A Company Wants to Forecast Demand Using the Weighted Moving

question 29

Multiple Choice

A company wants to forecast demand using the weighted moving average.If the company uses three prior yearly sales values and we want to weight year 2006 at 30%,year 2007 at 30% and year 2008 at 40%,which of the following is the weighted moving average forecast for year 2009?

• A)170
• B)168
• C)158
• D)152
• E)146

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Understand the main ethical considerations in research and the ability to provide examples of each.

Identify and evaluate issues encountered in participant observation, including developing strategies to address these issues.

Compare and contrast participant observation and survey research, including their strengths and weaknesses.

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