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The Taco Barn
After tallying the receipts for their first year of operation, the owners of the Taco Barn are encouraged. Sales of their artisanal tacos, made from such exotic ingredients as ground beef, cheese, and beans, have been strong and seem to give hope to the coming year. Taco sales by month are shown in the table.

MonthSales
January474
February485
March501
April588
May579
June673
July594
August679
September608
October699
November732
December732

The manager is open to suggestions for forecasting models. Plot the data and discuss the efficacy of the moving average, weighted moving average, exponential smoothing, and trend as the relate to this data.
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[html]The plot appears below. The data exhibit a distinct upward trend. Running a trend line on the data yields a highly significant F statistic for the regression line (F = 56.1, p<.001). There is the appearance of a cycle, stronger in the middle of the year than at the year's beginning or end.



If seasonal relatives are calculated on odd months and even months, the even relative is a 1.033 and the odd relative is 0.967. Plotting both a trend line and one with this seasonal adjustment reveals this.

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