# Predict value == Expect value?

**URL:** <https://discourse.numenta.org/t/predict-value-expect-value/2894>\
**Category:** NuPIC\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [September 29, 2017, 8:43am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/predict-value-expect-value/2894 "2017-09-29T08:43:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![rhyolight](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/rhyolight/32/3922_2.png) [@rhyolight](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/rhyolight)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/predict-value-expect-value/2894/8 "2018-04-23T15:43:48Z")

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Looking closer at your chart, it looks like your inferences are being plotted at the same time as your data. You want shift the data [like this](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/predicting-multiple-steps-into-the-future/1154/6?u=rhyolight) to plot the inferences.

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