Given the following information: Month 1 2 3 4 Sales 9 11 10 12 8 5 6 7 (a) Using the three-period weighted moving average with weights assigned to the most recent in order 4, 2 and 1, (i) the sales forecast for Month 7 is (ii) the forecasting error for Month 5 is (iii) the mean absolute deviation is (b) Using an exponential smoothing technique with alpha = 0.5 (i) the sales forecast for Month 7 is (ii) the forecasting error for Month 4 is (iii) the mean absolute deviation is

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Given the following information:
Month 1 2
Sales
9 11
3 4 5 6
10 12 8 7
(a) Using the three-period weighted moving average with weights assigned to the most
recent in order 4, 2 and 1,
(i) the sales forecast for Month 7 is
(ii) the forecasting error for Month 5 is
(iii) the mean absolute deviation is
(b) Using an exponential smoothing technique with alpha = 0.5
(1) the sales forecast for Month 7 is
(ii) the forecasting error for Month 4 is
D
(iii) the mean absolute deviation is
Transcribed Image Text:Given the following information: Month 1 2 Sales 9 11 3 4 5 6 10 12 8 7 (a) Using the three-period weighted moving average with weights assigned to the most recent in order 4, 2 and 1, (i) the sales forecast for Month 7 is (ii) the forecasting error for Month 5 is (iii) the mean absolute deviation is (b) Using an exponential smoothing technique with alpha = 0.5 (1) the sales forecast for Month 7 is (ii) the forecasting error for Month 4 is D (iii) the mean absolute deviation is
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