Consider the Following to Answer the Question(s) Below

question 14

Multiple Choice

Consider the following to answer the question(s) below:
Annual estimates of the population in a certain city from 1999 (t = 1) onward are shown in the time series graph below.
-The forecasting method that will most likely be best for this time series is

• A) single exponential smoothing
• B) quadratic trend
• C) moving average
• D) naïve
• E) Absolutely no forecasting method will most likely be best.

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