Using the Latest Observation in a Sequence of Data to Forecast

question 51

Multiple Choice

Using the latest observation in a sequence of data to forecast the next period is:

• A) a moving average forecast.
• B) a naive forecast.
• C) an exponentially smoothed forecast.
• D) an associative forecast.
• E) regression analysis.

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