Introduction to time series

Introduction to Time Series

This post “Introduction to Time Series”, will explain a popular type of data which is widely used for extracting business insights. Time Series (TS) A time series (TS) is a collection of observations made sequentially over a period of time. In other words, the data on any characteristic collected with respect to time over a … Read more

Kurtosis for a data distribution

Kurtosis for a data distribution

This post “Kurtosis for a data distribution” will certainly help you explore a data distribution. A distribution is simply a collection of data, or scores, on a variable. Usually, these scores are arranged in order from smallest to largest and then they can be presented graphically. Page 6, Statistics in Plain English, Third Edition, 2010. The … Read more

Machine learning landscape 101: Machine Learning Fundamentals & Supervised Learning

Machine learning landscape 101

This post, “Machine Learning Landscape 101”, will answer the following questions: The next post, “Machine Learning Landscape 102“, will answer the following questions: Together, these two posts offer a solid foundation for anyone looking to gain a deeper understanding of machine learning and its various applications. Let’s start. Machine Learning More engineering-oriented definition: A computer … Read more

Skewness for a data distribution

skewness for a data distribution

A lack of symmetry is called skewness for data distribution. In other words, a departure from symmetry is called skewness. A distribution is simply a collection of data, or scores, on a variable. Usually, these scores are arranged in order from smallest to largest and then they can be presented graphically. Page 6, Statistics in … Read more