Statistics for Business and Economics (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780134506593
Author: James T. McClave, P. George Benson, Terry Sincich
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 14.6, Problem 14.34ACB
S&P 500 Stock Index. Refer to your exponential smoothing forecasts of the quarterly S&P 500 for 2015, Exercise 14.29 (p. 14-24).
a. Calculate MAD, MAPE, and RMSE for the forecasts with w = .7. 71.35; 3.45; 76.2
b. Calculate MAD, MAPE, and RMSE for the forecasts with w = .3. 191.5; 9.3; 193.3
c Compare MAD, MAPE, and RMSE for the two simple exponential smoothing forecast models. Which model leads to more accurate forecasts?
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