[R] ccf question

[John Sibert]

Can someone please verify the interpretation of lag in the ccf function in 
the ts package.
Suppose ccf(x,y).
Do negative lags indicate that the events in x precede the events in y and 
positive lags indicate that events in y precede events in x?
Thanks,
John


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