A resort cum restaurant spot in the area of Gazipur is open on the days of the week. The manager hopes to improve resources availability and scheduling of part-time employees by forecasting visitors number in the next week. Data on visitors of recent 6 weeks at the spot has been tabulated and shown in the following table: Week Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri 1 203 71 65 57 61 105 290 2 191 70 59 58 62 98 278 3 228 76 68 62 65 124 311 4 212 72 64 59 63 111 299 5 215 73 66 59 64 113 304 6 205 72 60 61 59 109 295   Which is the best technique to forecast visitors in the spot? Explain.  Find forecasting equation or seasonal relatives.  3.Forecast expected numbers of visitors in the resort on week 7 and in the days of the week 7.

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  1. A resort cum restaurant spot in the area of Gazipur is open on the days of the week. The manager hopes to improve resources availability and scheduling of part-time employees by forecasting visitors number in the next week. Data on visitors of recent 6 weeks at the spot has been tabulated and shown in the following table:

Week

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

1

203

71

65

57

61

105

290

2

191

70

59

58

62

98

278

3

228

76

68

62

65

124

311

4

212

72

64

59

63

111

299

5

215

73

66

59

64

113

304

6

205

72

60

61

59

109

295

 

  1. Which is the best technique to forecast visitors in the spot? Explain. 
  2. Find forecasting equation or seasonal relatives. 

3.Forecast expected numbers of visitors in the resort on week 7 and in the days of the week 7.

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