The Multiplicative Model

question 14

Multiple Choice

The multiplicative model

• A)uses centered moving averages to smooth the trend fluctuations.
• B)removes trend before isolating the seasonal components.
• C)deseasonalizes a time series by dividing the values by the appropriate seasonal index.
• D)provides a unique seasonal index for each observation of the time series.

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