Provide an Appropriate Response Would It Be Possible to Come Up with One Model

question 107

Essay

Provide an appropriate response.
-Suppose you have to develop a model to predict snowfall for the upcoming winter based on data from previous
winters. Consider the table of annual snowfall over the last five years: $$\begin{array} { l | c | c | c | c | c } \begin{array} { l } \text { Snowfall (y) } \\\text { (in inches) }\end{array} & 180 & 168 & 163 & 155 & 165 \\\hline \text { year (x) } & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5\end{array}$$ Would it be possible to come up with one model that predicted very low amounts of snowfall and another that predicted
very high amounts of snowfall? How so? If you were employed by a ski resort to come up with a model, what type of
model would you use? What could be done to try to reduce the chance of coming up with such different models?

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