Moving average of Russian medals
Using frames with aggregate window functions allow you to calculate many common metrics, including moving averages and totals. These metrics track the change in performance over time.
This exercise is part of the course
PostgreSQL Summary Stats and Window Functions
Exercise instructions
- Calculate the 3-year moving average of medals earned.
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
WITH Russian_Medals AS (
SELECT
Year, COUNT(*) AS Medals
FROM Summer_Medals
WHERE
Country = 'RUS'
AND Medal = 'Gold'
AND Year >= 1980
GROUP BY Year)
SELECT
Year, Medals,
--- Calculate the 3-year moving average of medals earned
___ OVER
(ORDER BY Year ASC
ROWS BETWEEN
___ AND ___) AS Medals_MA
FROM Russian_Medals
ORDER BY Year ASC;