Dear Tolga, That's a little more information, but because the code seems to work for me on other data (though no longer the message dispatch), I can't say what produces the error. I guess that if you can't debug this yourself, you'll have to share the data (generally a good idea in any event).
> mod <- lm(Hartnagel[,5] ~ Hartnagel[,7]) > mod Call: lm(formula = Hartnagel[, 5] ~ Hartnagel[, 7]) Coefficients: (Intercept) Hartnagel[, 7] -85.1117 0.2126 > cochrane.orcutt.lm(mod) $coefficients (Intercept) Hartnagel[, 7] 57.05592426 0.04015223 $cov (Intercept) Hartnagel[, 7] (Intercept) 1226.739528 -1.381235045 Hartnagel[, 7] -1.381235 0.001713204 $sigma [1] 14.00277 $rho [1] 0.7835837 attr(,"class") [1] "cochrane.orcutt" Regards, John ------------------------------ John Fox, Professor Department of Sociology McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: June-17-08 1:17 PM > To: John Fox > Cc: r-help@r-project.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [R] Problems with Cochrane-Orcutt procedures > > > Sure, I can imagine GLS is a much better way to deal with this. > > I guess I was looking at this because I did try GLS but got exactly the same > results as LM and I just wanted to be sure. > > I did "debug" the code in https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2002- > January/017774.html and the offending line is: > > ... > mod <- lm(y ~ X - 1) > ... > > in the Orcutt procedure. Essentially, X is twice the length of y, as below: > > > cochrane.orcutt(regrCMSlm) > debugging in: cochrane.orcutt(regrCMSlm) > debug: { > UseMethod("cochrane.orcutt") > } > Browse[1]> > debug: UseMethod("cochrane.orcutt") > Browse[1]> > debugging in: cochrane.orcutt.lm(regrCMSlm) > debug: { > X <- model.matrix(mod) > y <- model.response(model.frame(mod)) > e <- residuals(mod) > n <- length(e) > names <- colnames(X) > rho <- sum(e[1:(n - 1)] * e[2:n])/sum(e^2) > y <- y[2:n] - rho * y[1:(n - 1)] > X <- X[2:n, ] - rho * X[1:(n - 1), ] > mod <- lm(y ~ X - 1) > result <- list() > result$coefficients <- coef(mod) > names(result$coefficients) <- names > summary <- summary(mod, corr = F) > result$cov <- (summary$sigma^2) * summary$cov.unscaled > dimnames(result$cov) <- list(names, names) > result$sigma <- summary$sigma > result$rho <- rho > class(result) <- "cochrane.orcutt" > result > } > Browse[1]> > debug: X <- model.matrix(mod) > Browse[1]> > debug: y <- model.response(model.frame(mod)) > Browse[1]> length(X) > [1] 378 #<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<------------------------------ > Browse[1]> > debug: e <- residuals(mod) > Browse[1]> length(y) > [1] 189 #<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<------------------------------ > Browse[1]> > debug: n <- length(e) > Browse[1]> > debug: names <- colnames(X) > Browse[1]> > debug: rho <- sum(e[1:(n - 1)] * e[2:n])/sum(e^2) > Browse[1]> > debug: y <- y[2:n] - rho * y[1:(n - 1)] > Browse[1]> > debug: X <- X[2:n, ] - rho * X[1:(n - 1), ] > Browse[1]> > debug: mod <- lm(y ~ X - 1) > Browse[1]> > Error in model.frame.default(formula = y ~ X - 1, drop.unused.levels = TRUE) > : > variable lengths differ (found for 'X') > > Tolga > > > > > "John Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 17/06/2008 17:51 To > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc > <r-help@r-project.org> > Subject > RE: [R] Problems with Cochrane-Orcutt procedures > > > > > > > Dear Tolga, > > I'm afraid that I don't see an error. (I expect in any event that the > Cochrane-Orcott and Prais estimators are now only of historical interest.) > > Regards, > John > > ------------------------------ > John Fox, Professor > Department of Sociology > McMaster University > Hamilton, Ontario, Canada > web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: June-17-08 11:13 AM > > To: r-help@r-project.org > > Subject: [R] Problems with Cochrane-Orcutt procedures > > > > Hi John, > > > > Hi Folks/Prof. Fox, > > > > I found some code John Fox had written sometime back on the > Cochrane-Orcutt > > and Prais procedures here: > > https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2002-January/017774.html > > > > I thought I would try it out and get the following errors below. 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