
In the Add-Ins available box, select the Analysis ToolPak check box, and then click OK. Load the Analysis ToolPak in Excel for MacĬlick the Tools menu, and then click Excel Add-ins. The ToolPak displays in English when your language is not supported. See Supported languages for more information. Some languages aren't supported by the Analysis ToolPak. See I can't find the Analysis ToolPak in Excel for Mac 2011 for more information. Several white noise tests, based on the ACF, are available to test whether a time series can be assumed to be a white noise or not.The Analysis ToolPak is not available for Excel for Mac 2011. Obtaining a white noise means that all deterministic and autocorrelations components have been removed. One important step in time series analysis is the transformation of time which goal is to obtain a white noise. Normality and white noise tests at different time lags The ACVF, the ACF, the PACF and CCF are computed by this tool. The cross-correlations function (CCF) allows to relate two time series, and to determine if they co-vary and to which extend. The theory shows that the PACF function of an AR(p) – an autoregressive process of order p - is zero for lags greater than p. The visualization of the ACF or of the partial autocorrelation function (PACF) helps to identify the suitable models to explain the past observations and to do predictions.

The sample autocovariance function (ACVF) and the autocorrelation function (ACF) give an idea of the degree of dependence between the values of a time series.

Autocovariances, autocorrelations, and partial autocorrelations If the answer is yes, then the next question is how. One of the key issues in time series analysis is to determine whether the value we observe at time t depends on what has been observed in the past or not.
