To Calculate the Five-Period Moving Average of a Time Series

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To calculate the five-period moving average of a time series for a given time period, we average the value in that time period and the values in the four preceding periods.

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Definitions:

Sample Statistics

Measures or values calculated from a sample of data used to estimate population parameters.

Population Parameters

Quantitative characteristics or attributes defining a whole population, such as mean or standard deviation.

Sampling Distribution

The sampling distribution is a probability distribution of a statistic obtained through a large number of samples drawn from a specific population.

Standard Error

A statistical measure that quantifies the amount of variability or dispersion of a sample mean relative to the true population mean.