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Data Science case 1: Regression for Finance

Scenario

You are a data professional. An insurance company has an issue: planners need to forecast next period's amount. As a Data Scientist, you are tasked to solve it.

Question

Fit a straight-line model and predict the next value.

Your task

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Deliverable: Next-period forecast
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1. Choose your dataset

Pick an industry and a size. Your code and results change to match.

IndustrySize

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Data Science case 1: Regression for Finance

Fit a straight-line model and predict the next value.

In [1]:

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python editorpayments

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📂 Opens the "payments" table→✅ Shows you the answer

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Dataset & schema

payments

IndustryDataset size

The tiny starter data. Bigger data scrolls.

Fields

payment_id	region	amount
P1	North	500
P2	South	200
P3	North	900
P4	East	300

Finance data only.

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