caustests_data: Example Time Series Dataset for Causality Tests

In caustests: Multiple Granger Causality Tests for Time Series and Panel Data

Example Time Series Dataset for Causality Tests

Description

A simulated dataset containing three time series variables for demonstrating Granger causality tests. The data includes one dependent variable (Y) and two potential causal variables (X1, X2) with known causal relationships.

Usage

caustests_data

Format

A data frame with 200 observations and 3 variables:

Y

Dependent variable, generated as AR(2) plus causal effects from X1

X1

First explanatory variable, AR(1) process

X2

Second explanatory variable, independent AR(1) process

Details

The data generating process is:

• X1 and X2 are independent AR(1) processes

• Y depends on its own lags plus lagged values of X1 (but not X2)

• This creates a true causal relationship from X1 to Y

• There is no true causality from X2 to Y or from Y to X1/X2

This allows users to verify that the causality tests correctly identify the causal direction X1 => Y while finding no significant causality in other directions (with appropriate sample sizes and test settings).

Source

Simulated data for package demonstration

Examples

data(caustests_data)
head(caustests_data)
summary(caustests_data)

# Check correlations
cor(caustests_data)

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