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AUTOCORRELATED DATA. CALCULATIONS ON VARIANCES: SOME BASICS. Let X and Y be random variables. COV=0 if X and Y are independent. WHAT IF COV(X i , X i+1 ) > 0?. We calculate an AVG by adding X’s The VAR of the AVG is bigger by COV(X i , X i+1 )
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CALCULATIONS ON VARIANCES: SOME BASICS • Let X and Y be random variables COV=0 if X and Y are independent.
WHAT IF COV(Xi, Xi+1) > 0? • We calculate an AVG by adding X’s • The VAR of the AVG is bigger by COV(Xi, Xi+1) • The formula for VAR assumes COV(Xi, Xi+1) =0 • The formula underestimates VAR of the AVG • The formula for the width of the CI gives too small a width • The CI does not cover the true m with the advertized probability a • Our conclusion has oversold accuracy
AUTOCORRELATED DATA • Consider the formula, called the Auto-Regressive (Lag 1) Process
The Test for Rank 1 Autocorrelation Ho: r(1) = 0 Ha: r(1) <> 0
STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT AUTOCORRELATION • Lag 1 autocorrelation r(1) estimated by r(1) Normal Mean Variance
So the quantity z below is N(0, 1), and can be compared to critical values, and p-values can be computed… Simplifies when we are testing r(1) = 0 Remember that this is a classical “wrong-way” hypothesis test