Explain, briefly, why, in the exponential smoothing forecasting method, the larger the value of the smoothing constant, ?, the better the forecast will be in allowing the user to see rapid changes in the variable of interest

What will be an ideal response?


The larger the value of ?, the greater is the weight placed on the most recent values.

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