Re: correlation significance

>I am correlating two time series, both 400 years in length. I did a
>running mean on one of the two series. I would therefore get a
>much smaller equivalent sample size for that series.
>Which N do I use to determine the significance of
>the correlation since both time series have a significantly
>different equivalent sample size?

You must use the smaller sample size.

>Is there a way of doing this using rtest / equiv_sample_size?

prob = rtest(r, N_smaller_of_two, 0)

D

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