Data collected on the yearly registrations for a Six Sigma seminar at the Quality College are shown in the following table:

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Registrations (000)	3.00	6.00	3.00	4.00	9.00	8.00	6.00	9.00	12.00	12.00	12.00

a) Calculate the forecasted registrations for years 2 through 12 using exponential smoothing, with a smoothing constant

(alpha)

of

0.30

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	nothing	nothing	nothing	nothing	nothing	nothing	nothing	nothing	nothing	nothing	nothing