation in error is found when occupations are grouped by size or direction of growth. Clustering of occupations reduced error. These results mirrored other national studies. Work on recommendations for States is continuing.