📅 2023-10-24 — Session: Enhanced Time Series Regression and Data Visualization

🕒 03:00–05:20
🏷️ Labels: Python, Time Series, Linear Regression, Data Visualization, Pandas
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal: The session aimed to enhance the robustness of time series regression analysis and improve data visualization techniques using Python.

Key Activities:

  • Developed methods for detecting exponential trends in time series data, specifically for the year 2021, by applying data filtering, transformation, and linear regression.
  • Addressed code execution issues that led to data loss, ensuring data integrity for continued analysis.
  • Implemented checks for -∞ values and NaN handling in logarithmic transformations to ensure robust data handling during linear regression.
  • Improved linear regression code for better handling of NaN and infinite values, enhancing code readability and robustness.
  • Resampled time series data to a monthly frequency to ensure comparability across different series.
  • Converted exponential detection results into a DataFrame using Pandas for easier analysis.
  • Merged DataFrames with MultiIndex to align time series data properly.
  • Enhanced plot aesthetics using Matplotlib and Seaborn, focusing on gridlines, legends, and overall visual appeal.

Achievements:

  • Developed a robust Python script for time series regression, capable of handling NaN and infinite values effectively.
  • Successfully merged and manipulated DataFrames with MultiIndex, facilitating complex data operations.
  • Improved plot aesthetics and visualization techniques, resulting in clearer and more informative data presentations.

Pending Tasks:

  • Further testing and validation of the enhanced regression code on additional datasets to ensure its generalizability.
  • Exploration of additional visualization techniques to further enhance data presentation.