Box.test {stats} | R Documentation

## Box-Pierce and Ljung-Box Tests

### Description

Compute the Box–Pierce or Ljung–Box test statistic for examining the null hypothesis of independence in a given time series.

### Usage

    Box.test(x, lag = 1, type = c("Box-Pierce", "Ljung-Box"))

### Arguments

`x` | a numeric vector or univariate time series.
`lag` | the statistic will be based on `lag` autocorrelation coefficients.
`type` | test to be performed: partial matching is used.

### Value

A list with class `"htest"` containing the following components:

`statistic` | the value of the test statistic.
`parameter` | the degrees of freedom of the approximate chi-squared distribution of the test statistic.
`p.value` | the p-value of the test.
`method` | a character string indicating which type of test was performed.
`data.name` | a character string giving the name of the data.

### Note

Missing values are not handled.

### Author(s)

A. Trapletti

### References

Box, G. E. P. and Pierce, D. A. (1970), Distribution of residual correlations in autoregressive-integrated moving average time series models. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 65, 1509–1526.

Ljung, G. M. and Box, G. E. P. (1978), On a measure of lack of fit in time series models. Biometrika 65, 553–564.

Harvey, A. C. (1993) Time Series Models. 2nd Edition, Harvester Wheatsheaf, NY, pp. 44, 45.

### Examples

    x <- rnorm (100)
    Box.test (x, lag = 1)
    Box.test (x, lag = 1, type="Ljung")

[Package stats version 2.3.1 Index]