Patent ID: 7149716

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for measuring the relative accuracy of multiple analysts' estimates at one or more points in time for one or more events, the method comprising: generating, for each of the multiple analysts, for one or more events, on one or more given days, a relative accuracy score by comparing the accuracy of an analyst's estimate for an event on a given day relative to the average accuracy of the estimates for analysts having estimates for the event on the given day, wherein generating the relative accuracy score for each analyst further comprises providing a numerator that compares an analyst's error on the given day with the average analyst error on that day, wherein the numerator comprises the difference between an analyst's absolute error in an estimate and the average absolute error among a plurality of analysts' estimates, and providing a denominator that normalizes the numerator; and generating individual relative accuracy ratings for each of the multiple analysts, for one or more events.