Which of the Following Statements Concerning the Moving Average Method

question 6

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements concerning the moving average method of calculating a trend is NOT true?

• A) The number of values used to calculate the moving average is called the period
• B) Values should be chosen so that numbers used to calculate the moving average do not overlap
• C) The number of values used to calculate the moving average should always be the same
• D) There will always be a smaller number of moving average values than original data points

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