Learning Objectives for
"Time Series and Forecasting"

Learning objectives:

After studying this section and associated reading, you should be able to:

• Explain the purpose of Time Series analysis
• Explain the components of the additive and multiplicative models
• Explain the methods available for establishing the trend of a time series
• Find the seasonal variation in a time series
• Use the components of a time series to produce a forecast
• Use exponential smoothing to produce a forecast