Handling Compositional Time Series with Varying Number of Parts

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https://doi.org/10.17713/ajs.v47i5.738

Abstract

When different polling organisations conduct political party preference polls at different times, different parties might be reported. If the estimated voter shares of these polls are combined into a time series we obtain a compositional time series, but with varying number of parts, thus prohibiting the use of standard compositional time series analysis tools. We discuss the problem and suggest a solution by imputing the unreported parts. The method is applied to a short compositional time series of party preference polls from Sweden.

Author Biography

  • Jakob Bergman, Lund University
    Department of Statistics, Senior lecturer

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2018-09-08

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CoDaWork 2017

How to Cite

Handling Compositional Time Series with Varying Number of Parts. (2018). Austrian Journal of Statistics, 47(5), 26-33. https://doi.org/10.17713/ajs.v47i5.738