Armed only with his fingers, the owner decides that the safest forecasting approach is a moving average of two periods. Generate a forecast for the year using this technique and then calculate forecast errors using MAPD

What is the mean absolute deviation for this forecasting approach?
A) 7.67%
B) 4.45%
C) 6.24%
D) 5.11%


Answer: A

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