Question 1
In SAS Visual Forecasting, what is the primary purpose of the TIMEDATA step or TIMEDATA option when preparing a transactional dataset for forecasting?
Correct Answer:
To accumulate transactions to a fixed time interval and fill in time gaps before modeling
Question 2
Which accumulation method should you choose for a daily sales transaction series that needs to be aggregated to monthly totals?
Correct Answer:
TOTAL (sum)
Question 3
A retail series has zero sales on closure days. When configured as setting missing values to zero in SAS Visual Forecasting, what risk should you watch for?
Correct Answer:
True structural zeros are conflated with missing observations, biasing the model
Question 4
Which interval value should you specify for accumulating weekly retail data ending on Saturday?
Correct Answer:
WEEK.7
Question 5
What does the LEAD= option specify when you forecast a series in SAS Visual Forecasting or PROC ESM?
Correct Answer:
The forecast horizon, i.e., how many future periods to predict
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