Question: Apply an exponential smoothing forecast model, compute the root mean squared error of the forecasts for 1960-2015 . Between the options below, which value of

Apply an exponential smoothing forecast model, compute the root mean squared error of the forecasts for 1960-2015. Between the options below, which value of the smoothing parameter alpha achieves the lowest root mean squared error?

*Please note that for this kind of forecasting model you will need to generate forecasts starting in 1950, i.e., just because we don't start evaluating forecast accuracy until 1960, doesn't mean we ignore the earlier data.

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1949 28.748176
1950 32.562667
1951 35.792151
1952 34.976732
1953 35.349336
1954 33.76433
1955 37.36368
1956 39.771452
1957 40.133484
1958 37.216322
1959 39.045216
1960 39.869117
1961 40.307136
1962 41.731885
1963 44.037181
1964 45.788951
1965 47.234902
1966 50.035367
1967 52.597132
1968 54.306187
1969 56.285569
1970 59.186071
1971 58.04156
1972 58.937904
1973 58.241491
1974 56.330758
1975 54.733273
1976 54.722896
1977 55.100782
1978 55.074118
1979 58.005609
1980 59.007873
1981 58.529329
1982 57.457822
1983 54.415961
1984 58.849156
1985 57.538724
1986 56.575231
1987 57.166745
1988 57.874997
1989 57.482679
1990 58.559602
1991 57.871727
1992 57.655057
1993 55.822082
1994 58.043638
1995 57.540135
1996 58.387225
1997 58.856691
1998 59.314083
1999 57.614481
2000 57.366024
2001 58.541348
2002 56.833673
2003 56.032784
2004 55.942348
2005 55.044002
2006 55.937854
2007 56.435649
2008 57.587014
2009 56.670274
2010 58.206642
2011 60.549593
2012 62.302799
2013 64.201461
2014 69.652611
2015 70.220845

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