The director of a large public library must schedule employees to reshelf books and periodicals checked out of the library. The number of items checked out will determine the labor requirements. The following data reflect the number of items checked out of the library for thepast three years:MonthYear 1Year 2Year 3JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMay1,7332,6762,4172.4322 4212,0532,3212,3592,0882 6922,1322,5642,6772,1502,2432,6922,4212,3782,2392,445June2,1222,206JulyAugustSeptemberOctober1,8692,5062,2912,3782,1892,6632,0391,6781,6992,0652,1132,4041,9031,922November2,3992,274DecemberThe director needs a time-series method for forecasting the number of items to be checked out during the next month.Suppose that the director considers the best forecast to be the one that minimizes the absolute value of mean bias (E). Find the best simple moving average forecast you can using the director's criteria.Using the director's criteria, the best forecast for the next month isitems to be checked out. (Enter your response as a whole number.)

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he director of a large public library must schedule employees to reshelf books and periodicals checked out of the library. The number of items checked out will determine the labor requirements. The following data reflect the number of items checked out of the library for the mast three years: Year 1 Year 2 2,053 2,321 2,359 2,088 2,692 2,122 2,206 1,869 2,506 2.291 2,378 2,189 Year 3 2,132 2,564 2,677 2,150 2,243 2,663 2,039 1,678 1,699 2,065 2,113 2,404 Month January 1,733 2,676 2,417 2,432 2,421 2,378 2,239 2,445 1,903 1,922 2,399 2,274 February March April May June July August September October November December he director needs a time-series method for forecasting the number of items to be checked out during the next month. Suppose that the director considers the best forecast to be the one that minimizes the absolute value of mean bias (Ē). Find the best simple moving average forecast you can using the director's criteria. Jsing the director's criteria, the best forecast for the next month is items to be checked out. (Enter your response as a whole number.)

he director of a large public library must schedule employees to reshelf books and periodicals checked out of the library. The number of items checked out will determine the labor requirements. The following data reflect the number of items checked out of the library for the mast three years: Year 1 Year 2 2,053 2,321 2,359 2,088 2,692 2,122 2,206 1,869 2,506 2.291 2,378 2,189 Year 3 2,132 2,564 2,677 2,150 2,243 2,663 2,039 1,678 1,699 2,065 2,113 2,404 Month January 1,733 2,676 2,417 2,432 2,421 2,378 2,239 2,445 1,903 1,922 2,399 2,274 February March April May June July August September October November December he director needs a time-series method for forecasting the number of items to be checked out during the next month. Suppose that the director considers the best forecast to be the one that minimizes the absolute value of mean bias (Ē). Find the best simple moving average forecast you can using the director's criteria. Jsing the director's criteria, the best forecast for the next month is items to be checked out. (Enter your response as a whole number.)

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018

18th Edition

ISBN:9780079039897

Author:Carter

Publisher:Carter

Chapter10: Statistics

Section10.6: Summarizing Categorical Data

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