Which of the Following Smoothing Constants Would Make an Exponential

question 27

Multiple Choice

Which of the following smoothing constants would make an exponential smoothing forecast equivalent to a naive forecast?

• A)0
• B)1 divided by the number of periods
• C)0.5
• D)1.0

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