Consider the Monthly Time Series Shown in the Table A Calculate the Values in the Exponentially Smoothed Series Using

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Essay

Consider the monthly time series shown in the table. $$\begin{array} { l | c | c } \hline \text { Month } & \text { t } & \mathrm { Y } \\\hline \text { January } & 1 & 185 \\\hline \text { February } & 2 & 192 \\\hline \text { March } & 3 & 189 \\\hline \text { April } & 4 & 201 \\\hline \text { May } & 5 & 195 \\\hline \text { June } & 6 & 199 \\\hline \text { July } & 7 & 206 \\\hline \text { August } & 8 & 203 \\\hline \text { September } & 9 & 208 \\\hline \text { October } & 10 & 209 \\\hline \text { November } & 11 & 218 \\\hline \text { December } & 12 & 216 \\\hline\end{array}$$ a. Calculate the values in the exponentially smoothed series using w $w = 0.6$ b. Graph the time series and the exponentially smoothed series on the same graph.

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Definitions:

98.6ºF

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Axillary Temperature

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