Re: equiv_sample_size

From: Dennis Shea <shea_at_nyahnyahspammersnyahnyah>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:42:03 -0600 (MDT)

>
>I would like to clarifythe functionality of the function 'equiv_sample_size'
>
>My understanding is that the significance of the lag-1 autocorrelation is
>used as the criterion for whether or not to estimate the sample size. Are
>subsequent significant autocorrelations used for estimating the
>equivalent sample size, or only lag-1 (i.e the input data is assumed to
>be an AR(1) process)?

Only the lag-1 autocorrelation is used.

D

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