sktime.datasets.base.load_shampoo_sales

sktime.datasets.base.load_shampoo_sales()[source]

Load the shampoo sales univariate time series dataset for forecasting.

Returns

  • y (pandas Series/DataFrame) – Shampoo sales dataset

  • Details

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  • This dataset describes the monthly number of sales of shampoo over a 3

  • year period.

  • The units are a sales count.

  • Dimensionality (univariate)

  • Series length (36)

  • Frequency (Monthly)

  • Number of cases (1)

References

1

Makridakis, Wheelwright and Hyndman (1998) Forecasting: methods

and applications,

John Wiley & Sons: New York. Chapter 3.