Fitting a Linear Trend to 36 Monthly Data Points (January

question 37

Multiple Choice

Fitting a linear trend to 36 monthly data points (January 2000 = 1,February 2000 = 2,March 2000 = 3,etc. ) produced the following tables: The projected trend value for January 2003 is ___.

• A)544.29
• B)868.61
• C)652.39
• D)760.50
• E)876.90

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