Session 3: Quantitative Methods for Valuation Reading 13: Time-Series Analysis
LOS d: Discuss the structure of an autoregressive (AR) model of order p, and calculate one- and two-period-ahead forecasts given the estimated coefficients.
An analyst wants to model quarterly sales data using an autoregressive model. She has found that an AR(1) model with a seasonal lag has significant slope coefficients. She also finds that when a second and third seasonal lag are added to the model, all slope coefficients are significant too. Based on this, the best model to use would most likely be an:
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AR(1) model with no seasonal lags. | |
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AR(1) model with 3 seasonal lags. | |
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She has found that all the slope coefficients are significant in the model xt = b0 + b1xt–1 + b2xt–4 + et. She then finds that all the slope coefficients are significant in the model xt = b0 + b1xt–1 + b2xt–2 + b3xt–3 + b4xt–4 + et. Thus, the final model should be used rather than any other model that uses a subset of the regressors. |