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Following table shows the monthly sales of X-box consoles at a retail store in Kuwait:

 

Answer the following questions based on the data given above. Show your calculations.

a. What is the expected sales for the 8th month based on 3 period moving average?

b. What is the expected sales for the 8th month based on exponential smoothing with α =0.2?

c. Which of the above two forecasting method is better based on MSE?

Month
Number of
Forecast
Error
Forecast
Error
using
exponential
smoothing
(with a =0.2)
products Sold
using 3
period
moving
average
173
1
117
131
129
163
181
7
189
8
23456 00
Transcribed Image Text:Month Number of Forecast Error Forecast Error using exponential smoothing (with a =0.2) products Sold using 3 period moving average 173 1 117 131 129 163 181 7 189 8 23456 00
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