[See Solution] A new bike dealer has been using exponential smoothing with an alpha of .2 to forecast weekly bike sales. Given data below would a naive forecast
Question: A new bike dealer has been using exponential smoothing with an alpha of .2 to forecast weekly bike sales. Given data below would a naive forecast have provided greater accuracy? Explain. Assume an initial exponential forecast of 60 units in period 2 (no forecast for period 1) hint. assume naive forecast to be same as the previous period's demand
period demand
1 57
2 62
3 58
4 60
5 60
6 56
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