The MNO Corporation is preparing for its stockholder meeting on May 15, 2013. It sent out proxies to its stockholders on March 15 and asked stockholders who plan to attend the meeting to respond. To plan for a sufficient number of information packages to be distributed at the meeting, as well as for refreshments to be served, the company has asked you to forecast the number of attending stockholders. By April 15, 378 stockholders have expressed their intention to attend. You have available the following data for the last 6 years for total attendance at the stockholder meeting and the number of positive responses as of April 15:

a. What is your attendance forecast for the 2013 stockholder meeting?
b. Are there any other factors that could affect attendance, and thus make your forecast inaccurate?

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Year Positive Responses Attendance 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 322 301 398 421 357 452 520 550 570 600 570 650