Mathematical Modeling of the Price Volatility of Maize and Sorghum between 1960 and 2022

Table 7.

Serial Correlation Test Results of the two Best Fitted Volatility Models

  IGARCH (1,1) – MAIZE IGARCH (1,1) – SORGHUM

Lag AC   PAC  Q-Stat  Prob* AC   PAC  Q-Stat  Prob*
1 0.066 0.066 3.2149 0.073 0.066 0.066 3.2149 0.073
2 0.003 -0.001 3.2227 0.200 0.003 -0.001 3.2227 0.200
3 0.071 0.071 6.9045 0.075 0.071 0.071 6.9045 0.075
4 0.007 -0.003 6.9388 0.139 0.007 -0.003 6.9388 0.139
5 0.007 0.007 6.9771 0.222 0.007 0.007 6.9771 0.222
6 0.044 0.038 8.3839 0.211 0.044 0.038 8.3839 0.211
7 0.012 0.007 8.4925 0.291 0.012 0.007 8.4925 0.291
8 0.018 0.016 8.7347 0.365 0.018 0.016 8.7347 0.365
9 0.024 0.016 9.1621 0.422 0.024 0.016 9.1621 0.422
10 0.032 0.028 9.8973 0.450 0.032 0.028 9.8973 0.450