The average monthly price of regular gasoline in Southern California is monitored by the Automobile Club of

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The average monthly price of regular gasoline in Southern California is monitored by the Automobile Club of South-ern California€™s monthly Fuel Gauge Report. The prices of the time period July 2004 to June 2006 are given here.
The average monthly price of regular gasoline in Southern California

a. Produce a time-series plot of the average price of regular gas in Southern California. Identify any time-series components that exist in the data.
b. Identify the recurrence period of the time series. Determine the seasonal index for each month within the recurrence period.
c. Fit a linear trend model to the deseasonalized data.
d. Provide a seasonally adjusted forecast using the linear trend model for July 2006 and July 2010.

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Business Statistics A Decision Making Approach

ISBN: 9780133021844

9th Edition

Authors: David F. Groebner, Patrick W. Shannon, Phillip C. Fry

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