[R] Standar errors arma models

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Paulino Perez Rodriguez wrote:

>
> Why the standadard errors of the coefficientes of the arma
> models fited by using the arima procedure in the stats
> package doesnt coincide with that of S+, minitab or SAS?

Possibly because R is using superior methodology (full ML fitting).
Note that the help page says:

      The results are likely to be different from S-PLUS's 'arima.mle',
      which computes a conditional likelihood and does not include a
      mean in the model.  Further, the convention used by 'arima.mle'
      reverses the signs of the MA coefficients.

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