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Calculate the Mean Square Error

Calculate the Mean Square Error (MSE).

Month 1993
January 1.45
February 1.80
March 2.03
April 1.99
May 2.32
June 2.20
July 2.13
August 2.43
September 1.90
October 2.13
November 2.56
December 4.16

Using the chart above I need to:

a. Forecast the month of December using an exponential smoothing with a smoothing constant of 0.25.
b. Calculate the Mean Square Error (MSE).


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