he following data represents the annual sales of a Digitech Automation products SAOG. Year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Sales (in Millions) OMR 380 440 520 396 514 Use method of least squares to calculate the trend values and the forecast for the future period. Which of the following is the annual sales forecast for the year 2019 using least squares method? a. 539.6 Million OMR b. 584.4 Million OMR c. 606.8 Million OMR d. 562 Million OMR

he following data represents the annual sales of a Digitech Automation products SAOG. Year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Sales (in Millions) OMR 380 440 520 396 514 Use method of least squares to calculate the trend values and the forecast for the future period. Which of the following is the annual sales forecast for the year 2019 using least squares method? a. 539.6 Million OMR b. 584.4 Million OMR c. 606.8 Million OMR d. 562 Million OMR

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Chapter8: Time Series Analysis And_forecasting

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