TABLE 16-6
the Number of Cases of Merlot

question 30

Short Answer

TABLE 16-6
The number of cases of merlot wine sold by a Paso Robles winery in an 8-year period follows.
$$\begin{array} { c c } \underline { \text { Year }} &\underline {\text { Cases of Wine }}\\ 1991 & 270 \\1992 & 356 \\1993 & 398 \\1994 & 456 \\1995 & 358 \\1996 & 500 \\1997 & 410 \\1998 & 376\end{array}$$
-Referring to Table 16-6, exponential smoothing with a weight or smoothing constant of 0.4 will be used to forecast wine sales. The forecast for 1999 is ______ .

Comprehend the relationship between the t-distribution and the normal distribution as degrees of freedom increase.

Grasp the general form and components of interval estimates for population means and proportions.

Recognize the characteristics and appropriate use cases for the t distribution.

Understand how to compute necessary sample sizes for making interval estimates with unknown population standard deviations.

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