Discuss the below:
Q: The quarterly production of pine lumber, in millions of board feet, by Northwest Lumber sine 1996 is:
a. Determine the typical seasonal pattern for the production data using the ratio-to-moving-average method.
b. Interpret the pattern.
c. Deseasonalize the data and determine the linear trend equation.
d. Project the seasonally adjusted production for the four quarters of 2001.