Using the Latest Value in a Sequence of Data to Forecast

question 14

Multiple Choice

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

• A)a moving-average forecast
• B)a last-value forecast
• C)an exponentially smoothed forecast
• D)a causal forecast
• E)None of the above

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