Statistics for Business & Economics
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Chapter 17, Problem 47SE
Canton Supplies, Inc., is a service firm that employs approximately 100 individuals. Managers of Canton Supplies are concerned about meeting monthly cash obligations and want to develop a forecast of monthly cash requirements. Because of a recent change in operating policy, only the past seven months of data that follow are considered to be relevant.
| Month | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Cash Required ($1000s) | 205 | 212 | 218 | 224 | 230 | 240 | 246 |
- a. Construct a time series plot. What type of pattern exists in the data?
- b. Use Holt’s linear exponential smoothing with α = .6 and β = .4 to forecast cash requirements for each of the next two months.
- c. Using Minitab or Excel, develop a linear trend equation to forecast cash requirements for each of the next two months.
- d. Would you recommend using Holt’s linear exponential smoothing with α = .6 and β = .4 to forecast cash requirements for each of the next two months or the linear trend equation? Explain.
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