Using a 5-month moving average, calculate September sales b. Calculate September sales Using a 3-month weighted moving average (weights are 0.60, 0.30. 0.10). c. Calculatate Exponential Smoothing (assume February sale is 19) sales in September (alpha 0.2, that means 1-0.2 = 0.8) d. Using regression analysis, what is Y (September sales) if X is 8? (use  data> data analysis button> regression)

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Forecasting calculation

X Month Sales (y)
(000 units)
1 Feb. 19
2 Mar. 18
3 Apr. 15
4 May 20
5 Jun. 18
6 Jul. 22
7 Aug. 20
8  Sep  

a. Using a 5-month moving average, calculate September sales

b. Calculate September sales Using a 3-month weighted moving average (weights are 0.60, 0.30. 0.10).

c. Calculatate Exponential Smoothing (assume February sale is 19) sales in September (alpha 0.2, that means 1-0.2 = 0.8)

d. Using regression analysis, what is Y (September sales) if X is 8? (use  data> data analysis button> regression)

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