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Question 2
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The U.S. Census Bureau publishes data on factory orders for all manufacturing,
durable goods, and nondurable goods industries. Shown here are factory orders in
the United States over a 13-year period ($ billion).
1. Usethesedatatodevelopforecastsfortheyears6through13usinga5-
yearmovingaverage.
2. Usethesedatatodevelopforecastsfortheyears6through13usinga5-yearweighted
moving average. Weight the most recent year by 6, the previous year by 4, the year
before that by 2, and the other years by 1.
3. Compute the errors of the forecasts in parts (a) and (b) and then the MAD.
Which forecast is better?
1. 1 2,512.7
2. 2 2,739.2
3. 3 2,874.9
4. 4 2,934.1
5. 5 2,865.7
6. 6 2,978.5
7. 7 3,092.4
8. 8 3,356.8
9. 9 3,607.6
10. 10 3,749.3
11. 11 3,952.0
12. 12 3,949.0
13. 13 4,137.0
Question 3
The “Economic Report to the President of the United States” included data on the
amounts of manufacturers’ new and unfilled orders in millions of dollars. Shown