b) Mean absolute deviation based on the forecast developed using the exponential smoothing method (with a smoothing constant(alpha) =0.40 and a starting forecast of F1 =5.00) is _______registrations (round your response to one decimalplace).

Part 1 OTZ Points: 0 O 1 Data collected on the yearly registrations for a Six Sigma seminar at the Quality College are shown in the following table: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Year Registrations (000) 8 9 10 11 10.00 13.00 16.00 12.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 6.00 11.00 8.00 7.00 a) Calculate the forecasted registrations for years 2 through 12 using exponential smoothing, with a smoothing constant (a) of 0.40 and a starting forecast of 5.00 for year 1 (round your responses to one decimal place): Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Forecast (000) 5.00