PREDICTION TASK ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND PREDICTION TASK ASSISTANCE METHOD

An object is to improve accuracy and efficiency of future prediction associated with a predetermined task in a financial institution. The prediction task assistance apparatus 100 includes: a storage device 101 that stores a piece of information on a predetermined index value and pieces of information on predetermined events used in a financial institution; and a computation device 104 that reads the pieces of information on the index value and the events from the storage device, executes correlation analysis by using the read pieces of information as inputs, generates a regression formula used to estimate the index value based on the pieces of information on the event that gives a predetermined effect on the index value, generates a question screen including an interface that allows giving an answer to a selective type question on trend prediction of the event configuring a variable in the regression formula, distributes the question screen to terminals, obtains answers of the trend prediction via the question screen, inputs values of the answers into the variable of the event corresponding to the answers in the regression formula, calculates a prediction value of the index value, and outputs information on the prediction value to a predetermined device.