EDA Small-n Readout - Time Series Mechanics

Count Before Reading

Start with four rows: two pilot rows and two standard rows. After the filter program = pilot, only North and East remain. The chart is still useful as a readout of those two rows, but it should be labeled n = 2 and small. Do not treat it like a broad pattern.

A tiny sample-size readout: filter pinned rows, count n before reading the chart, and label the chart small when only two rows remain.

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Load rows

Start with 4 pinned rows.

\text{all rows}

Filter the readout

Keep only rows where program is pilot.

\text{program = pilot}

Count n first

Count the filtered rows before reading the chart: n = 2.

\text{small n}

Label the chart small

Label the readout small because it has only 2 rows.

\text{small n readout}