Here’s my forecast. The past is the best predictor of the future, so I looked at past monthly data as the base rate.
I first tried to tease out whether there was a correlation in which months had more activity between 2020 and 2019. It seemed there was a weak negative correlation, so I figured my base rate should be just based on the past few months of data.
In addition to the past few months of data, I considered that part of the catalyst for record-setting July activity might be Aaron’s “Why you should put on the EA Forum” EAGx talk. Due to this possibility, I gave August a 65% chance of hitting over the base rate of 105 >=10 karma posts.
Here’s my forecast. The past is the best predictor of the future, so I looked at past monthly data as the base rate.
I first tried to tease out whether there was a correlation in which months had more activity between 2020 and 2019. It seemed there was a weak negative correlation, so I figured my base rate should be just based on the past few months of data.
In addition to the past few months of data, I considered that part of the catalyst for record-setting July activity might be Aaron’s “Why you should put on the EA Forum” EAGx talk. Due to this possibility, I gave August a 65% chance of hitting over the base rate of 105 >=10 karma posts.
My numerical analysis is in this sheet.