THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION

Multiple Choice

THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
The table below is the data set of the Shiller Real Home Price Index for the years 1894-1904.
Use a smoothing constant of α = 0.8 to determine the forecasts using simple exponential smoothing.

-The following are the values of a time series for the first four time periods:
Using a four-period moving average,determine the forecasted value for time period 5.

A) 27.3
B) 27.0
C) 27.7
D) 28.0