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what other tools are necessary besides statistics to accurately perform predictions
In a non-statistical sense, the term prediction is often used to refer to an informed guess or opinion.
what are examples of an informed guess or opinion
An informed guess or opinion might be informed by a predicting person's abductive reasoning, inductive reasoning, deductive reasoning, and experience.
any other tools that are necessary besides stasitics and informed guess or opinion to accurately perform predictions
In science, a prediction is a rigorous, often quantitative, statement, forecasting what would happen under specific conditions.

Question: what is an example
Self-contained rewrite: what is an example of rigorous prediction in science, often quantitative, statement, forecasting what would happen under specific conditions