Essentials of Business Analytics (MindTap Course List)
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Chapter 8, Problem 16P
The following table reports the percentage of stocks in a portfolio for nine quarters:
- a. Construct a time series plot. What type of pattern exists in the data?
- b. Use trial and error to find a value of the exponential smoothing coefficient α that results in a relatively small MSE.
- c. Using the exponential smoothing model you developed in part (b), what is the forecast of the percentage of stocks in a typical portfolio for the second quarter of year 3?
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Essentials of Business Analytics (MindTap Course List)
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