A Contractor Wants to Forecast the Number of Contracts in Future

question 24

Multiple Choice

A contractor wants to forecast the number of contracts in future quarters, using quarterly data on number of contracts during the 10-year period from 2001 to 2010. 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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