1) The document discusses fundamentals of time series analysis including characteristics of time series data, data cleaning, time-based indexing, visualization, and resampling of time series data.
2) Methods discussed include plotting univariate time series data from a random walk model and open power system data to analyze electricity consumption trends over time in Germany.
3) The data is cleaned, indexed by date, and grouped to visualize patterns like seasonal effects and differences between weekdays and weekends.