Question 5 The following monthly sales of chocolate boxes (in thousands of AUS dollars) have been recorded for January, February, March, and April, respectively: 8.5, 8, 8, 9. Examining the forecasting accuracy for the month of April only, explain which of the following forecasting method would you recommend: the Naïve method, the Average method, or the Simple exponential smoothing method (assuming alpha=0.85 and initial state of 8)?

Please answer part e

1.8 Compute and compare the total electricity consumption of Sub-Saharan Africa to the United States in 2012. The population of Sub-Saharan Africa was 926 million, and the United States was 314 million. The per person consumption in the United States in 2012 was 12.96 MWh per year. Consult Fig. 1.11 for the per person consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa.

I have this much done, but need help with E, i,ii,iii Which asks: Choose a year other than the one from part 2c. A birth year or the first year might be a good choice(I picked 1990) .i.    Use the trend line equation to estimate the y-value for the year of your choice. Find the relative change in the y-value for your chosen year compared to the last year’s value you found in part 2c iii.    Interpret the meaning of your relative change value.    F.Should we use the trend line model to estimate the y-value for 2020? Why or why not?  Note: Hey there! Thank you for the question. As you have posted multiple sub-parts, we have helped you solve the first three parts, according to our policy. Please re-post the other parts with complete background information. Step 2 Calculation: As it is required to build a scatterplot with a trendline, we need to use Excel, where this feature is available. The independent or predictor variable is year, which we have denoted as x, and the dependent…