#$3.$ A certain small company that runs a small local magazine has decided to raise some money by selling advertising on their website.$$ They would like to be able to provide potential advertisers with a forecast of the site visits for the next two months.$$ The data in the table is the number of site visits for the past $24$ months.$$

Develop a linear trend line forecast, an exponential smoothing forecast $($with alpha $=0\mathrm{.}5),$ and a $3-$month moving average forecast.$$ Compute MAD for all methods.$$ Which method is the best to use to forecast for month $25?$

Which method is the best for forecasting month $25?$ Linear, Exponential Smoothing, Moving Average

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Develop a linear trend line forecast, an exponential smoothing forecast $($with alpha $\backslash (=0\mathrm{.}5\backslash )),$ and a $3-$month moving average forecast. Compute MAD for all methods. Which method is the best to use to forecast for month $25?$