Mrs Baird's Is Attempting to Forecast Sales for a New

question 92

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Baird's is attempting to forecast sales for a new ice cream cake. To come up with an accurate forecast, Mrs. Baird's places the product in Atlanta supermarkets for a period of four months. In this instance, Mrs. Baird's is using which forecasting method?

• A)Time series analysis
• B)Market test
• C)Executive judgment
• D)Regression analysis
• E)Survey

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