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T. C. NokeriData Science Revealedhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6870-4_3

3. Time-Series Analysis

Tshepo Chris Nokeri1  
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Pretoria, South Africa
 

This introduces a complex regression method, called time-series analysis . Similar to the regression method, the time series makes strong assumptions about the underlying structure of the data. We recognize time-series analysis as a parametric method because it deals with a continuous variable. Remember, we do not limit series analysis to continuous variables; we can also analyze time-dependent categorical variables.

It introduces empirical tests for testing assumptions, and we then introduce the standard techniques ...

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