Seasonal Adjustment With the X-11 Method (Lecture Notes in Statistics (Springer-Verlag), 158)
Author: Dominique Ladiray, Benoit Quenneville
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ISBN: 0387951717
Publisher: Springer Verlag (March, 2001)
Sales Rank: 669,813
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5
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Rating: 4 out of 5
Some of what you always wanted to know about X-11
I am favourably disposed to this book, as the authors thank me for my comments on their manuscript and refer to some of my work. However, even without that I would have no hesitation in recommending it to anyone who uses X-11. The authors have a profound knowledge of the workings of this complex program. They give a detailed and comprehensive description of what X-11 does and some explanation of why it does it. Thus the book will be invaluable to all X-11 users, and it should be in the library of every statistical office that uses X-11. What it does not really cover is how to use the voluminous output from X-11 to ensure that the seasonal adjustment is optimal. I hope that the authors will write a sequel covering that ground, but in the meantime buy this anyway.
Rating: 5 out of 5
The wait is over!
This is the book I've been waiting for! It is absolutely essential if you're seasonally adjusting time series. This valuable resource is very clearly written and includes examples and graphs. The book goes through every table in detail and explains exactly what happens in X-11, X-11-ARIMA, and X-12-ARIMA. Now we don't have to use a black box to do seasonal adjustment! Be sure and read the preface by Allan Young.
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