[R] Working with "ts" objects

[Gabor Grothendieck]

anscombe is built into R already so you don't need to read it in.
An intercept is the default in lm so you don't have to specify it.

opar <- par(mfrow = c(2,2))
plot(y1 ~ x1, anscombe)
reg <- lm(y1 ~ x1, anscombe)
reg
abline(reg)
...etc...
par(opar)

Note that plot(anscombe[1:2]) and lm(anscombe[2:1]) also work.

read.table returns a data frame whereas ts requires a vector
or matrix so none of your ts code will work.  as.matrix(DF)
or data.matrix(DF) will convert data frame DF to a matrix.


On Dec 5, 2007 2:30 PM, Richard Saba <sabaric at auburn.edu> wrote:
> I am relatively new to R and object oriented programming. I have relied on
> SAS for most of my data analysis.  I teach an introductory undergraduate
> forecasting course using the Diebold text and I am considering using R in
> addition to SAS and Eviews in the course. I work primarily with univariate
> or multivariate time series data. I am having a great deal of difficulty
> understanding and working with "ts" objects particularly when it comes to
> referencing variables in plot commands or in formulas. The confusion is
> amplified when certain procedures (lm for example) coerce the "ts" object
> into a data.frame before application with the results that the output is
> stored in a data.frame object.
> For example the two sets of code below replicate examples from chapter 2 and
> 6 in the text. In the first set of code if I were to replace
> "anscombe<-read.table(fname, header=TRUE)" with
> "anscombe<-ts(read.table(fname, header=TRUE))" the plot() commands would
> generate errors. The objects "x1", "y1" ...  would not be recognized. In
> this case I would have to reference the specific column in the anscombe data
> set. If I would have constructed the data set from several different data
> sets using the ts.intersect() function (see second code below)the problem
> becomes even more involved and keeping track of which columns are associated
> with which variables can be rather daunting. All I wanted was to plot actual
> vs. predicted values of "hstarts" and the residuals from the model.
>
> Given the difficulties I have encountered I know my students will have
> similar problems. Is there a source other than the basic R manuals that I
> can consult and recommend to my students that will help get a handle on
> working with time series objects? I found the Shumway "Time series analysis
> and its applications with R Examples" website very helpful but many
> practical questions involving manipulation of time series data still remain.
> Any help will be appreciated.
> Thanks,
>
> Richard Saba
> Department of Economics
> Auburn University
> Email:  sabaric at auburn.edu
> Phone:  334 844-2922
>
>
>
>
> anscombe<-read.table(fname, header=TRUE)
> names(anscombe)<-c("x1","y1","x2","y2","x3","y3","x4","y4")
> reg1<-lm(y1~1 + x1, data=anscombe)
> reg2<-lm(y2~1 + x2, data=anscombe)
> reg3<-lm(y3~1 + x3, data=anscombe)
> reg4<-lm(y4~1 + x4, data=anscombe)
> summary(reg1)
> summary(reg2)
> summary(reg3)
> summary(reg4)
> par(mfrow=c(2,2))
> plot(x1,y1)
> abline(reg1)
> plot(x2,y2)
> abline(reg2)
> plot(x3,y3)
> abline(reg3)
> plot(x4,y4)
> abline(reg4)
>
> ..........................................................................
> fname<-file.choose()
> tab6.1<-ts(read.table(fname, header=TRUE),frequency=12,start=c(1946,1))
> month<-cycle(tab6.1)
> year<-floor(time(tab6.1))
> dat1<-ts.intersect(year,month,tab6.1)
> dat2<-window(dat1,start=c(1946,1),end=c(1993,12))
> reg1<-lm(tab6.1~1+factor(month),data=dat2, na.action=NULL)
> summary(reg1)
> hstarts<-dat2[,3]
> plot1<-ts.intersect(hstarts,reg1$fitted.value,reg1$resid)
> plot.ts(plot1[,1])
> lines(plot1[,2], col="red")
> plot.ts(plot[,3], ylab="Residuals")
>
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