How to deal with a dataset with “periods of time” and missing data
I'm working on a dataset, which has as columns points in time (e.g. August, September, etc.) and as rows different measurements which were collected at that point.
Apart from that, the data is not clean at all, the are a lot of missing data and I just can't drop all the rows with them or filling them up so my idea was to divide the dataset in 4 smaller ones.
What kind of analysis can be performed on a dataset of this kind? Should I invert columns and rows?
dataset regression cluster-computing data-analysis missing-data
asked Nov 23 '18 at 7:59
Zhang_anlanZhang_anlan
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I'm working on a dataset, which has as columns points in time (e.g. August, September, etc.) and as rows different measurements which were collected at that point.
Apart from that, the data is not clean at all, the are a lot of missing data and I just can't drop all the rows with them or filling them up so my idea was to divide the dataset in 4 smaller ones.
What kind of analysis can be performed on a dataset of this kind? Should I invert columns and rows?
dataset regression cluster-computing data-analysis missing-data
asked Nov 23 '18 at 7:59
Zhang_anlanZhang_anlan
347
You could invert the columns/rows and then perform time series imputation with a R package like imputeTS. If this actually makes sense depends a lot on your dataset.
– stats0007
Nov 27 '18 at 17:11
I have very few observations and the dataset is made of satisfaction data by consumers. I have some doubts, but do you think it would be a good idea?
– Zhang_anlan
Nov 27 '18 at 17:27
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I'm working on a dataset, which has as columns points in time (e.g. August, September, etc.) and as rows different measurements which were collected at that point.
Apart from that, the data is not clean at all, the are a lot of missing data and I just can't drop all the rows with them or filling them up so my idea was to divide the dataset in 4 smaller ones.
What kind of analysis can be performed on a dataset of this kind? Should I invert columns and rows?
dataset regression cluster-computing data-analysis missing-data
asked Nov 23 '18 at 7:59
Zhang_anlanZhang_anlan
347
I'm working on a dataset, which has as columns points in time (e.g. August, September, etc.) and as rows different measurements which were collected at that point.
Apart from that, the data is not clean at all, the are a lot of missing data and I just can't drop all the rows with them or filling them up so my idea was to divide the dataset in 4 smaller ones.
What kind of analysis can be performed on a dataset of this kind? Should I invert columns and rows?
dataset regression cluster-computing data-analysis missing-data
dataset regression cluster-computing data-analysis missing-data
asked Nov 23 '18 at 7:59
Zhang_anlanZhang_anlan
347
asked Nov 23 '18 at 7:59
Zhang_anlanZhang_anlan
347
edited Nov 23 '18 at 8:14
Zhang_anlan
asked Nov 23 '18 at 7:59
Zhang_anlanZhang_anlan
347
asked Nov 23 '18 at 7:59
Zhang_anlanZhang_anlan
347
asked Nov 23 '18 at 7:59
Zhang_anlanZhang_anlan
347
347
You could invert the columns/rows and then perform time series imputation with a R package like imputeTS. If this actually makes sense depends a lot on your dataset.
– stats0007
Nov 27 '18 at 17:11
I have very few observations and the dataset is made of satisfaction data by consumers. I have some doubts, but do you think it would be a good idea?
– Zhang_anlan
Nov 27 '18 at 17:27
add a comment |
You could invert the columns/rows and then perform time series imputation with a R package like imputeTS. If this actually makes sense depends a lot on your dataset.
– stats0007
Nov 27 '18 at 17:11
I have very few observations and the dataset is made of satisfaction data by consumers. I have some doubts, but do you think it would be a good idea?
– Zhang_anlan
Nov 27 '18 at 17:27
You could invert the columns/rows and then perform time series imputation with a R package like imputeTS. If this actually makes sense depends a lot on your dataset.
– stats0007
Nov 27 '18 at 17:11
You could invert the columns/rows and then perform time series imputation with a R package like imputeTS. If this actually makes sense depends a lot on your dataset.
– stats0007
Nov 27 '18 at 17:11
I have very few observations and the dataset is made of satisfaction data by consumers. I have some doubts, but do you think it would be a good idea?
– Zhang_anlan
Nov 27 '18 at 17:27
I have very few observations and the dataset is made of satisfaction data by consumers. I have some doubts, but do you think it would be a good idea?
– Zhang_anlan
Nov 27 '18 at 17:27
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A timeseries regression with missing data is a special case within statistical analysis. Simply re-jigging the data set is not the solution.
I understand periodicity analysis and spectral analysis is performed to identify the sinosoid of best fit, i.e. a sine wave is driven through the missing data points and regression is one approach in identifying the fit to the existing data.
The same question has been previously raised on Stats exchange based on ARIMA (moving average). Personally, I am not overawed by this approach because there will be a specialist solution.
https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/121414/how-do-i-handle-nonexistent-or-missing-data
answered Nov 23 '18 at 8:28
Michael G.Michael G.
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A timeseries regression with missing data is a special case within statistical analysis. Simply re-jigging the data set is not the solution.
I understand periodicity analysis and spectral analysis is performed to identify the sinosoid of best fit, i.e. a sine wave is driven through the missing data points and regression is one approach in identifying the fit to the existing data.
The same question has been previously raised on Stats exchange based on ARIMA (moving average). Personally, I am not overawed by this approach because there will be a specialist solution.
https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/121414/how-do-i-handle-nonexistent-or-missing-data
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A timeseries regression with missing data is a special case within statistical analysis. Simply re-jigging the data set is not the solution.
I understand periodicity analysis and spectral analysis is performed to identify the sinosoid of best fit, i.e. a sine wave is driven through the missing data points and regression is one approach in identifying the fit to the existing data.
The same question has been previously raised on Stats exchange based on ARIMA (moving average). Personally, I am not overawed by this approach because there will be a specialist solution.
https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/121414/how-do-i-handle-nonexistent-or-missing-data
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Michael G.Michael G.
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A timeseries regression with missing data is a special case within statistical analysis. Simply re-jigging the data set is not the solution.
I understand periodicity analysis and spectral analysis is performed to identify the sinosoid of best fit, i.e. a sine wave is driven through the missing data points and regression is one approach in identifying the fit to the existing data.
The same question has been previously raised on Stats exchange based on ARIMA (moving average). Personally, I am not overawed by this approach because there will be a specialist solution.
https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/121414/how-do-i-handle-nonexistent-or-missing-data
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A timeseries regression with missing data is a special case within statistical analysis. Simply re-jigging the data set is not the solution.
I understand periodicity analysis and spectral analysis is performed to identify the sinosoid of best fit, i.e. a sine wave is driven through the missing data points and regression is one approach in identifying the fit to the existing data.
The same question has been previously raised on Stats exchange based on ARIMA (moving average). Personally, I am not overawed by this approach because there will be a specialist solution.
https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/121414/how-do-i-handle-nonexistent-or-missing-data
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You could invert the columns/rows and then perform time series imputation with a R package like imputeTS. If this actually makes sense depends a lot on your dataset.
– stats0007
Nov 27 '18 at 17:11
I have very few observations and the dataset is made of satisfaction data by consumers. I have some doubts, but do you think it would be a good idea?
– Zhang_anlan
Nov 27 '18 at 17:27