EMC Exam Questions

Which pattern of data will indicate that the trend in the time series data is quadratic in nature?

On analyzing your time series data you suspect that the data represented as
y1, y2, y3, … , yn-1, yn

may have a trend component that is quadratic in nature. Which pattern of data will indicate that
the trend in the time series data is quadratic in nature?

A.
(y3-y2) – (y2-y1) = ………= (yn-yn-1)-(yn-1-yn-2)

B.
(y2-y1) = (y3-y2) = ……. = (yn-yn-1)

C.
((y2-y1) /y1 ) * 100% = …….((yn-yn-1)/yn-1) * 100%

D.
(y4-y2) – (y3-y1) = ………= (yn-yn-2)-(yn-1-yn-3)