[SciPy-Dev] Question about stats.mstats.kendalltau_seasonal

[Pierre GM]

Andreas,

IIRC, that's indeed the reference I used. The meaning of the different
outputs can be inferred from the paper and from the code:  the seasonal tau
and its corresponding p-value are the main results, but I also added the
corresponding (global) tau and p-value when seasonality isn't taken into
account, for comparison purposes. The corresponding unit-test should use
some data presented in (Hirsch and Slack, 1984).

Once again, reading the paper should clarify everything (alas, my copy is
in a box in an attic an ocean away).

Sorry for not being more helpful

P.

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Pierre GM

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On Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 11:45 , Andreas H. wrote:

Hi,

looking at stats.mstats.kendalltau_seasonal, i noticed the lack of

proper documentation for that function. I'd like to write something up

about it, but wanted to verify that the original author was indeed

following the approach in

Hirsch, Robert M., and James R. Slack. “A Nonparametric Trend Test

for Seasonal Data With Serial Dependence.” Water Resources Research 20,

no. 6 (1984): P. 727.

(http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/1984/WR020i006p00727.shtml)

Also, it would be nice to hear what exactly the different return values are.

If you guys tell me, I'll gladly write docstring + example.

Cheers,

Andreas.

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