A solid news release should avoid jargon and hyperbole

Why should a presenter avoid distributing handouts before the presentation begins if the presentation follows the indirect approach?

A) The audience will use built in hyperlinks to verify the accuracy of the data B) The animation will look flat and uninteresting C) The audience can see the conclusion and recommendations before they are talked about D) The presenter will have to provide additional details to make the presentation worth listening to E) The audience will read about the presentation instead of listening to it

Under which of the following conditions would you suggest that a double exponential smoothing model should be used instead of a single exponential smoothing model?

A) When the time-series data exhibit a trend B) When there are two main time-series variables involved in the forecast application C) When the data exhibit only random variation D) When the data set is extremely uneven