If Brandon Edward Were Working to Develop a Forecast Using

question 28

Multiple Choice

If Brandon Edward were working to develop a forecast using a moving averages approach, but he noticed a detectable trend in the historical data, he should

• A) use weights to place more emphasis on recent data
• B) use weights to minimize the importance of the trend
• C) change to a naïve approach
• D) use a simple moving average
• E) change to a qualitative approach

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