BUSI 405 Forecasting and Predictive Analytics Sample Papers, Week by Week

Liberty University · BS in Business Administration · Business and accounting · Updated

BUSI 405 teaches the forecasting methods managers use to plan sales, inventory and staffing: the forecasting process, data exploration, moving averages and exponential smoothing, regression, time-series decomposition, ARIMA models, combining forecasts and putting forecasts to work. The samples below follow the course's eight short forums, each a thread that reports what was learned and asks what remains unclear, with replies that answer classmates' questions, built around a composite retailer forecasting weekly demand.

CourseBUSI 405 Forecasting and Predictive Analytics (BUSI405)
Credit hours3
ProgramBS in Business Administration
Length8 Module/Weeks, online
Weeks with written work8 of 8
Samples on this site8 week sample papers
SourcesLiberty's 2026-2027 catalog and the published BUSI 405 course guide
UpdatedOctober 2026

What BUSI 405 covers

Every module/week a forum thread of about 150 words, due Thursday, names at least two points learned from the chapter and presentation and at least two questions; replies of about 50 words to two classmates' questions are due Monday.

Weekly Excel exercises answer selected problems from the end of each chapter in Wilson and Keating, ten-question quizzes check the reading, and four 30-question exams fall in Modules/Weeks 2, 3, 5 and 8.

Liberty's 2026-2027 catalog describes BUSI 405 Forecasting and Predictive Analytics this way:
This course covers methods of collecting data, discovering data patterns, and selecting appropriate forecasting techniques. Time series and regression forecasting techniques are emphasized.

BUSI 405 week by week, with the sample for each

WeekWritten work in the course guidePointsSample
Week 1Discussion Board Forum 1 (Weekly Exercise 1 and Quiz 1 also due)15Read the Week 1 sample
Week 2Discussion Board Forum 2 (Weekly Exercise 2, Quiz 2 and Exam 1 also due)15Read the Week 2 sample
Week 3Discussion Board Forum 3 (Weekly Exercise 3, Quiz 3 and Exam 2 also due)15Read the Week 3 sample
Week 4Discussion Board Forum 4 (Weekly Exercise 4 and Quiz 4 also due)15Read the Week 4 sample
Week 5Discussion Board Forum 5 (Weekly Exercise 5, Quiz 5 and Exam 3 also due)15Read the Week 5 sample
Week 6Discussion Board Forum 6 (Weekly Exercise 6 and Quiz 6 also due)15Read the Week 6 sample
Week 7Discussion Board Forum 7 (Weekly Exercise 7 and Quiz 7 also due)15Read the Week 7 sample
Week 8Discussion Board Forum 8 (Weekly Exercise 8, Quiz 8 and Exam 4 also due)15Read the Week 8 sample

Where BUSI 405 papers lose points

BUSI 405 posts lose points when threads summarize the chapter without naming specific lessons, when the questions are too general to answer, when replies merely agree instead of answering a classmate's question, and when posts miss the Thursday or Monday deadlines.

Using a BUSI 405 sample well

The samples draw on Wilson and Keating's Business Forecasting with ForecastX and on forecasting research about exponential smoothing, forecast accuracy measures, combining forecasts and large forecasting competitions.

BUSI 405 questions, answered

What do BUSI 405 discussion forums ask for?

A thread of about 150 words naming at least two points learned and at least two questions from the module/week's reading, plus replies of about 50 words answering two classmates' questions.

What are the BUSI 405 weekly exercises?

Excel answers to assigned end-of-chapter problems in Wilson and Keating's Business Forecasting with ForecastX, submitted each module/week for 50 points.

When are BUSI 405 forum posts due?

Threads are due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern on Thursday and replies by 11:59 p.m. Eastern on Monday of each module/week.

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