Use the Method of Moving Average with an Appropriate Span

question 36

Essay

Use the method of moving average with an appropriate span to forecast retail sales for 2010.Do you obtain a good fit? Do you have confidence in your forecast? Explain your answers.

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Definitions:

Debit/Credit

Accounting terms where a debit increases asset or expense accounts, and decreases liability, revenue or equity accounts; a credit does the opposite.

Adjusting Entry

An accounting entry made into a journal at the end of an accounting period to allocate income and expenditure to the appropriate periods.

Interest Payable

A liability account showing the amount of interest expense that has been incurred but not yet paid.

Nominal Interest Rate

The stated interest rate of an investment or loan without accounting for inflation or compounding interest effects.