Additional Algo 15-12 Forecasting with Seasonality Demand history for the past three years is shown below, along with the seasonal indices for each quarter. Year Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Quarter 183358333833 Demand 796 748 493 437 723 758 538 467 734 735 501 466 Seasonal Index 1.218 1.231 0.829 0.741 1.218 1.231 0.829 0.741 1.218 1.231 0.829 0.741 Use exponential smoothing with alpha (a)= 0.15 and an initial forecast of 616 along with seasonality to calculate the Year 4, Q1 forecast Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.
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- Do the sales prices of houses in a given community vary systematically with their sizes (as measured in square feet)? Answer this question by estimating a simple regression equation where the sales price of the house is the dependent variable, and the size of the house is the explanatory variable. Use the sample data given in P13_06.xlsx. Interpret your estimated equation, the associated R-square value, and the associated standard error of estimate.The file P13_25.xlsx contains the quarterly numbers of applications for home mortgage loans at a branch office of Northern Central Bank. a. Create a time series chart of the data. Based on what you see, which of the exponential smoothing models do you think will provide the best forecasting model? Why? b. Use simple exponential smoothing to forecast these data, using a smoothing constant of 0.1. c. Repeat part b, but search for the smoothing constant that makes RMSE as small as possible. Does it make much of an improvement over the model in part b? Is it guaranteed to produce better forecasts for the future?Additional Algo 15-12 Forecasting with Seasonality Demand history for the past three years is shown below, along with the seasonal indices for each quarter. Seasonal Index 1.25 Year Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Quarter 01 02 03 04 01 02 03 04 01 02 03 04 Year 4, 01 forecast Demand 926 819 585 515 912 874 651 552 861 828 571 542 1.176 0.837 0.745 1.25 1.176 0.837 0.745 1.25 1.176 0.837 0.745 Use exponential smoothing with alpha (a) - 0.3 and an initial forecast of 720 along with seasonality to calculate the Year 4, Q1 forecast. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.