[R] Getting error message using R: Please help (it's coursework due in on Friday)

[Peter Dalgaard]

ethanhaas wrote:
> I simply called it information but I can also call it data if you wish, it
> doesn't make a difference.
> The timeseries is simply the time series of this data between the two dates
> and using is the data up to 1990 as opposed to 1994.
>
>   
And isn't it one of the latter two you want to decompose()?

> P.Dalgaard wrote:
>   
>> ethanhaas wrote:
>>     
>>> I've been trying for the past 3 weeks to use R (much better than Matlab
>>> but I
>>> am very bad with computers so I am very new to all of this) and know how
>>> to
>>> input the data (hey, it's a start!) but every time I type in the
>>> following:
>>>
>>> dcm <- decompose(information)
>>>
>>> I get the following error message:
>>>
>>> Error in decompose(information) : time series has no or less than 3
>>> periods
>>>
>>> Could you please aid me so that I can progress to the next step. What I
>>> am
>>> in fact trying to do at the moment is plot a graph of the information so
>>> I
>>> had assumed it would be:
>>>
>>> dcm <- decompose(information)
>>> Plot(dcm$trend)
>>>
>>> but obviously it does not appear to be the case.
>>>
>>> By the way the code I have right now in case it helps is:
>>>
>>> information <- scan("everything.txt")
>>> timeseries <- ts(information, frequency = 11, start = c(1970, 1994))
>>> using <- window(timeseries, end = c(1990, 11))
>>> dcm <- decompose(information)
>>> Plot(dcm$trend)
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> Er, are you sure it is "information" that you want to decompose()? (If
>> so, what are the computations of "timeseries" and "using" supposed to be
>> good for?)
>>
>>     
>>> Thank you very much in advance, I really appreciate the help.
>>>   
>>>       
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>
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   O__  ---- Peter Dalgaard             Øster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B
  c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics     PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K
 (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen   Denmark          Ph:  (+45) 35327918
~~~~~~~~~~ - (p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk)                  FAX: (+45) 35327907