Question: A Manager uses moving average and exponential smoothing forecasting method to make the forecast of the sales during last three months. The information is below:

A Manager uses moving average and exponential smoothing forecasting method to make the forecast of the sales during last three months. The information is below:
\table[[Month,Actual Sales,Eorecast Using Moving Average Method,Eorecast Using Regression Method],[1,20,22,25],[2,25,30,28],[3,32,28,24],[4,40,42,43]]
(a) Calculate the Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD) using Moving Average Method and Regression Method. (2 Points)(b) Calculate the Mean Squared Error (MSE) using Moving Average Method and Regression Method. (2 Points)
(c) Calculate the Mean Absolute Percent Emor(MAPE) using Moving Average Method and Regression Method. (2 Points)
(d) Based on your answer in Part (a),(b), and (c), which forecasting method (Moving Average Method and Regression Method) should use in this problem? And please explain your reason. (2 Points)
A Manager uses moving average and exponential

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