Please note the request for a reproucible example at the foot of this (and every) message. Your 'x' looks like a data frame, double-spaced by your mailer (and your sent HTML when asked not to, probably the cause).
However, > x <- ts(c(36,44,45,106,38,46,47,112,42,49,48,118,42,50,51,118), + freq=4) > decompose(x) works, so my guess is that you did not set up a quarterly time series. On Sat, 2 Feb 2008, Tom La Bone wrote: > Greetings, > > > > For the following quarterly data I did a classical decomposition by hand in > a spreadsheet and got reasonably similar results using Minitab 15. > > > > x > > 1 36 > > 2 44 > > 3 45 > > 4 106 > > 5 38 > > 6 46 > > 7 47 > > 8 112 > > 9 42 > > 10 49 > > 11 48 > > 12 118 > > 13 42 > > 14 50 > > 15 51 > > 16 118 > > > > Trying my luck with R, I tried to use the decompose function but it gives me > the following: > > > > Error in decompose(data.t) : time series has no or less than 3 periods > > > > data.t is indeed a time series (is.ts returns true) and when I plot data.t > it looks like a times series. Any suggestions on how to use decompose here > (if it is the right function)? Thanks. > > > > Tom > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ 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.
