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प्रश्न
Define secular trend
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उत्तर
It is a general tendency of time series to increase or decrease or stagnates during a long period of time, an upward tendency is usually observed in population of a country, production, sales, prices in industries, income or individuals etc.
A downward tendency is observed in deaths, epidemics, prices of electronic gadgets, water sources, mortality rate etc.
It is not necessarily that the increase or decrease should be in the same direction throughout the given period of time.
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State the uses of time series
Write a brief note on seasonal variations
Explain the method of fitting a straight line
The sales of a commodity in tones varied from January 2010 to December 2010 as follows:
| In Year 2010 | Sales (in tones) |
| Jan | 280 |
| Feb | 240 |
| Mar | 270 |
| Apr | 300 |
| May | 280 |
| Jun | 290 |
| Jul | 210 |
| Aug | 200 |
| Sep | 230 |
| Oct | 200 |
| Nov | 230 |
| Dec | 210 |
Fit a trend line by the method of semi-average
Choose the correct alternative:
The additive model of the time series with the components T, S, C and I is
Choose the correct alternative:
The value of ‘b’ in the trend line y = a + bx is
Choose the correct alternative:
The seasonal variation means the variations occurring with in
From the following data, calculate the trend values using fourly moving averages.
| Year | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 |
| Sales | 506 | 620 | 1036 | 673 | 588 | 696 | 1116 | 738 | 663 |
Sum of n terms of series 1.3 + 3.5 + 5.7 + ______ is
Let An be the sum of the first n terms of the geometric series `704 + 704/2 + 704/4 + 704/8 + ...` and Bn be the sum of the first n terms of the geometric series `1984 - 1984/2 + 1984/4 + 1984/8 + ...` If An = Bn, then the value ofn is (where n ∈ N).
