Re: [Gretl-devel] Untranslated String
by Allin Cottrell
On Wed, 15 Dec 2010, Henrique Andrade wrote:
> I think we have an untranslated string in the heteroskedasticity tests
> (inside the OLS estimated model window). The "Chi-Square" should be shown as
> "Qui-Quadrado":
Thanks, that should now be fixed in CVS.
Allin
15 years, 11 months
Untranslated String
by Henrique Andrade
Dear Allin,
I think we have an untranslated string in the heteroskedasticity tests
(inside the OLS estimated model window). The "Chi-Square" should be shown as
"Qui-Quadrado":
Teste de White para a heteroscedasticidade -
Hipótese nula: sem heteroscedasticidade
Estatística de teste: LM = 16,8589
com p-valor = P(*Chi-Square*(5) > 16,8589) = 0,00477541
Best regards,
--
Henrique C. de Andrade
Doutorando em Economia Aplicada
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
www.ufrgs.br/ppge
15 years, 11 months
Estimating forecast error
by Gústaf Steingrímsson
Hi
I am wondering wether it is possible to estimate forcast error in Gretl in simple terms. Let's fx. say I have a time series on monthy basis and the forecast model is simply some version of lagged values of this same time series (ARIMA,AR etc.). now I want to estimate historical forecast error for one, two, ..., n months in the future or get some data table where one, two, ..., n months forecasts can be compared to real historical values. Is this possible?
Kveðja / With regards
Gústaf Steingrímsson
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15 years, 11 months
constructing an SUR system programmatically
by Allin Cottrell
I've recently been working on a gretl function to implement the
panel unit-root test of Breuer, McNown and Wallace (Oxford
Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2002), which takes into
account cross-equation correlations while allowing for
the testing of the unit-root null on a per-group basis.
In that context I realized that -- unless I'm missing something --
we didn't have a means of constructing a "system" spec on the fly
(when the number and make-up of the equations is not known until
run-time). Possibly one could do domething cunning but ugly with
strings, but I couldn't see any other way.
So in CVS I've implemented a generalization of the system spec.
I'm not sure that my approach is the best one: it has the virtue
of causing the least disruption to existing gretl types and
command structures, but has some limitations. So I'd like to
invite comments.
Here's the deal: Up till now the only thing accepted by way of
specification of the equations in a "system" block has been a set
of "equation" statements, but now you can say
equations <matrix-name>
Note the plural in "equations". The parameter should be the name
of a pre-defined matrix, each row of which represents a list
(left-hand side variable, regressors). If some lists are longer
than others, the matrix should have g columns where g is the
length of the longest list, and shorter lists should be padded
with trailing zeros.
It works, but has a couple of limitations:
(1) Since trailing zeros are ignored, you can't place the constant
at the end of an equation list. This shouldn't be a real problem,
since you are better placing the constant first; it will be
shuffled into first place by gretl anyway.
(2) You can't insert the equivalent of ";" into a matrix, and so
you cannot specify an equation's list "tsls-style". This is a
problem only (a) if you are using instruments and (b) you want to
use specific instruments in specific equations rather than using a
common set of instruments for all equations.
Here's a simple example (it's not complete, and presumes some
"stage-setting", but might convey the idea):
scalar g = <whatever>
scalar listmax = <whatever>
matrix surrow
matrix surmat = zeros(g, listmax)
loop i=1..g
# build g lists and insert into matrix surmat
p = laglengths[i]
list eqlist = xd$i const x$i(-1) xd$i(-1 to p)
matrix surrow = eqlist
k = nelem(eqlist)
if (k < listmax)
# this equation is "short"
surrow ~= zeros(listmax - k)
endif
surmat[i,] = surrow
endloop
system method=SUR
equations surmat
end system
Allin
15 years, 11 months
[somewhat OT] list thread sorting
by Sven Schreiber
Hi,
since October (I think) I noticed that messages aren't properly being
sorted within the threads. Something like: The first reply in a newly
started thread is not recognized as belonging to that thread.
I don't really have a clue what's going on. It seems probable that it
has something to do with the Ubuntu upgrade and new Thunderbird version
(3.1.x from Ubuntu 10.10).
anybody else seeing this?
thanks,
sven
15 years, 11 months
Re: [Gretl-devel] Missing closing parenthesis in text
by Allin Cottrell
On Fri, 3 Dec 2010, Hélio Guilherme wrote:
> If you are perfectionist, I have found a missing parenthesis in text:
> "single graph: groups in sequence (N <= 80"
Thanks, will fix that soon.
Allin
15 years, 11 months
Missing closing parenthesis in text
by Hélio Guilherme
Hi,
If you are perfectionist, I have found a missing parenthesis in text:
"single graph: groups in sequence (N <= 80"
Bye,
Hélio
15 years, 11 months
