In: Statistics and Probability
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The unemployment rates in the United States during
| 
 YEAR  | 
 1  | 
 2  | 
 3  | 
 4  | 
 5  | 
 6  | 
 7  | 
 8  | 
 9  | 
 10  | 
| 
 Unemployment  | 
 7.2  | 
 7.0  | 
 6.2  | 
 5.5  | 
 5.3  | 
 5.5  | 
 6.7  | 
 7.4  | 
 6.8  | 
 6.1  | 
| 
 rate (%)  | 
Forecasting for exponential smoothing St = alpha * Xt + (1 - alpha) * St-1
Lowest MAD is for 0.8 smoothing constant.
