Question: Following are two weekly forecasts made by two different methods for the number of gallons of gasoline, in thousands, demanded at a local gasoline station.

Following are two weekly forecasts made by two different methods for the number of gallons of gasoline, in thousands, demanded at a local gasoline station. Also shown are actual demand levels, imthousands of gallons:
\table[[Week,\table[[Forecast],[Method 1]],\table[[Actual],[Demand]]],[1,0.85,0.70],[2,1.05,0.98],[3,0.95,0.96],[4,1.17,1.04]]
\table[[Week,\table[[Forecast],[Method 2]],\table[[Actual],[Demand]]],[1,0.77,0.70],[2,1.21,0.98],[3,0.92,0.96],[4,1.15,1.04]]
The MAD for Method 1=0.09 thousand gallons (round your response to three decimal places)
The mean squared error (MSE) for Method 1=0.009 thousand gallons ?2(round your response to three decimal places)
The MAD for Method 2= thousand gallons (round your response to three decimal places).
 Following are two weekly forecasts made by two different methods for

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