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border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr><th align=\"left\"></th><th>Jan-Mar</th><th>April-June</th><th>July-Sep</th><th>Oct-Dec</th></tr>\n<tr><th align=\"left\">2007</th>\n<td>*</td>\n<td>*</td>\n<td>$\\var{y3}$</td>\n<td>$\\var{y4}$</td>\n</tr>\n<tr><th align=\"left\">2008</th>\n<td>$\\var{y5}$</td>\n<td>$\\var{y6}$</td>\n<td>$\\var{y7}$</td>\n<td>$\\var{y8}$</td>\n</tr>\n<tr><th align=\"left\">2009</th>\n<td>$\\var{y9}$</td>\n<td>$\\var{y10}$</td>\n<td>*</td>\n<td>*</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p>Let $Y_t$ denote the data table values so $Y_1=\\var{ja7},\\;Y_2=\\var{ap7} ,\\ldots, Y_{12}=\\var{j9}$</p>\n<p>Using the centred moving average formula for quarters:</p>\n<p>\\[Y^*_t=\\frac{Y_{t-2}+2(Y_{t-1}+Y_t+Y_{t+1})+Y_{t+2}}{8}\\] we obtain the values in the table above.</p>\n<p>Thus the moving average for Oct-Dec 2007 is:</p>\n<p>\\[\\frac{Y_{2}+2(Y_{3}+Y_4+Y_{5})+Y_{6}}{8}=\\frac{\\var{ap7} + 2 (\\var{m7} + \\var{j7} + \\var{ja8}) + \\var{ap8}}{8} = \\var{y4}\\]</p>\n<p></p>", 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