ethanhaas wrote: > What I'm trying to do is have plots and summary statistics of x > (autocorrelations for example) where x refers to the data in using, and I > thought decomposing would be the way to go about it. > > > You are not listening. I give up.
> P.Dalgaard wrote: > >> 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. >> >> >> > > -- 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.