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A forecaster would like to use the 2-period moving average method on data below to make forecasts. Before doing this, she would like to test the performance of this method on past data. Which of the following could represent past forecasts for this method? (In the options below note that F1 represents the forecast for time period 1, and so on.) Period 1 2 3 4 5 Actual Sales 5582 5122 5755 6320 5153
A forecaster would like to use the 2-period moving average method on data below to make forecasts. Before doing this, she would like to test the performance of this method on past data. Which of the following could represent past forecasts for this method? (In the options below note that F1 represents the forecast for time period 1, and so on.)
D. F3=5352 F4 = 5438.5 F5 = 6037.5
Data | Forecasts and Error Analysis | ||||||
Period | Demand | Forecast | Error | Absolute | Squared | Abs Pct Err | |
Period 1 | 5582 | ||||||
Period 2 | 5122 | ||||||
Period 3 | 5755 | 5352 | 403 | 403 | 162409 | 07.00% | |
Period 4 | 6320 | 5438.5 | 881.5 | 881.5 | 777042.3 | 13.95% | |
Period 5 | 5153 | 6037.5 | -884.5 | 884.5 | 782340.3 | 17.16% | |
Total | 400 | 2169 | 1721792 | 38.12% | |||
Average | 133.3333 | 723 | 573930.5 | 12.71% | |||
Bias | MAD | MSE | MAPE | ||||
SE | 1312.171 | ||||||
Next period | 5736.5 |