Judgmental Business Forecasting in Excel
Macquarie University · View on Coursera ↗
Taught by Assoc Prof Prashan S. M. Karunaratne
BusinessData Science
About the course
In this course, we extend your business forecasting expertise from the first two courses of our Business Forecasting Specialisation on Time Series Models and Regression Models. We will explore the role of judgmental forecasting, when more quantitative forecasting methods have limitations, and we need to generate further business insights. We will be exploring some structured methodologies to create judgmental business forecasts using Business Indicators, Subjective Assessment Methods, and Explor
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