Inflation is a fall in the market value or purchasing power of money. Measurements of inflation are
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a. Construct a plot of this time series. Does it appear that a linear trend exists in the time series? Specify the exponential forecasting model that should be used to obtain next month’s forecast.
b. Assuming a single exponential smoothing model, calculate forecasts for each of the months in the time series. Use a smoothing constant of 0.15.
c. Calculate the MAD value for the forecasts you generated in part b.
d. Construct a single exponential smoothing forecast for January 2006. Use a smoothing constant of 0.15.
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Business Statistics A Decision Making Approach
ISBN: 9780133021844
9th Edition
Authors: David F. Groebner, Patrick W. Shannon, Phillip C. Fry
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