Clinical and epidemiological rounds. Time series

Analysis of time series is a technique that implicates the study of individuals or groups observed in successive moments in time. This type of analysis allows the study of potential causal relationships between different variables that change over time and relate to each other. It is the most import...

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Published inIatreia (Medellín, Colombia) Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 373 - 381
Main Authors León-Álvarez, Alba Luz, Betancur-Gómez, Jorge Iván, Jaimes-Barragán, Fabián, Grisales-Romero, Hugo
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Universidad de Antioquia 01.07.2016
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Autoregressive integrated moving average
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Time series
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Summary:Analysis of time series is a technique that implicates the study of individuals or groups observed in successive moments in time. This type of analysis allows the study of potential causal relationships between different variables that change over time and relate to each other. It is the most important technique to make inferences about the future, predicting, on the basis or what has happened in the past and it is applied in different disciplines of knowledge. Here we discuss different components of time series, the analysis technique and specific examples in health research.
ISSN:0121-0793
2011-7965
DOI:10.17533/udea.iatreia.v29n3a12