Editing Static analysis (section)

{{About|the statistical technique|how this term is used in [[software development]]|Static program analysis}}
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'''Static analysis''', '''static projection''', or '''static scoring''' is a simplified analysis wherein the effect of an immediate change to a system is calculated without regard to the longer-term response of the system to that change. If the short-term effect is then extrapolated to the long term, such extrapolation is inappropriate.

Its opposite, [[Dynamic scoring|dynamic analysis]] or dynamic scoring, is an attempt to take into account how the system is likely to respond to the change over time. One common use of these terms is [[fiscal policy|budget policy]] in the United States,<ref name=AEA>{{citation|author=Alen J. Auerbach|date=7 January 2005|title=Dynamic Scoring: An Introduction to the Issues|publisher=American Economic Association|access-date=2010-03-31|url=http://www.aeaweb.org/annual_mtg_papers/2005/0107_1430_1304.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710091132/http://www.aeaweb.org/annual_mtg_papers/2005/0107_1430_1304.pdf|archive-date=10 July 2009}}</ref> although it also occurs in many other statistical disputes.