c. Compare the three-month moving average approach with the exponential smoothing approach using ? = 0.2. Which appears to provide more accurate forecasts based on MSE? The three-month moving average provides a forecast than the exponential smoothing approach since it has a smaller MSE. d. Use a smoothing constant of ? = 0.4 to compute the exponential smoothing forecasts. Compute MSE (to 2 decimals). Does a smoothing constant of 0.2 or 0.4 appear to provide more accurate forecasts based on MSE? The exponential smoothing forecast using ? = 0.4 provides a forecast than the exponential smoothing forecast using ? = 0.2 since it has a MSE.
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