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Data & Analytics · Advanced

Time Series Decomposition

Separating a time series into trend, seasonal and residual (irregular) components, additively or multiplicatively.

Definition

Use the additive model when seasonal swings are constant in size and the multiplicative model when they grow with the level. STL is a robust decomposition method.

Exam tip

Seasonal swings that grow with the trend = multiplicative decomposition.

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