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Percentiles of the Predictive Distributions of the Conditional Probabilistic Forecasts of the Number of Lost Teaching Assistant Positions given Different Numbers of Graduate Student Offers with Funding. Negative values indicate the number of students that would not be funded from current funding sources.
| #Offers | 10% | 33% | 50% | 67% | 90% | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | Very conservative |
| 17 | −3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Conservative |
| 20 | −4 | −2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Break-even |
| 23 | −6 | −3 | −2 | 0 | 3 | Bold |
| 30 | −9 | −6 | −5 | −3 | 0 | Very bold |
