-All of the Following Are Important Concepts in Forecasting EXCEPT

question 11

Multiple Choice

$\begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|}\hline\text { Month } & \text { Sales } & \text { Absolute Error, Forecast 1 } & \text { Absolute Error, Forecast 2 } \\\hline \text { Jan } & 35 & 5 & 2 \\\hline \text { Feb } & 29 & 1 & 3 \\\hline \text { Mar } & 39 & 4 & 4 \\\hline \text { Apr } & 42 & 2 & 3 \\\hline \text { May } & 51 & 3 & 1 \\\hline \text { Jun } & 56 & 1 & 4 \\\hline\end{array}$
-All of the following are important concepts in forecasting EXCEPT:

• A) determining the planning horizon length.
• B) determining the time bucket size (i.e., year, quarter, month, week, day, etc.).
• C) determining a relationship between a single dependent variable and one or more independent variables.
• D) identifying cyclical patterns.

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