A rental car manager estimates the number of full-size


A rental car manager estimates the number of full-size sedans rented per week so that she can maintain adequate number of cars in the lot. Data for the past 10 weeks are shown here Rentals Week Rentals 1 23 2 24 3 32 4 26 5 31 6 28 7 32 8 35 9 26 10 24 a) Prepare a forecast through week 11 by using a five –week moving average b) Prepare a forecast through week 11 by using a 3-period weighted moving average, giving the weight of 0.5 to the most recent week, 0.3 to the second week and 0.2 to the third week. c) Prepare a forecast using exponential smoothing method with α = 0.2. Forecast for week 1 was 22. Prepare a forecast through week 11 by using a regression model Y= 26.33 + 0.3212X d) Which method is preferred for this data if mean absolute deviation (MAD) is used? e) Make a recommendation for number of full-size sedans for a week.

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