Which Is Not a Characteristic of Exponential Smoothing

question 91

Multiple Choice

Which is not a characteristic of exponential smoothing?

• A)smoothes random variations in the data
• B)weights each historical value equally
• C)has an easily altered weighting scheme
• D)has minimal data storage requirements
• E)smoothes real variations in the data

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