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I am trying to find a formula for how to calculate partial autocorrelation between variables. We know that aucorrealtion between variables at different lags are given by: $$ \hat\rho_h=\frac{\sum^T_{t=h+1}(y_t-\bar y)(y_{t-h}-\bar y)}{\sum^T_{t=1}(y_t-\bar y)^2} $$ I know also that partial autocorrelation is the autocorrelation between y[t] and y[t–h] after removing any linear dependence on y[1], y[2], ..., y[t–h+1]. But how do you remove any linear dependence on y[1], y[2], ..., y[t–h+1]? Does there exist some formula for this?

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Googling for "partial autocorrelation" will lead you to Wikipedia:

The partial correlation between $X$ and $Y$ given a set of $n$ controlling variables $Z = \{Z_1, Z_2, \dots, Z_n\}$, written $\rho_{XY\cdot Z}$, is the correlation between the residuals $R_X$ and $R_Y$ resulting from the linear regression of $X$ with $Z$ and of $Y$ with $Z$, respectively.

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  • $\begingroup$ but there is written method very unclear,i can't undertsand how to use it for practically,let's take some example of time series,otherwise i can't guess it $\endgroup$
    – dato datuashvili
    Commented Jan 17, 2013 at 15:18
  • $\begingroup$ any help?please $\endgroup$
    – dato datuashvili
    Commented Jan 17, 2013 at 15:25
  • $\begingroup$ Are you unclear on the concept of residuals from a regression? If so, I suggest you read the first few chapters from any textbook on regression. This will help you much more than any cookbook recipe we could possibly give you here. $\endgroup$
    – Stephan Kolassa
    Commented Jan 17, 2013 at 15:28
  • $\begingroup$ no i am not unclear,just i need to know practically how to remove linear dependence between variables $\endgroup$
    – dato datuashvili
    Commented Jan 17, 2013 at 15:34
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    $\begingroup$ @user466441 I'm sorry to see that you did not receive a satisfactory answer to your question. The "possible duplicate" should have helped you to some extent, but I think what you want is a specific numerical example. I won't go through an example using regression to estimate partial autocorrelation coefficients, but I have written a short document to show you how they can be estimated using the Yule-Walker equations. You can access the .pdf file at my dropbox: dropbox.com/s/phbdr1k0twxcs47/yulewalker.pdf Maybe this will help you out. $\endgroup$
    – Graeme Walsh
    Commented May 16, 2013 at 1:32

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