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State whether the following statement is True or False:
Least squares method of finding trend is very simple and does not involve any calculations
Options
True
False
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Solution
False
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| 1985 | 7 | – 2 | 4 | – 14 |
| 1990 | 5 | – 1 | 1 | – 5 |
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Σy = na + bΣx
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| 1990 | 5 | 16 | `square` |
| 1995 | 4 | 12 | 4 |
| 2000 | 3 | 8 | `square` |
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| 1933 | 1 | 1939 | 5 |
| 1934 | 2 | 1940 | 1 |
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Complete the following activity to fit a trend line to the following data by the method of least squares.
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Here n = 9. We transform year t to u by taking u = t - 1979. We construct the following table for calculation :
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| 1975 | 0 | - 4 | 16 | 0 |
| 1976 | 6 | - 3 | 9 | - 18 |
| 1977 | 3 | - 2 | 4 | - 6 |
| 1978 | 8 | - 1 | 1 | - 8 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 1981 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 1982 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 1983 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 40 |
| `sumx_t` =47 | `sumu`=0 | `sumu^2=60` | `square` |
The equation of trend line 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 = 47, sumu= 0, sumu^2 = 60`
By putting these values in normal equations, we get
47 = 9a' + b' (0) ...(3)
40 = a'(0) + b'(60) ...(4)
From equation (3), we get a' = `square`
From equation (4), we get b' = `square`
∴ the equation of trend line is xt = `square`
