QUESTION ONE - 20 MARKS
(a) Verify that (max p1 = 0.5 nd min p1 = 0.5 for -oo < 0 < oo) for an MA(l) process:
Xt = ct - 0ct-1 such that ct are independent noise processes.
[8 mks]
(b) State the order of the following ARIMA(p,d,q) processes
(i) Yi= (1 + </>)Yi--1 </>Yi-2+ et
(ii) Yi = Yt-1 + et - 0e1.-1
(iii) Yi = 5 + et - ½et-1 - ¼et-2
(iv) Yt = 0.8Yi-1 +et+ 0.7et-l + 0.6et-2
QUESTION TWO - 22 MARKS
[12 mks]
Consider AR(3) :Yi= </>1Yt-1+ </>2Yt.-+2 <f>3Yt+.-2ct where ct is identically independently
distributed (iid) as white noise.The Estimates the parameters can be found using Yule Walker
equations as
where
Ln (X,. - µ)(Xt-h - µ)
Ph= rh = _t=__l_ n_____
_
I;(Xt - µ)2
t=l
'Yo= Var=~ I:(Xt
n t=l
n
µ = L Xt
t=l
- µ)2
Use the data below to evaluate the values of the estimates (</>1(,P2<,f>a3nd O';)
t 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Xt 13 17 15 14 19 22 20 26 32 32
QUESTION THREE - 20 MARKS
[22 mks]
A first order moving average M A(2) is defined by Xt
WN(0,0' 2 ) and the Zt: t = 1,2,3 ...,T are uncorrelated.
(a) Find
(i) Mean of the M A(2)
(ii) Variance of the M A(2)
(iii) Autocovariance of the M A(2)
(iv) Autocorrelation of the M A(2)
+ + Zt 01zt-1 02Zt-2 Where Zt ~
[2 mks]
[6 mks]
[8 mks]
[2 mks]
(b) is the MA(2) stationary? Explain your answer
[2 mks]
2