Deloitte is a firm that conducts an annual survey that gauges consumer spending expectations during the year

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Deloitte is a firm that conducts an annual survey that gauges consumer spending expectations during the year end holiday season. The following data show the percentage of respondents who indicated that they would spend less this year on holiday gifts when compared to the previous year. These data can also be found in the Excel file Deloitte. xlsx.
Deloitte is a firm that conducts an annual survey that

a. Using a three period simple moving average, forecast the percentage of holiday shoppers who intend to spend less in 2013.
b. Calculate the MAD for the forecast in part a.
c. Using a three period weighted moving average with the weights 5, 3, and 1, forecast the percentage of holiday shoppers who intend to spend less in 2013.
d. Calculate the MAD for the forecast in part c.
e. Which forecast do you have most confidence in?

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Business Statistics

ISBN: 9780321925121

2nd Edition

Authors: Robert A. Donnelly

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