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(Attendance at Orlando\'s newest Disneylike attraction, Lego World, has been as

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Question

(Attendance at Orlando's newest Disneylike attraction, Lego World, has been as follows:

Guests

(In thousands)

Guests

(In thousands)

Based on the given attendance, the seasonal indices for each of the seasons are (round your responses to three decimal

places):

Quarter

Guests

(In thousands)

Quarter

Guests

(In thousands)

Winter Year 1 63 Summer Year 2 125 Spring Year 1 89 Fall Year 2 52 Summer Year 1 168 Winter Year 3 94 Fall Year 1 75 Spring Year 3 156 Winter Year 2 64 Summer Year 3 210 Spring Year 2 84 Fall Year 3 99

Explanation / Answer

Seasonal index calculation:

                                   Year 1            year 2            year 3

Winter                       63                   64                  94

Spring                        89                   84                156

Summer                  168                 125 210

Fall                             75                   52 99

The above table is the same values given in the question; just it has been represented differently.

To calculate the indices, we can take the average of the values:

                                   Year 1            year 2            year 3    average / mean

Winter                       63                   64                  94           73.67

Spring                        89                   84                156        109.67

Summer                  168                 125                210        167.67

Fall                             75                   52                   99          75.33

Next we can divide the values by their respective mean:

                                   Year 1            year 2                         year 3   

Winter          63/73.67 = 0.855     64/73.67 = 0.869     94/73.67 = 1.276        

Spring           89/109.67=0.812    84/109.67=0.766     156/109.67=1.422

Summer      168/167.67=1.002 125/167.67=0.746    210/167.67=1.252

Fall                75/75.33= 0.996        52/75.33=0.690       99/75.33= 1.314

Now we can take the mean of these indices to get the seasonal value

Winter = 0.855+0.869+1.276/3 = 1

Spring = 0.812+0.766+1.422/3 = 1

Summer = 1.002+.746+1.252/3 = 1

Fall = .996+0.690+1.314/3 = 1