Reference no: EM132300254
The data below provides monthly sales for 18 months.
Month = 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38
Sales =4241, 3989, 4776, 4347, 4545, 4328, 4644, 4472, 4755, 4917, 5155, 4920, 4995, 4823, 5098, 4921, 5289, 5334
a) Use a four period weighted moving average with weights of 0.5, 0.25, 0.15, and 0.1 to forecast the month 39 sales. Forecast of sales for month 39 = _______
b) What is the linear regression equation for forecasting, and what is the R2 value? Equation: R2 = ________
c) Use linear regression to make a forecast for months 39 and 45. Forecast of sales for month 39 = _______ Forecast of sales for month 45 = ______
d) What about this data above will make a linear regression forecast generally greater than a weighted moving average forecast?