Which of the following do you think is an example of time series? Even if you don’t know, try making a guess.Time Series is generally data that is collected over time and is dependent on it. Here we see that the count of cars is independent of time, hence it is not a time series. While the CO2 level...
Thursday, December 29, 2022
Friday, December 9, 2022
What are datetimes?
You probably already understand that in the computer memory, all numeric information is represented as ones and zeros, so at the most basic level, there isn't anything special about dates or times. However, when working with real data in business and technical projects, we tend to think about time or...
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Time series data
Time series data is nearly ubiquitous but can be a pain point in many analyses. For example, suppose you are asked to forecast sales for a retail store and are given daily sales figures for the last 6 months. When you review the data, you realize the store is usually open 5 days a week but sometimes has sales on Saturdays and even some Sundays. This makes most weekend days have missing values, and...
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Components and applications of pandas
The pandas library is comprised of the following components:• pandas/core: This contains the implementations of the basic data structures of pandas, such as Series and DataFrames. Series and DataFrames are basic toolsets that are very handy for data manipulation and are used extensively by data scientists.• pandas/src: This consists of algorithms that provide the basic functionalities of pandas. These...