SCENARIO 16-13 Given Below Is the Monthly Time Series Data for U.S.retail

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SCENARIO 16-13
Given below is the monthly time series data for U.S.retail sales of building materials over a specific year.
The results of the linear trend,quadratic trend,exponential trend,first-order autoregressive,second-order autoregressive and third-order autoregressive model are presented below in which the coded month for the 1^st month is 0:
Linear trend model:

Quadratic trend model:
Third-order autoregressive::

Below is the residual plot of the various models:

-Referring to Scenario 16-13,the best model based on the residual plots is the quadratic-trend regression model.

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Definitions:

Direct Material Costs

Costs of raw materials or parts that directly go into producing products.

Weighted-Average Method

An inventory costing method that assigns the average cost of goods available for sale to both ending inventory and cost of goods sold.

Equivalent Units

A concept used in cost accounting to express the amount of work done on incomplete units in terms of fully completed units.

Finished Goods Inventory

Manufactured products that are complete and ready for sale.