Trend Analysis

Trend analysis fits a general trend model to time series data and provides forecasts.
Four different trend models:
1. Linear trend model
2. Quadratic trend model
3. Exponential Growth trend model
4. S-Curve trend model
1. Linear trend model used as default for Trend Analysis
Yt = 0 1 t) + et

where: 1 represents the average change from one period to the next.
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