A Time Series Obtained from Quarterly Data Exhibits an Increasing

question 1

Multiple Choice

A time series obtained from quarterly data exhibits an increasing linear trend and constant seasonal variation.The most appropriate way to model this time series would be to use

• A)simple exponential smoothing.
• B)multiplicative decomposition.
• C)a multiple regression model with four predictor variables;one for time and three dummy variables.
• D)Holt-Winters' double exponential smoothing model.
• E)the Durbin-Watson statistic.

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