In: Statistics and Probability
Quarter Enrollments in Business Statistics course at a major university are given in the EXCEL worksheetEnrollment:
b. Use the additive model to forecast for the enrollments for Fall 2013, Winter 2014, and Spring 2014.
| Quarter | Enrollment | |
| 2009 | Fall | 705 | 
| 2010 | Winter | 734 | 
| Spring | 661 | |
| Fall | 760 | |
| 2011 | Winter | 780 | 
| Spring | 700 | |
| Fall | 863 | |
| 2012 | Winter | 860 | 
| Spring | 750 | |
| Fall | 880 | |
| 2013 | Winter | 900 | 
| Spring | 780 | 
Please show step by step instructions using excel:
Answer:
| 2014 | Fall | 898.685 | 
| Winter | 902.046 | |
| Spring | 791.769 | 
| Year | Season | Enrollment | Sum of 3s | Sum of 2 3s | Trend | Ts-T | SV | Forecast | |||
| 2009 | Fall | 705 | |||||||||
| 2010 | Winter | 734 | |||||||||
| Spring | 661 | 2155 | 4356 | 726.000 | -65.000 | ||||||
| Fall | 760 | 2201 | 4441 | 740.167 | 19.833 | ||||||
| 2011 | Winter | 780 | 2240 | 4583 | 763.833 | 16.167 | |||||
| Spring | 700 | 2343 | 4766 | 794.333 | -94.333 | Trend | |||||
| Fall | 863 | 2423 | 4896 | 816.000 | 47.000 | Last | 31.66667 | ||||
| 2012 | Winter | 860 | 2473 | 4963 | 827.167 | 32.833 | First | 0 | |||
| Spring | 750 | 2490 | 5020 | 836.667 | -86.667 | Change | 31.66667 | ||||
| Fall | 880 | 2530 | 5090 | 848.333 | 31.667 | Average Change | 3.958333 | ||||
| 2013 | Winter | 900 | 2560 | 852.292 | 47.708 | ||||||
| Spring | 780 | 856.250 | |||||||||
| 2014 | Fall | 860.208 | 38.477 | 898.685 | |||||||
| Winter | 864.167 | 37.880 | 902.046 | ||||||||
| Spring | 868.125 | -76.356 | 791.769 | ||||||||
| Variation | Fall | Winter | Spring | ||||||||
| 19.833 | 16.167 | -65.000 | |||||||||
| 47.000 | 32.833 | -94.333 | |||||||||
| 31.667 | 47.708 | -86.667 | Sum | Average | |||||||
| Average Variation | 32.833 | 32.236 | -82.000 | -16.931 | -5.644 | ||||||
| Adjusted Variation | 38.477 | 37.880 | -76.356 | 0.000 |