In: Statistics and Probability
Number of Certified Organic Farms in the United States, 2001–2008 |
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Year | Farms |
2001 | 6,313 |
2002 | 6,647 |
2003 | 7,359 |
2004 | 7,348 |
2005 | 7,778 |
2006 | 8,769 |
2007 | 10,319 |
2008 | 11,633 |
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(a) Use Excel, MegaStat, or MINITAB to fit three trends (linear, quadratic, exponential) to the time series. (A negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round the intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to 2 decimal places.)
Linear | yt = xt + |
Quadratic | yt = xt2 + xt + |
Exponential | yt = e x |
(b) Use each of the three fitted trend equations to make numerical forecasts for the next 3 years. (Round the intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and round your final answers to 1 decimal place.)
t | Linear | Exponential | Quadratic |
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