A college student has just completed her junior year. The following table summarizes her grade-point average (GPA)

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A college student has just completed her junior year.

The following table summarizes her grade-point average

(GPA) for each of the past nine quarters:image text in transcribed

(a) Forecast the student’s GPA for the fall semester of her senior year by using a three-period moving average.

(b) Forecast the student’s GPA for the fall semester of her senior year by using exponential smoothing with a = 0.2.

(c) Which of the two methods provides a more accurate forecast? Justify your answer.

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Quantitative Analysis For Management

ISBN: 9781292217659

13th Global Edition

Authors: Barry Render, Ralph M. Stair, Michael Hanna, Trevor Hale

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