Homework 1
STATS 4A03
Due on Crowdmark by Friday, January 26, 11:59pm
Guidelines: Unless otherwise specified, you are required to justify and prove all your answers.
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Your homework grade will be based on completeness plus the correctness of a random subset of four (4) problems.
Exercise 1. Suppose that {Yt} is stationary with autocovariance function γk. Show that for any fixed positive integer n and any constants c1, c2, . . . , cn, the process {Wt} defined by Wt = c1Yt + c2Yt−1 + · · · + cnYt−n+1 is stationary.
Exercise 2. Let {Xt} be a zero-mean, unit-variance stationary process with autocorrelation func-tion ρk. Suppose that µt is a nonconstant function and that σt is a positive-valued nonconstant function. The observed series is formed as Yt = µt + σtXt .
a) Find the mean and covariance function for the {Yt} process.
b) Show that the autocorrelation function for the {Yt} process depends only on the time lag. Is the {Yt} process stationary?
c) Is it possible to have a time series with a constant mean and with corr(Yt , Yt−k) free of t but with {Yt} not stationary?
Exercise 3. Evaluate the mean and covariance function for each of the following processes. In each case, determine whether or not the process is stationary.
a) Yt = θ0 + tet .
b) Wt = ∇Yt , where Yt is as given in part (a).
c) Yt = etet−1, where {et} is white noise.
Exercise 4. Let Y1 = θ0 + e1, where θ0 is a constant, and for t > 1 define Yt recursively by Yt = θ0 + Yt−1 + et . The process {Yt} is random walk with drift.
a) Show that Yt can be written as Yt = tθ0 + et + et−1 + · · · + e1.
b) Find the mean function for Yt .
c) Find the autocovariance function for Yt .
Exercise 5. Suppose that
Yt = R cos(2π(f t + Φ)) for t = 0, ±1, ±2, . . .
where 0 < f < 1/2 is a fixed frequency and R and Φ are uncorrelated random variables where Φ is uniformly distributed on the interval (0, 1).
a) Show that E(Yt) = 0 for all t.
b) Show that the process is stationary with γk = 2/1E(R2) cos(2πfk).
Exercise 6. Suppose Yt = µ + et + et−1. Find Var(Y¯). Compare your answer to what would have been obtained if Yt = µ + et . Describe the effect that the autocorrelation in {Yt} has on Var(Y¯).