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How do you use moving average method in forecasting?
Moving averages are used to find the trend and seasonal variations in a set of sales figures which can then be used to forecast sales figures: Moving averages are used in time series analysis where there are various factors which can affect how sales occur: Seasonal variations, long-term trend, cyclical variations and random variations. To see the underlying trend, the mean average of several periods (eg 4 quarters) is used, The moving average is calculated as the mean average of the set of periods. Then the next moving average is the mean average calculated by dropping the value of the first period and using the value of the next period after the last one previously used; and so on. If there is an odd number of periods in each of these moving averages, the moving average will align with the middle value used and is the trend value for those periods. If there is an even number of periods in each moving average, the moving averages will occur between two periods and so the mean average of each pair of moving average must be taken to find the trend values, which will then align with the figure after the middle of the periods. For example, using a moving average with 4 quarters: Year 1 qtr 1 Year 1 qtr 2 ____________ moving average 1 of y1q1 to y1q4 Year 1 qtr 3 _____________________________________ mean average of ma1 and ma2 ____________ moving average 2 of y1q2 to y2q1 Year 1 qtr 4 _____________________________________ mean average of ma2 and ma3 ____________ moving average 3 of y1q3 to y2q2 Year 2 qtr 1 _____________________________________ mean average of ma3 and ma4 ____________ moving average 4 of y1q4 to y2q3 Year 2 qtr 2 _____________________________________ mean average of ma4 and ma5 ____________ moving average 5 of y2q1 to y2q4 Year 2 qtr 3 _____________________________________ mean average of ma5 and ma6 ____________ moving average 6 of y2q2 to y3q1 Year 2 qtr 4 with: moving average 1 of y1q1 to y1q4: ma1 = (y1q1 + y1q2 + y1q3 + y1q4) ÷ 4 moving average 2 of y1q2 to y2q1: ma2 = (y1q2 + y1q3 + y1q4 + y2q1) ÷ 4 etc. mean average of ma1 and ma2 : trend1 = (ma1 + ma2) ÷ 2 mean average of ma2 and ma3 : trend2 = (ma2 + ma3) ÷ 2 etc. Using regression the line of best fit is found for the trend figures calculated from the moving averages above. By subtracting the trend values from the actual values (with which they align) the seasonal variation for each period can be calculated. With the trend line and the seasonal variations forecasts can now be made by extrapolating the trend line and adding on the relevant seasonal variation. In the above example, the year 3 quarter 1 sales can be forecast by using the trend line to find the trend value for y3q1 and then adding in the seasonal variation for q1 (which can be found at year 2 quarter 1 in value trend3). Note that seasonal variations can be negative so adding in a negative value will reduce the forecast figure.
What formula do you use to calculate the acceleration of an object moving in a straight line?
Acceleration = Final velocity - Initial velocity / time
Why is average speed called average speed?
Average speed is called average speed because it represents an average speed of something over a distance. Avarage could be thought of as a way to "even out" speed over a distance to see how fast an object was moving across that distance if it moved at a constant speed.An average speed takes into account stops and restarts as well as changes in speed of an object over the distance under consideration. The moving object might be moving faster at some points and slower at others. The object might stop and then resume traveling. All these things are "evened out" by average speed.A car taking a group to an eatery across town will start and stop as well as change speed across the distance. By dividing the distance by the travel time, we get the average speed that a car moving at a constant velocity would travel at to make the trip.
Why do the equations for circles and ellipses have fewer terms when they are centered at the origin of the graph?
The equation is based on having a centre at the origin. Moving the centre means you have to define where it is in relation to the origin, hence the extra terms involved in that job.
If a car starts from rest and after 6 seconds it is moving at 42 ms what is the car's average acceleration?
If a car is moving 42 meters per second after 6 sectons, the average acceletion is 7 meters per second per second. It is an average, given two points of data, and it is not the instantaneous acceleration at any point in time.
Can you use average speed to calculate the speed of an object that is moving at a constant speed?
Yes. If an object is moving at a constant speed the average speed and the constant speed are the same.
How do you calculate moving charges?
I guess that would depend on what you want to calculate (the charge? the velocity? the average energy of the charges?), and what information is given.
How do you know something is moving faster than some other object?
Calculate the average velocity for the objects.
How can you calculate average cost during each transaction such as purchase purchase return sales and sales return in moving-average-cost-method in inventory?
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How to Calculate moving average of stocks?
Please refer to this web site. You can find your answer. http://www.incademy.com/courses/Technical-analysis-II/Moving-averages/2/1032/10002
What is a moving average?
What is a moving average?
How do you calculate trend by moving average?
well this depends on what moving average you are using. for example if a stick is above its 200 simple moving average (a very important time frame) you can saftly say it is in an uptrend (careful it could always reverse trends). Moving averages can be use for trading to. for short term trading like swing and day trading you should look at smaller moving averages like the 10 period, and 50 period, which are widely used. Caution! remember there are 2 moving averages in trading, a simple moving average and an exponential moving average, make sure you have the right one.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of moving average method?
Advantages of moving average method include simplicity, easy implementation, and ability to smooth out short-term fluctuations in data. Disadvantages include potential lag in forecasting, inability to capture sudden changes in data patterns, and reliance on historical data which may not always reflect future trends accurately.
In what condition average velocity is equal to average speed give an example?
When an object is moving along a straight line at a variable speed, we can express the magnitude of the rate of motion in terms of average velocity.It is the same way as we calculate average speed.
How do you calcuclate the acceleration of a moving obect?
how do you calculate the acceleration of a moving object.
How do you tell the average of speed?
v= s/t v= speed s=path t=time to calculate the average speed you need the path the object is moving on and the time it took to pass it
How can you calculate the average speed for several different parts of a journey?
Keep track of how much time was spent moving and divide it into the total of miles traveled.
