A contractor's records during the least five weeks indicate the number of jöb requests: Week 1 3 4 5 |Request 40 44 55 48 72 Predict the number of requests for week 4, week 5, week 6 using each of the following methods: 1) Naïve approach 2) 3 - period moving average 3) 4-period moving average 4) Weighted moving average using 0.60, 0.30 and 0.10 assuming highest weight to the most recent week 5) Exponential smoothing with a = 0.30; use 40 for week 2 forecast.

The Carbondale Hospital is considering the purchase of a new ambulance. The decision will rest partly on the anticipated mileage to be driven next year. The miles driven during the past 5 years are as follows: 1 3,000 2 3,950 3 3,400 Year Mileage a) Using a 2-year moving average, the forecast for year 6 = miles (round your response to the nearest whole number). 4 3,750 5 3,750

Using​ least-squares regression, the forecast for the number of accidents that will occur in the month of May​ = ? accidents​ (enter your response as a whole​ number).

A software producer is about to release a new version of its popular software. Discuss what information it would take into account in forecasting initial sales