predictive

1. ADJ You use predictive to describe something such as a test, science, or theory that is concerned with determining what will happen in the future. (測(cè)騐、科學(xué)或理論)預(yù)言性的; 預(yù)測(cè)性的[正式] [usu ADJ n]

...the predictive branch of economics. ...經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)的預(yù)測(cè)性分支。