Question: 1. Create a forecast for the data set provided using the regression formula. [Total - 85 marks] a. What is the forecasted value for November

1. Create a forecast for the data set provided using the regression formula. [Total - 85 marks]

a. What is the forecasted value for November 2019? [60 marks]

b. What is the forecast of the demand in the next 3 years? [20 marks]

c. Does the forecast follow seasonality? [5 marks]

2. Create a forecast using the excel built-in feature for the sales in the 12 months of 2017 for the data set provided similar to question 1. Take confidence as 95%. Choose seasonality as 12 months. Add a trendline that best fits the data with the least error using the R2 method. [Total - 15 marks]

Year Month Demand 2014 January 238

February 228

March 213

April 200

May 202

June 201

July 217

August 224

September 230

October 224

November 201

December 235 2015 January 271

February 261

March 246

April 233

May 235

June 234

July 250

August 257

September 263

October 257

November 234

December 268 2016 January 339

February 329

March 314

April 301

May 303

June 302

July 318

August 325

September 331

October 325

November 302

December 336

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