Question

48)Trends cannot be measured in the following measures __________
Select one:
a. free hand curve method
b. moving averages method
c. least square method
d. cyclical variations​

Answer 1

Answer:

a.free hand curve method

Answer 2

Trend is measured by Four Methods:

•The four ways are:

(1) Graphic or a freehand Curve Method:

This is the simplest technique of learning trend of a time series.

(2) method of Semi Averages:

In this technique, the semi-averages are calculated to find out the trend values.

(3) method of Moving Averages:

The simplest of the mean used for the measuring of a trend is that the arithmetic means that (averages).

(4) method of Least Squares:

The least square technique is that the process of finding the best-fitting curve or line of best fit a set of information points by reducing the total of the squares of the offsets (residual part) of the points from the curve.

So, cyclical variations can't measuring of trend.

Option (d) cyclical variations.