turtle_lab

Setup

1. Make your copy of the Quarto template, turtle_lab_LAST_NAME.qmd.
2. Copy the data cleaned_turtles.csv from the shared folder to your own folder or read it from the instructor’s folder.

Questions

We will be working with two time series: the mean proportion of the time the turtles were dry (proportion dry) and the mean light (mean_light) while dry (all recorded values in this data are when they were dry).

1. Create a training set, leaving off the last 2 months of data.

2. For each series:

1. Use all appropriate visualizations to identify prospective models.

2. Build a time series model (without predictors) to predict the series. Evaluating the performance of your models on the test set. Explain your choice of the best model.

3. Investigate the usefulness of other predictors in predicting the series. Build a time series model using the other predictors and evaluate the performance of your models on the test set. Explain your choice of the best model.