Ten weeks of data on the Commodity Futures Index are: 7.35 7.40 7.55 7.56 7.60 7.52 7.

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Ten weeks of data on the Commodity Futures Index are:
7.35 7.40 7.55 7.56 7.60 7.52 7. 52 7.70 7.62 7.55
a. Construct a time series plot. What type of pattern exists in the data?
b. Use trial and error to find a value of the exponential smoothing coefficient a that results in a relatively small MSE.
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Essentials of Business Analytics

ISBN: 978-1285187273

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Authors: Jeffrey Camm, James Cochran, Michael Fry, Jeffrey Ohlmann, David Anderson, Dennis Sweeney, Thomas Williams

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