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Chapter 14 Performing Time Series Analysis 371<br />

Transfer Functions<br />

Figure 14.12 Cross Correlation Plot<br />

The plot includes plots of the output series versus all input series, in both numerical <strong>and</strong> graphical forms.<br />

The blue lines indicate st<strong>and</strong>ard errors for the statistics.<br />

Model Building<br />

Building a transfer function model is quite similar to building an ARIMA model, in that it is an iterative<br />

process of exploring, fitting, <strong>and</strong> comparing.<br />

Before building a model <strong>and</strong> during the data exploration process, it is sometimes useful to prewhiten the<br />

data. This means find an adequate model for the input series, apply the model to the output, <strong>and</strong> get<br />

residuals from both series. Compute cross-correlations from residual series <strong>and</strong> identify the proper orders for<br />

the transfer function polynomials.<br />

To prewhiten the input series, select the Prewhitening comm<strong>and</strong>. This brings up a dialog similar to the<br />

ARIMA dialog where you specify a stochastic model for the input series. For our SeriesJ example, we use an<br />

ARMA(2,2) prewhitening model, as shown in Figure 14.13.

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