1. This stands in contrast to the Makridakis and Hibon (1979) study. The poor performance of the Box-Jenkins method was attributed to my poor knowledge and use of the technique. The issue does not even seem relevant now: Carbone et al. (1983) found that a high level of expertise is not needed to use the Box-Jenkins method. (Accuracy did not vary by level of expertise.) Furthermore;Finally, I am pleased that none of the respondents made personal attacks about the ability and expertise of the participants of the M-Competition,1983