A Contractor Wants to Forecast the Number of Contracts in Future

question 367

Multiple Choice

A contractor wants to forecast the number of contracts in future quarters, using quarterly data on number of contracts over the last 10 years. Which of the following would be the most
Appropriate analysis to perform?

• A) Autoregressive modeling.
• B) One-way ANOVA.
• C) Least-squares forecasting with monthly or quarterly data.
• D) Two-way ANOVA.

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