{
  "id": 388802,
  "title": "Workaround to Fix Index Column",
  "url": "/competitions/predict-student-performance-from-game-play/discussion/388802",
  "author_name": "AbaoJiang",
  "post_date": "2023-02-19T15:35:15.654000",
  "votes": 13,
  "comment_count": 0,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Hi everyone,</p>\n<p>Through exploring the properties of <code>index</code> column, I find out that there exists <strong>reversed index</strong> phenomenon, which can hinder us from interpreting the <strong>sequential characteristics</strong> of the data. Hence, I implement a simple workaround <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/abaojiang/workaround-to-fix-index-column\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> to address the aforementioned issues.</p>\n<p>Following plot is the illustration of the <strong>reverse index</strong> phenomenon. The original <code>index</code> series is the blue line and the fixed one is the red line.<br>\n<a href=\"https://postimg.cc/G4Q2xRZL\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://i.postimg.cc/cJqnZ4hn/fix-idx.png\" alt=\"fix-idx.png\"></a></p>\n<p>Hope this helps! If there's any mistake, please feel free to correct me, thanks a lot!</p>",
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    {
      "id": 2150790,
      "postDate": "2023-02-19T15:35:15.653Z",
      "content": "<p>Hi everyone,</p>\n<p>Through exploring the properties of <code>index</code> column, I find out that there exists <strong>reversed index</strong> phenomenon, which can hinder us from interpreting the <strong>sequential characteristics</strong> of the data. Hence, I implement a simple workaround <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/abaojiang/workaround-to-fix-index-column\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> to address the aforementioned issues.</p>\n<p>Following plot is the illustration of the <strong>reverse index</strong> phenomenon. The original <code>index</code> series is the blue line and the fixed one is the red line.<br>\n<a href=\"https://postimg.cc/G4Q2xRZL\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://i.postimg.cc/cJqnZ4hn/fix-idx.png\" alt=\"fix-idx.png\"></a></p>\n<p>Hope this helps! If there's any mistake, please feel free to correct me, thanks a lot!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi everyone,\n\nThrough exploring the properties of `index` column, I find out that there exists **reversed index** phenomenon, which can hinder us from interpreting the **sequential characteristics** of the data. Hence, I implement a simple workaround [here](https://www.kaggle.com/code/abaojiang/workaround-to-fix-index-column) to address the aforementioned issues.\n\nFollowing plot is the illustration of the **reverse index** phenomenon. The original `index` series is the blue line and the fixed one is the red line.\n[![fix-idx.png](https://i.postimg.cc/cJqnZ4hn/fix-idx.png)](https://postimg.cc/G4Q2xRZL)\n\nHope this helps! If there's any mistake, please feel free to correct me, thanks a lot!",
      "votes": 13
    }
  ],
  "comments": [],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "2150790": "Hi everyone,\n\nThrough exploring the properties of `index` column, I find out that there exists **reversed index** phenomenon, which can hinder us from interpreting the **sequential characteristics** of the data. Hence, I implement a simple workaround [here](https://www.kaggle.com/code/abaojiang/workaround-to-fix-index-column) to address the aforementioned issues.\n\nFollowing plot is the illustration of the **reverse index** phenomenon. The original `index` series is the blue line and the fixed one is the red line.\n[![fix-idx.png](https://i.postimg.cc/cJqnZ4hn/fix-idx.png)](https://postimg.cc/G4Q2xRZL)\n\nHope this helps! If there's any mistake, please feel free to correct me, thanks a lot!"
  }
}