This unique book gives you a practical guide to a full range of traditional forecasting methods that can be used in business, government, and management to predict future events and trends and to guide your planning and investments. A former member of Princeton University's psychology faculty, David Loye examines the science lying behind predicting the future and outlines a theoretically advanced yet practical, down-to-Earth psychology for futures forecasting. His findings here will be helpful to anyone who wants to improve a personal ability to foresee trends affecting his or her own future.