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2. 4 year Weighted Moving Average Example





1) 4 year Weighted Moving Average
year12345678910
Sales20212322252427262830
Calculate 4 year Weighted Moving Average with weight=1,2,2,1


Solution:
The value of table for `x` and `y`

x12345678910
y20212322252427262830

The weights of the 4 years are respectively 1,2,2,1 and their sum is 6
Calculation of 4 year moving averages of the data
(1)
year
(2)
Sales
(3)
4 year weighted moving total
(4)
4 year weighted moving average
`(3)-:6`
(5)
2 item moving total of
column (4)
(6)
4 year centered weighted moving average
`(5)-:2`
120
221
`1xx20+2xx21+2xx23+1xx22=130``130-:6=21.6667`
323`21.6667+22.6667=44.3333``44.3333-:2=22.1667`
`1xx21+2xx23+2xx22+1xx25=136``136-:6=22.6667`
422`22.6667+23.5=46.1667``46.1667-:2=23.0833`
`1xx23+2xx22+2xx25+1xx24=141``141-:6=23.5`
525`23.5+24.5=48``48-:2=24`
`1xx22+2xx25+2xx24+1xx27=147``147-:6=24.5`
624`24.5+25.5=50``50-:2=25`
`1xx25+2xx24+2xx27+1xx26=153``153-:6=25.5`
727`25.5+26.3333=51.8333``51.8333-:2=25.9167`
`1xx24+2xx27+2xx26+1xx28=158``158-:6=26.3333`
826`26.3333+27.5=53.8333``53.8333-:2=26.9167`
`1xx27+2xx26+2xx28+1xx30=165``165-:6=27.5`
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