Forecast demand for units. Would a naive forecast produce better results?
A manager has been using a certain technique to forecast demand for word processing units for the past six periods. Actual and predicted amounts are shown below. Would a naive forecast have produced better results?
Period--------Demand-------Forecast
1---------------90----------------87
2---------------85----------------88
3---------------91----------------87
4---------------92----------------89
5---------------95----------------90
6---------------88----------------92
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There are many types of naive forecasts. Simple (next period same as this period), change (rate of growth determined by change between two period). In this situation, it appears that a simple naive forecast is ...
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The solution discusses several forecasting methods, and draws a conclusion about the viability of a naive forecast.