__________Is a Forecasting Technique That Uses a Weighted Average of Past

question 26

Multiple Choice

__________is a forecasting technique that uses a weighted average of past time-series values to forecast the value of the time series in the next period.

• A) A moving average forecast
• B) Single exponential smoothing
• C) A grassroots forecast
• D) Regression analysis

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