Fitting a Linear Trend to 36 Monthly Data Points (January

question 37

Multiple Choice

Fitting a linear trend to 36 monthly data points (January 2011 = 1, February 2011 =2, March 2011 = 3, etc.) produced the following tables. The projected trend value for January 2014 is ________.

• A)231.39
• B)555.71
• C)339.50
• D)447.76
• E)355.71

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