Re: [Gretl-users] abs: where is the problem?

On Tue, 30 Jun 2009, artur.tarasow wrote: > Hello, > > I tried to program a little request which looks like: > > script: > loop foreach i x y > ols $i const time --quiet > genr t_$i = $coeff(time)/$stderr(time) > if t_$i < abs(1.97) > adf 8 $i --c --test-down > else > adf 8 $i --ct --test-down > endif > endloop > :end script > > I define the request of the t-values as absolute values ( abs(1.97) ) > but gretl does not consider this for negative ones. Though the > t-value is e.g. -3.37 it does not take into account that the absolute > value is bigger than 1.97. For positive t-values there is no problem. > > Do you know what the problem is? Surely you mean if abs(t_$i) < 1.97 no? Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti Dipartimento di Economia Università Politecnica delle Marche r.lucchetti(a)univpm.it http://www.econ.univpm.it/lucchetti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users