E-Z Moving Company Has Operated in the Des Moines Area

Multiple Choice

E-Z Moving Company has operated in the Des Moines area for almost 20 years. To forecast the number of households it would move in 2004, E-Z's owner assumed the three percent growth rate the company has experienced in 2002 and in 2003 would continue. Which method for forecasting sales was being used in this example?

A) correlation analysis
B) past sales analysis
C) the direct-derivation method
D) linear programming
E) the Delphi method