Part II: Smoothing, Downloadable Version
- By Conrad Carlberg
- Published Sep 9, 2014 by Que. Part of the LiveLessons series.
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- Copyright 2015
- Edition: 1st
- Downloadable Video
- ISBN-10: 0-13-405026-6
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-405026-3
Lesson 5: Self-Correction
Discover the intuitively rich concept of exponential smoothing, and learn how it can be used to create remarkably accurate forecasts.
Lesson 6: Smoothing Constant and Exponentiation
Quickly understand the role of exponents in "exponential smoothing."
Lesson 7: The Exponential Smoothing Tool
Use Excel's Exponential Smoothing tool, and learn how to make its output more informative.
Lesson 8: Detrending and Retrendng
Use trends in time series, understand the special problems they create for predictive analytics, and use differencing to deal with those issues.
Lesson 9: Choosing the Smoothing Constant
Optimize the value of the smoothing constant by using Excel's Solver add-in.