SAMPLE PROBLEM

Aileen is an owner of a farm stand and she wants to know the trend of the number of visitors per
month together with the total sales and try to make a forecast based on these variables.

Date Visitors Total Sales

2017-10 418 3446.88

2017-11 332 2674.35

2017-12 216 1900

2018-01 254 1994.5

2018-02 316 2606.25

2018-03 374 3076.75

2018-04 397 3481.88

2018-05 513 5020.75

2018-06 352 3945.75

2018-07 209 2169

2018-08 238 2455.5

2018-09 68 477
2018-10 172 864.25

2018-11 188 875.55

2018-12 50 194.75

2019-01 167 814.15

2019-02 165 707.9

2019-03 273 1008.25

2019-04 365 1559

Required:

1. Time Series Plot

2. Forecast Report
3. Forecast Chart for visitors
4. Forecast chart for total sales
5. Forecast Table of Sales:
 6. Forecast Table of Visitors:

Questions:

1. What is the final forecast of visitors in May 2019?

2. What is the final Forecast of total sales in September 2019?
3. What is the upper and lower boundary of the forecasted sales in April 2020?