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Sales of roof material, by quarter, for 2010 through 2016, by Carolina Home Construction Inc. are shown below (in $000). Quarter Year I II III IV 2010 69 241 211 220 2011 85 236 249 222 2012 100 284 253 256 2013 117 298 275 268 2014 113 305 309 299 2015 120 311 325 296 2016 130 327 210 183 Click here for the Excel Data File Determine the typical seasonal patterns for sales using the ratio-to-moving-average method. (Round your answers to 4 decimal places.) Deseasonalize the data and determine the trend equation. (Round your answers to 3 decimal places.) Project sales for 2017 using the trend equation and seasonally adjust these values to find the predicted sales for each quarter. (Round your answers to 4 decimal places.)
Centered Moving Average and Deseasonalization | ||||||||
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Moving | Ratio to | Seasonal | Sales | |||||
t | Year | Quarter | Sales | Average | CMA | Indexes | Deseasonalized | |
1 | 1 | 1 | 69 | 0.469 | 147.194 | |||
2 | 1 | 2 | 241 | 1.251 | 192.684 | |||
3 | 1 | 3 | 211 | 187.2500 | 1.1268 | 1.169 | 180.549 | |
4 | 1 | 4 | 220 | 188.6250 | 1.1663 | 1.112 | 197.873 | |
5 | 2 | 1 | 85 | 192.7500 | 0.4410 | 0.469 | 181.325 | |
6 | 2 | 2 | 236 | 197.7500 | 1.1934 | 1.251 | 188.687 | |
7 | 2 | 3 | 249 | 199.8750 | 1.2458 | 1.169 | 213.065 | |
8 | 2 | 4 | 222 | 207.7500 | 1.0686 | 1.112 | 199.672 | |
9 | 3 | 1 | 100 | 214.2500 | 0.4667 | 0.469 | 213.324 | |
10 | 3 | 2 | 284 | 219.0000 | 1.2968 | 1.251 | 227.064 | |
11 | 3 | 3 | 253 | 225.3750 | 1.1226 | 1.169 | 216.488 | |
12 | 3 | 4 | 256 | 229.2500 | 1.1167 | 1.112 | 230.252 | |
13 | 4 | 1 | 117 | 233.7500 | 0.5005 | 0.469 | 249.589 | |
14 | 4 | 2 | 298 | 238.0000 | 1.2521 | 1.251 | 238.257 | |
15 | 4 | 3 | 275 | 239.0000 | 1.1506 | 1.169 | 235.313 | |
16 | 4 | 4 | 268 | 239.3750 | 1.1196 | 1.112 | 241.045 | |
17 | 5 | 1 | 113 | 244.5000 | 0.4622 | 0.469 | 241.056 | |
18 | 5 | 2 | 305 | 252.6250 | 1.2073 | 1.251 | 243.853 | |
19 | 5 | 3 | 309 | 257.3750 | 1.2006 | 1.169 | 264.407 | |
20 | 5 | 4 | 299 | 259.0000 | 1.1544 | 1.112 | 268.928 | |
21 | 6 | 1 | 120 | 261.7500 | 0.4585 | 0.469 | 255.989 | |
22 | 6 | 2 | 311 | 263.3750 | 1.1808 | 1.251 | 248.651 | |
23 | 6 | 3 | 325 | 264.2500 | 1.2299 | 1.169 | 278.097 | |
24 | 6 | 4 | 296 | 267.5000 | 1.1065 | 1.112 | 266.229 | |
25 | 7 | 1 | 130 | 255.1250 | 0.5096 | 0.469 | 277.321 | |
26 | 7 | 2 | 327 | 226.6250 | 1.4429 | 1.251 | 261.443 | |
27 | 7 | 3 | 210 | 1.169 | 179.694 | |||
28 | 7 | 4 | 183 | 1.112 | 164.594 |
Predicted Sales for 2017
Quarter I: Sales = 0.469 * [2.5281(29) + 188.44] = 122.7630
Quarter II: Sales = 1.251 * [2.5281(30) + 188.44] = 330.6180
Quarter III: Sales = 1.169 * [2.5281(31) + 188.44] = 311.9022
Quarter IV: Sales = 1.112 * [2.5281(32) + 188.44] = 299.5052
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