[R] How do I "normalise" a power spectral density analysis?

[Prof Brian Ripley]

What's wrong with

z <- spec.pgram(ldeaths, plot = FALSE)
plot(1/z$freq, z$spec, log="y", xlab="period", ylab="power")

?


On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Tom C Cameron wrote:

> Hi Spencer, yes thanks it does help. In short I have resolved the issue.
>
> In length, not directly, as I have not found a way to ask R to actually 
> plot frequency vs. period directly,

That's the 1/x function, so I am sure you can manage that.  I presume you 
want power vs period?

> I have scoured the R help pages and Venebles &
> Ripley but the call to R "spectrum()" or "periodogram()"  generates error
> messages if I try to enhance or change the plot!

There is no periodogram() function in R.


> I did find that you can install the library packages "growth" and "rmutil" and
> then use the function "pergram" that gives you the output of the PSD in a
> matrix which I have then transformed to give me the period (1/frequency).

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