Which of the Following Statements Comparing the Weighted Moving Average

question 70

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements comparing the weighted moving average method and the exponential smoothing method is true?

• A) Exponential smoothing typically uses less past data.
• B) Exponential smoothing is more accurate.
• C) For the weighted moving average method, you can use a single weight.
• D) More emphasis can be placed on recent values using the weighted moving average.

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Definitions:

Variance

A statistic that measures the spread between numbers in a data set, indicating how far each number in the set is from the mean.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the members of a group differ from the mean value of the group.

Test Statistic

A value derived from sample data that is utilized to determine the rejection of the null hypothesis in statistical hypothesis testing.

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