An Introduction to Time Series Analysis and Forecasting: With Applications of Sas(r) and Spss(r) (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780127678702)

Providing a clear explanation of the fundamental theory of time series analysis and forecasting, this book couples theory with applications of two popular statistical packages--SAS and SPSS. The text examines moving average, exponential smoothing, Census X-11 deseasonalization, ARIMA, intervention, transfer function, and autoregressive error models and has brief discussions of ARCH and GARCH models. The book features treatments of forecast improvement with regression and autoregression combination models and model and forecast evaluation, along with a sample size analysis for common time series models to attain adequate statistical power. The careful linkage of the theoretical constructs with the practical considerations involved in utilizing the statistical packages makes it easy for the user to properly apply these techniques.

Author: Robert Alan Yaffee, Monnie McGee
ISBN-10: 0127678700
ISBN-13: 9780127678702
Publisher: Academic Press
Language: English
Published: 04/27/2000
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.98lbs
Size: 9.20h x 5.90w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 09/01/2001 pg. 12