Use the Following to Answer the Question(s) Below

question 12

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer the question(s) below.
The time series graph below shows annual sales figures (in thousands of dollars) for a well known department store chain.
-Which model would be most appropriate for forecasting this series?

• A) Moving Average using L = 3
• B) Single Exponential Smoothing with α = 0.1
• C) Quadratic Trend
• D) Linear Trend
• E) Seasonal Regression

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