ethanhaas wrote: > I simply called it information but I can also call it data if you wish, it > doesn't make a difference. > The timeseries is simply the time series of this data between the two dates > and using is the data up to 1990 as opposed to 1994. > > And isn't it one of the latter two you want to decompose()?
> P.Dalgaard wrote: > >> ethanhaas wrote: >> >>> I've been trying for the past 3 weeks to use R (much better than Matlab >>> but I >>> am very bad with computers so I am very new to all of this) and know how >>> to >>> input the data (hey, it's a start!) but every time I type in the >>> following: >>> >>> dcm <- decompose(information) >>> >>> I get the following error message: >>> >>> Error in decompose(information) : time series has no or less than 3 >>> periods >>> >>> Could you please aid me so that I can progress to the next step. What I >>> am >>> in fact trying to do at the moment is plot a graph of the information so >>> I >>> had assumed it would be: >>> >>> dcm <- decompose(information) >>> Plot(dcm$trend) >>> >>> but obviously it does not appear to be the case. >>> >>> By the way the code I have right now in case it helps is: >>> >>> information <- scan("everything.txt") >>> timeseries <- ts(information, frequency = 11, start = c(1970, 1994)) >>> using <- window(timeseries, end = c(1990, 11)) >>> dcm <- decompose(information) >>> Plot(dcm$trend) >>> >>> >>> >> Er, are you sure it is "information" that you want to decompose()? (If >> so, what are the computations of "timeseries" and "using" supposed to be >> good for?) >> >> >>> Thank you very much in advance, I really appreciate the help. >>> >>> >> -- >> O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Øster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B >> c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K >> (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) >> 35327918 >> ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) >> 35327907 >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >> >> > > -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Øster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.