Increasing the Number of Periods in a Moving Average Will

question 19

Multiple Choice

Increasing the number of periods in a moving average will accomplish greater smoothing,but at the expense of:

• A)manager understanding.
• B)accuracy.
• C)stability.
• D)sensitivity to real changes in the data.
• E)All of the above are diminished when the number of periods increases.

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