Time-Series Charts and Trend Explanations

By the end of this module you can plot a time series that shows the trend honestly, and resist the smoothing, truncation and axis choices that make a flat line look like growth.

Units

1. Unit 05.00: Time on the x-axis, and what interval you chose
2. Unit 05.01: Trend, seasonality and the eye's mistake
3. Unit 05.02: Smoothing, and what it removes
4. Unit 05.03: Indexing to a base period
5. Unit 05.04: Forecasts and how to draw the uncertainty

Module work

• Activity
• Knowledge check
• Summary