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Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA MA – FIA FMA › moving average

  • This topic has 5 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 2 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • November 15, 2022 at 1:51 pm #671502
    kashafaltaf500
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    4a.33 The following question is taken from the July to December 2015 exam period.
    The following spreadsheet shows part of a time series analysis of a company’s sales.
    Year Quarter Sales (unit) Four quarter moving total (unit)
    2014 1 1,100

    2 1,700
    7,000
    3 1,900
    9,000
    4 2,300
    11,000
    2015 1 3,100
    13,200
    2 3,700

    3 4,100
    What is the four quarter centred moving average of sales units for quarter 4, 2014?
    ? 2,500
    ? 5,025
    ? 5,000
    ? 10,000

    hi can u please explain me how to solve this i couldn’t understand the answer explained in the book

    November 16, 2022 at 8:46 am #671577
    John Moffat
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    Have you watched my free lectures on time series analysis? (The lectures are a complete free course for Paper MA and cover everything needed to be able to pass the exam well.)

    November 21, 2022 at 5:54 pm #671993
    kashafaltaf500
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    yesn sir i did but i wasnt able to solve this if u can please explain this question to me

    November 22, 2022 at 8:24 am #672030
    John Moffat
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    Take the average of quarters 2, 3, 4 of 2014 and quarter 1 of 2015.

    Take the average of quarters 3,4 of 2014 and quarters 1, 2 of 2015.

    The take the average of those two averages.

    Just as I show in my lecture.

    (Your printed answer might have calculated it in a different way, but the end result will be the same (and the way I show in the lecture is the most logical and understandable way)).

    December 12, 2022 at 3:03 pm #674359
    kashafaltaf500
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    how do we know which quarters do we take why dont we take 1 2 3 4 of 2014 or any other
    my question is how exactly do we know which ones to take

    December 12, 2022 at 6:28 pm #674369
    John Moffat
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    You take each 4 quarters in order, just as I do in my lectures.

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