"""Nile River Flows."""
import pandas as pd
from statsmodels.datasets import utils as du
__docformat__ = 'restructuredtext'
COPYRIGHT = """This is public domain."""
TITLE = """Nile River flows at Ashwan 1871-1970"""
SOURCE = """
This data is first analyzed in:
Cobb, G. W. 1978. "The Problem of the Nile: Conditional Solution to a
Changepoint Problem." *Biometrika*. 65.2, 243-51.
"""
DESCRSHORT = """This dataset contains measurements on the annual flow of
the Nile as measured at Ashwan for 100 years from 1871-1970."""
DESCRLONG = DESCRSHORT + " There is an apparent changepoint near 1898."
#suggested notes
NOTE = """::
Number of observations: 100
Number of variables: 2
Variable name definitions:
year - the year of the observations
volumne - the discharge at Aswan in 10^8, m^3
"""
def load(as_pandas=None):
"""
Load the Nile data and return a Dataset class instance.
Parameters
----------
as_pandas : bool
Flag indicating whether to return pandas DataFrames and Series
or numpy recarrays and arrays. If True, returns pandas.
Returns
-------
Dataset instance:
See DATASET_PROPOSAL.txt for more information.
"""
return du.as_numpy_dataset(load_pandas(), as_pandas=as_pandas)
def load_pandas():
data = _get_data()
# TODO: time series
endog = pd.Series(data['volume'], index=data['year'].astype(int))
dataset = du.Dataset(data=data, names=list(data.columns), endog=endog, endog_name='volume')
return dataset
def _get_data():
return du.load_csv(__file__, 'nile.csv').astype(float)