THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION

question 40

Multiple Choice

THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
The table below is the data set of the number of preorders received for a particular game on a weekly basis.
The forecaster uses the Holt-Winters Exponential Smoothing for nonseasonal series to forecast the number of preorders in future time periods.
He uses α = 0.8 and β = 0.5.(Hint: Use the formula from the text to arrive at the answers. )

-The method of moving averages is used to:

• A)smoothen a time series.
• B)plot a time series.
• C)exponentiate a time series.
• D)represent a time series as an additive model.

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Annually Balanced Budget

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Functional Finance

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