Hello, I think I'm encountering a problem similar to this post on the forum, but as there were no replies there I thought I'd make a new one. Any insight is appreciated. I'm using PROC AUTOREG with ML estimation for AR terms, and using backstep to backwards-eliminate the AR terms from the model. I'm using an SLSTAY of 0.1, but the backwards elimination process doesn't appear to be working as intended. The output table shows two AR terms included in the final model with p = 0.22 and p = 0.25, in addition to two AR terms that correctly under the cutoff. The Backwards Elimination of AR Terms table displays an eliminated term with an even lower p val than those that were left in the model (p = 0.21). Here is the PROC AUTOREG call: proc autoreg data=model_data outest=model_est all plots;
model log_dep =
_pred1AnYoY
_pred2MA12
/STATIONARITY= (PHILLIPS) DWPROB dw=4 method=ml NLAG=15 slstay=0.1 archtest backstep;
output out=model_out p=log_yhat pm=log_ytrend lcl=lcl r=residuals ucl=ucl;
run;
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