Which Is not a Characteristic of Exponential Smoothing

question 117

Multiple Choice

Which is not a characteristic of exponential smoothing?

• A) smoothes random variations in the data
• B) easily altered weighting scheme
• C) weights each historical value equally
• D) has minimal data storage requirements
• E) None of the above; they are all characteristics of exponential smoothing.

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