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Question No 7 :
Chasewood Apartments
University
Enrolments
(thousands)
Semester
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
No. of units
Leased
7.2
6.3
6.7
7.0
6.9
6.4
7.1
6.7
291
228
252
265
270
240
288
246
FORECASTING MODEL
200
150
100
50
0
6.2
6.4
6.6
6.8
7.0
7.2
6.6
b.
y=67.238x-196.38
247.3908
92.7%
247
7.30%
18.031
229-265 units
+-18 units
SUMMARY OUTPUT
Regression Statistics
Multiple R
R Square
Adjusted R
Standard Er
Observatio
ANOVA
Regression
Residual
Total
Coefficients
Intercept
University
7.2
say
7.4
UMMARY OUTPUT
Regression Statistics
0.962827
0.927035
0.914874
6.574158
8
df
SS
MS
1 3294.683 3294.683
6 259.3173 43.21955
7
3554
F
Significance F
76.2313 0.000125
Coefficients
Standard Error t Stat
P-value Lower 95%Upper 95%
Lower 95.0%
Upper 95.0%
-196.3808 52.32264 -3.753266 0.009473 -324.4097 -68.3519 -324.4097 -68.3519
67.23842 7.701066 8.731054 0.000125 48.39459 86.08225 48.39459 86.08225
per 95.0%
a)
Develop a moving average forecast for the past 10 months (Month 15-24) for AP
forecasts
Month
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
No of Lawsuits
16
25
16
24
38
46
54
52
51
56
67
45
53
61
55
69
63
57
48
55
61
51
56
53
AP=2months
57.0
58.0
62.0
66.0
60.0
53.0
52.0
58.0
56.0
54.0
Month
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
No of Lawsuits
55
69
63
57
48
55
61
51
AP=2months
forecast
57.0
58.0
62.0
66.0
60.0
52.5
51.5
58.0
56
53
56.0
53.5
total absolute deviation
mean absolute deviation
AP=6months results in lowest forecasting error as MAD is least compared to other Aps. (2,4
Hence this AP=2 is recommended as forecasting will be more accurate, deviation will be le
c
Chart
80
70
60
50
40
57.0
54.0
60.0
62.0
61.0
60.0
56.0
56.0
54.0
56.0
56.0
57.0
59.0
58.0
60.0
59.0
58.0
59.0
56.0
55.0
55.0
55.0
58.0
59.0
59.0
57.0
58.0
59.0
58.0
58.0
AP=4months
forecast
56.5
53.5
59.5
62.0
61.0
59.3
55.8
55.3
abs deviation
1.5
15.5
3.5
5.0
13.0
4.3
5.3
4.3
30
20
10
No of Lawsuits
AP=6months
forecast
abs deviati
55.5
0.5
56.2
12.8
58.3
4.7
57.7
0.7
59.7
11.7
58.8
3.8
57.8
3.2
58.8
7.8
10
AP=2months
error
abs deviation
2.0
11.0
1.0
9.0
12.0
2.5
9.5
7.0
AP=8months
forecast
54.9
55.0
57.1
58.6
58.8
56.4
57.6
58.6
11
12
AP=
53.8
55.8
2.3
2.8
57.3
5.7
55.8
54.7
0.2
1.7
47.0
4.7
57.4
57.5
ts
Chart Title
10
11
AP=2months
abs deviation
0.1
14.0
5.9
1.6
10.8
1.4
3.4
7.6
12
13
14
AP=4months
15
16
17
18
AP=6months
19
20
21
22
AP=8months
23
24
prepared
Month
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Platic Pellets
Price/Pount
0.39
0.41
0.45
0.44
0.4
0.41
0.38
0.36
0.35
0.38
0.39
0.43
0.37
0.38
0.36
0.39
=0.1
=0.3
=0.5
0.390
0.390
0.392
0.398
0.402
0.402
0.403
0.400
0.396
0.392
0.391
0.390
0.394
0.392
0.391
0.388
0.390
0.390
0.396
0.412
0.421
0.414
0.413
0.403
0.390
0.378
0.379
0.382
0.396
0.389
0.386
0.378
0.390
0.390
0.400
0.425
0.433
0.416
0.413
0.397
0.378
0.364
0.372
0.381
0.406
0.388
0.384
0.372
forecasts
b)
Month
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Platic Pellets
Price/Pount
0.41
0.38
0.36
0.35
0.38
0.39
0.43
0.37
0.38
0.36
0.39
=0.1
0.402
0.403
0.400
0.396
0.392
0.391
0.390
0.394
0.392
0.391
0.388
abs
deviation
0.02
0.04
0.05
0.01
0.00
0.04
0.02
0.01
0.03
0.00
0.23
0.023
=0.3
0.41
0.41
0.40
0.39
0.38
0.38
0.38
0.40
0.39
0.39
0.38
So =0.1 leads to leads to least mean absolute deviation of 0.023 from weeks
c)
forecasts
abs
deviation
0.03
0.04
0.04
0.00
0.01
0.05
0.03
0.01
0.03
0.01
0.25
0.025
=0.5
0.42
0.41
0.40
0.38
0.36
0.37
0.38
0.41
0.39
0.38
0.37
F2=
0.1
F1+(A1-F1)
0.39
0.3
0.5
F1+(A1-F1)
F1+(A1-F1)
0.39
0.39
abs
deviation
0.03
0.04
0.03
0.02
0.02
0.05
0.04
0.01
0.02
0.02
0.27
0.027
viation of 0.023 from weeks 7-16 better than alpha of 0.3 &0.5