Contents
1 Smoothing and Its Alternatives
Comparing Smoothing with Regression with Forecasting Errors
Additional Rationales for Smoothing
2 Diagnosing Trend and Seasonality
The Magnitude and the Direction of a Correlation
The Definitional Formula for Pearson’s Correlation
Testing for Trend in the Observations
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