Question: The Mountain View Department of Parks and Recreation must project the total use of Shoreline Park for calendar year 2014.
a. Determine the forecast for the total number of people using the park in 2014 based on the regression equation.
b. Determine the forecast for the same quantity using a six-month moving average.
c. Draw a graph of the most likely shape of the curve describing the park's usage by month during the calendar year, and predict the same quantity using your graph. Is your prediction closer to the answer you obtained for part (a) or part (b)? Discuss your results.