Re: [R] [Stat related] Understanding Portmanteau test

2008-11-09 Thread Rolf Turner
On 8/11/2008, at 5:48 PM, RON70 wrote: Sorry to be off-topic. Can somebody please explain me what is Portmanteau test? Why it's name is like that? When I would say, a particular test is portmanteau test? I did some googling but got no satisfactory answer at all. Please anybody help for

Re: [R] [Stat related] Understanding Portmanteau test

2008-11-09 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Sat, 8 Nov 2008, RON70 wrote: Still waiting for some input. Did my question void forum rule in any manner? It did go against the advice of the posting guide: Questions about statistics: The R mailing lists are primarily intended for questions and discussion about the R software. However,

Re: [R] [Stat related] Understanding Portmanteau test

2008-11-08 Thread Andrew Robinson
On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 09:58:14PM -0800, RON70 wrote: > > Still waiting for some input. Did my question void forum rule in any manner? No, no specific rule. It's just not a particularly easy question to answer, because it's not clear in what context you have seen the phrase "portmanteau test".

Re: [R] [Stat related] Understanding Portmanteau test

2008-11-08 Thread RON70
Still waiting for some input. Did my question void forum rule in any manner? RON70 wrote: > > Sorry to be off-topic. Can somebody please explain me what is Portmanteau > test? Why it's name is like that? When I would say, a particular test is > portmanteau test? I did some googling but got no s

[R] [Stat related] Understanding Portmanteau test

2008-11-07 Thread RON70
Sorry to be off-topic. Can somebody please explain me what is Portmanteau test? Why it's name is like that? When I would say, a particular test is portmanteau test? I did some googling but got no satisfactory answer at all. Please anybody help for understanding that? Regards, -- View this messag