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Operating on Time Series Data in R

Dario Radečić understands that time is a flat circle:

If there’s one type of data no company has a shortage of, it has to be time series data. Yet, many beginner and intermediate R developers struggle to grasp their heads around basic R time series concepts, such as manipulating datetime values, visualizing time data over time, and handling missing date values.

Lucky for you, that will all be a thing of the past in a couple of minutes. This article brings you the basic introduction to the world of R time series analysis. We’ll cover many concepts, from key characteristics of time series datasets, loading such data in R, visualizing it, and even doing some basic operations such as smoothing the curve and visualizing a trendline.

We have a lot of work to do, so let’s jump straight in!

Click through for a high-level overview. H/T R-Bloggers.