Example target data recording outcomes that are predicted in the
forecasts stored in example_quantile_model_output.
example_target_data.RdThese are daily incident hospital admissions for COVID-19 that were reported
on HealthData.gov. They are organized so as to match the forecast task id
columns in example_quantile_model_output, so that the observed data can be
joined into the forecast data frame correctly.
Format
example_target_data
A data frame with 8 rows and 5 columns:
- origin_date
Date: Reference date for the forecast.
- horizon
integer: Forecast horizon, in days.
- location
character: FIPS codes identifying the location being forecasted.
- target
character: The forecast target. All values are "inc covid hosp".
- value
integer: The number of reported hospitalizations.