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Following data shows the number of boxes of cereal sold in years 1977 to 1984.
| Year | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 |
| No. of boxes in ten thousand | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
Fit a trend line to the above data by graphical method.
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Solution
Taking year on X-axis and number of boxes on Y-axis, we plot the points for number of boxes corresponding to years. Joining these points, we get the graph of the time series. We fit the trend line as shown in the following graph.
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| Year | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 |
| Production | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Year | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | |
| Production | 5 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 10 |
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| Year | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 |
| Production (million barrels) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Year | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | |
| Production (million barrels) |
6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 |
Following table shows the all India infant mortality rates (per ‘000) for years 1980 to 2010
| Year | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 |
| IMR | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Year | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | |
| IMR | 3 | 1 | 0 |
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Solution: Let us fit equation of trend line for above data.
Let the equation of trend line be y = a + bx .....(i)
Here n = 7(odd), middle year is `square` and h = 5
| Year | IMR (y) | x | x2 | x.y |
| 1980 | 10 | – 3 | 9 | – 30 |
| 1985 | 7 | – 2 | 4 | – 14 |
| 1990 | 5 | – 1 | 1 | – 5 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Total | 30 | 0 | 28 | – 44 |
The normal equations are
Σy = na + bΣx
As, Σx = 0, a = `square`
Also, Σxy = aΣx + bΣx2
As, Σx = 0, b =`square`
∴ The equation of trend line is y = `square`
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| Year | IMR | 3 yearly moving total |
3-yearly moving average (trend value) |
| 1980 | 10 | – | – |
| 1985 | 7 | `square` | 7.33 |
| 1990 | 5 | 16 | `square` |
| 1995 | 4 | 12 | 4 |
| 2000 | 3 | 8 | `square` |
| 2005 | 1 | `square` | 1.33 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | – |
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| Year | Production | 4 yearly moving total |
4 yearly centered total |
4 yearly centered moving average (trend values) |
| 2006 | 19 | – | – | |
| `square` | ||||
| 2007 | 20 | – | `square` | |
| 72 | ||||
| 2008 | 17 | 142 | 17.75 | |
| 70 | ||||
| 2009 | 16 | `square` | 17 | |
| `square` | ||||
| 2010 | 17 | 133 | `square` | |
| 67 | ||||
| 2011 | 16 | `square` | `square` | |
| `square` | ||||
| 2012 | 18 | 140 | 17.5 | |
| 72 | ||||
| 2013 | 17 | 147 | 18.375 | |
| 75 | ||||
| 2014 | 21 | – | – | |
| – | ||||
| 2015 | 19 | – | – |
Obtain the trend values for the following data using 5 yearly moving averages:
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Production xi |
10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 30 |
| Year | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Production xi |
35 | 40 | 45 | 50 | 55 |
The following table shows gross capital information (in Crore ₹) for years 1966 to 1975:
| Years | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 |
| Gross Capital information | 20 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 35 |
| Years | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 |
| Gross Capital information | 30 | 45 | 40 | 55 | 65 |
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| Years | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
| No. of subscribers (in millions) |
12 | 11 | 19 | 17 |
| Years | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 |
| No. of subscribers (in millions) |
19 | 18 | 20 | 23 |
Fit a trend line by graphical method.
Following table gives the number of road accidents (in thousands) due to overspeeding in Maharashtra for 9 years. Complete the following activity to find the trend by the method of least squares.
| Year | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Number of accidents | 39 | 18 | 21 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 25 | 22 |
Solution:
We take origin to 18, we get, the number of accidents as follows:
| Year | Number of accidents xt | t | u = t - 5 | u2 | u.xt |
| 2008 | 21 | 1 | -4 | 16 | -84 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 9 | 0 |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 4 | -6 |
| 2011 | 10 | 4 | -1 | 1 | -10 |
| 2012 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 2014 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 2015 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 2016 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 16 |
| `sumx_t=68` | - | `sumu=0` | `sumu^2=60` | `square` |
The equation of trend is xt =a'+ b'u.
The normal equations are,
`sumx_t=na^'+b^'sumu ...(1)`
`sumux_t=a^'sumu+b^'sumu^2 ...(2)`
Here, n = 9, `sumx_t=68,sumu=0,sumu^2=60,sumux_t=-44`
Putting these values in normal equations, we get
68 = 9a' + b'(0) ...(3)
∴ a' = `square`
-44 = a'(0) + b'(60) ...(4)
∴ b' = `square`
The equation of trend line is given by
xt = `square`
