CHAPTER 16
Beginner
Time Series Visualization
Updated: May 18, 2026
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# CHAPTER 16
Time Series Visualization
1. Chapter Introduction
Time series data drives business decisions — stock prices, revenue trends, website traffic, sensor readings. This chapter covers professional time series visualization: trend lines, moving averages, seasonal patterns, and financial candlestick charts.2. Time Series Fundamentals
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3. Seasonal Decomposition
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4. Mini Project: Stock Market Analysis
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5. Common Mistakes
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Not formatting date axes: Matplotlib renders dates as floats by default. Always use
mdates.DateFormatter()for readable date labels.
- No resampling before decomposition: Seasonal decompose requires consistent frequency. Always resample to a regular frequency first.
6. MCQs
Question 1
Moving average purpose in time series?
Question 2
mdates.DateFormatter('%b %Y') formats as?
Question 3
Seasonal decomposition splits time series into?
Question 4
90-day MA vs 7-day MA shows?
Question 5
Bollinger Bands are calculated from?
Question 6
freq='B' in date_range creates?
Question 7
Volume bars colored green/red by?
Question 8
sharex=True in stock chart subplots?
Question 9
Residual in seasonal decomposition represents?
Question 10
resample('ME').mean() converts daily data to?
7. Interview Questions
- Q: How do you decompose a time series into its components?
- Q: What are Bollinger Bands and what do they indicate?
8. Summary
Time series visualization: moving averages for smoothing, seasonal decomposition for pattern separation (trend + season + noise), Bollinger Bands for volatility bounds. Format date axes withmdates. Use sharex=True to link price and volume panels. Color volume bars by daily direction (close vs open).