In: Statistics and Probability
| Month | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 
| Value | 23 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 
| (b) | Develop a three-month moving average for this time series. Compute MSE and a forecast for month 8. | 
| If required, round your answers to two decimal places. Do not round intermediate calculation. | |
| MSE: | |
| The forecast for month 8: | |
| (c) | Use α = 0.2 to compute the exponential smoothing values for the time series. Compute MSE and a forecast for month 8. | 
| If required, round your answers to two decimal places. Do not round intermediate calculation. | |
| MSE: | |
| The forecast for month 8: | |
| (d) | Compare the three-month moving average forecast with the exponential smoothing forecast using α = 0.2. Which appears to provide the better forecast based on MSE? | 
| - Select your answer -3-month moving averageexponential smoothingItem 7 | |
| (e) | Use trial and error to find a value of the exponential smoothing coefficient α that results in the smallest MSE. | 
| If required, round your answer to two decimal places. | |
| 
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## for d ) used different trial and for alpha = 0.4 have less MSE than other apha value