Question: The quarterly sales data for a gift item over the past three years are as follows. Calculate the Quarterly Centered Moving Average and the average
The quarterly sales data for a gift item over the past three years are as follows.
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Calculate the Quarterly Centered Moving Average and the average seasonal index for each quarter.
Centered
Unadjusted
Moving
Seasonal
Period
Sales
Average
Index
Average
Year 1
Quarter 1
7320
Seasonal
Quarter 2
5230
Period
Index
Quarter 3
3380
Quarter 1
Quarter 4
1280
Quarter 2
Year 2
Quarter 1
7640
Quarter 3
Quarter 2
6230
Quarter 4
Quarter 3
3230
Quarter 4
1340
Year 3
Quarter 1
7380
Quarter 2
4720
Quarter 3
3700
Quarter 4
1650
What is the Centered Moving Average for Quarter 4 of Year 1?
QUESTION 27
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What is the Centered Moving Average for Quarter 2 of Year 2?
QUESTION 28
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What is the Centered Moving Average for Quarter 3 of Year 2?
QUESTION 29
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What is the Centered Moving Average for Quarter 4 of Year 2?
QUESTION 30
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What is the Centered Moving Average for Quarter 1 of Year 3?
QUESTION 31
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What is the Centered Moving Average for Quarter 2 of Year 3?
QUESTION 32
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What is the average seasonal index for Quarter 1 is (round-off to 3 decimal places)?
QUESTION 33
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What is the average seasonal index for Quarter 2 is (round-off to 3 decimal places)?
QUESTION 34
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What is the average seasonal index for Quarter 3 is (round-off to 3 decimal places)?
QUESTION 35
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What is the average seasonal index for Quarter 4 is (round-off to 3 decimal places)?
QUESTION 36
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The number of items sold over a four-month period are:
month
1
2
3
4
sales
5100
5500
5400
5600
Calculate the forecasts for the 4th and 5th months using 3-month weighted moving average method with weights of 0.6 for the most recent month and 0.3 for the next to the most recent month. Further, suppose that the exponential smoothing constant =0.5. Then calculate the forecasts for 3rd, 4th and 5th months, using exponential smoothing method.
Under the 3-month weighted moving average method, what is the forecast for the fourth month?
QUESTION 37
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Under the 3-month weighted moving average method, what is the forecast for the fifth month?
QUESTION 38
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Under the exponential smoothing method, What is the forecast for the third month?
QUESTION 39
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Under the exponential smoothing method, what is the forecast for the fourth month?
QUESTION 40
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Under the exponential smoothing method, what is the forecast for the fifth month?
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