Chapter 9

What is considered a short-range forecast?
Less than or equal to 3 months
Less than or equal to 6 months
Less than or equal to 12 months
More than 12 months
What is considered a long-range forecast?
6 to 12 months
3 to 6 months
1 to 10 years
Less than or equal to 1 year
Select the reasons why short-range forecasts are more accurate than long-range
Less variables
Less time to be accountable for
Cheaper to record data
Condensed data
What are the two forecasting approaches?
Seasonal patterns usually for long-term trends usually more than a year
True
False
Cyclical patterns usually for long-term trends usually more than a year
True
False
What is the Delphi method?
What are the quantitative methods noted in class? And write their formulas if possible.
What are the forecasting error measures, their disadvantages, and write their formulas.
 
A bias of 2 units means that the forecasting method is a little over the actual.
True
False
A MAD of 2 units means that the forecasting method is a little under than the actual
True
False
LR forecast's MAD is 32 while an SMA forecast's MAD is 145 which method is more accurate?
Linear regression (LR)
Simple moving average (SMA)
A MAPE of 2% means that the forecasting method can be off by 2% from the actual
True
False
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