Time Series

Time Series - A statistical record of a particular activity where data is measured at regular intervals over a period of time (e.g. a monthly unemployment rate). Time series are collected on this basis to assist understanding of the current situation, enabling the most recent data observations to be placed in a meaningful historical perspective.

[Category=Data Quality ]

Australian Bureau of Statistics, 28 November 2012 11:17:26, http://www.nss.gov.au/dataquality/glossary.jsp  

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Time series analysis - analysing well-defined data obtained through repeated measurements of time. The data has to be well defined and measured at successive points in time spaced at identical time intervals.

[Category=Big Data ]

Source: BigData-Startup, 12 October 2013 10:15:42, http://www.bigdata-startups.com/abc-big-data-glossary-terminology