a Compute the daily seasonal indices of patient admissions using the simple average method. b Compute the daily seasonal indices of patient admissions using the centered moving average method.

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11 The director of an emergency room, Simran Kaur, has
observed that patient traffic at the emergency room
follows a seasonal pattern, with higher patient traffic
on weekends that on weekdays. She has gathered the
following data on daily patient admissions during the past
4 weeks.
Day                                                           Week
                                                      1                        2                       3                                     4
Monday                                       110                   105                    109                                 112
Tuesday                                        95                    100                      92                                  88
Wednesday                                   89                     85                       80                                  84
Thursday                                       93                      96                      78                                  90
Friday                                           150                    155                    152                               148
Saturday                                       255                    260                    268                               275
Sunday                                         160                    166                    170                                175
Given this information:
a Compute the daily seasonal indices of patient
admissions using the simple average method.
b Compute the daily seasonal indices of patient admissions
using the centered moving average method.

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