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writes out/results.json and out/exclusions.csv.\n\"\"\"\nimport json, math, csv\nfrom pathlib import Path\nimport numpy as np\nimport pandas as pd\n\nROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent\nd = pd.read_csv(ROOT / \"data\" / \"design.csv\")\np = dict(zip(d[\"parameter\"], d[\"value\"]))\nn = int(p[\"n\"]); rho = float(p[\"rho\"]); sigma = float(p[\"sigma\"])\nR = int(p[\"n_replications\"]); seed = int(p[\"seed\"])\nassert str(p[\"intercept\"]).strip().lower() == \"yes\"\nassert str(p[\"initial_condition\"]).strip().lower() == \"stationary\"\nassert abs(rho) < 1\n\n# --- Baseline / analytical quantities ---\nbias_analytical = -(1 + 3 * rho) / n\nse_asymptotic = math.sqrt((1 - rho ** 2) / n)\n\n# --- Monte Carlo (vectorised over replications), c = 0 ---\nrng = np.random.default_rng(seed)\n# Draw order: first y_1 for all R replications, then the (R, n-1) innovation matrix.\ny = np.empty((R, n))\ny[:, 0] = rng.normal(0.0, sigma / math.sqrt(1 - rho ** 2), size=R)\neps = rng.normal(0.0, sigma, size=(R, n - 1))\nfor t in range(1, n):\n y[:, t] = rho * y[:, t - 1] + eps[:, t - 1]\n\n# OLS of y_t on (1, y_{t-1}), t = 2..n: slope = cov(x,z)/var(x) with demeaning\nx = y[:, :-1]; z = y[:, 1:]\nxc = x - x.mean(axis=1, keepdims=True)\nzc = z - z.mean(axis=1, keepdims=True)\nrho_hat = (xc * zc).sum(axis=1) / (xc ** 2).sum(axis=1)\n\n# Spot check against explicit least squares for the first replication\nX0 = np.column_stack([np.ones(n - 1), x[0]])\nb0 = np.linalg.lstsq(X0, z[0], rcond=None)[0]\nassert abs(b0[1] - rho_hat[0]) < 1e-10\n\n# Exclusion ledger: non-finite estimates (none expected)\nfinite = np.isfinite(rho_hat)\nrh = rho_hat[finite]\nwith open(ROOT / \"out\" / \"exclusions.csv\", \"w\", newline=\"\") as f:\n w = csv.writer(f)\n w.writerow([\"step\", \"rule\", \"n_before\", \"n_after\", \"n_removed\", \"rationale\"])\n w.writerow([1, \"drop replications with non-finite rho_hat\", R, int(finite.sum()),\n int(R - finite.sum()), \"OLS slope undefined if regressor has zero variance (probability zero)\"])\n\nrho_hat_mean = float(rh.mean())\nrho_hat_sd = float(rh.std(ddof=1))\nbias_mc = rho_hat_mean - rho\nbias_mc_se = rho_hat_sd / math.sqrt(rh.size)\ndisc = (bias_mc - bias_analytical) / bias_mc_se\n\nres = {\n \"task_id\": \"F5-conf-02\",\n \"bias_analytical\": bias_analytical,\n \"bias_mc\": bias_mc,\n \"bias_mc_se\": bias_mc_se,\n \"rho_hat_mean\": rho_hat_mean,\n \"rho_hat_sd_mc\": rho_hat_sd,\n \"discrepancy_se_units\": disc,\n \"se_asymptotic\": se_asymptotic,\n \"n_replications\": R,\n \"feasibility\": \"complete\",\n \"feasibility_reason\": None,\n \"data_issues\": [],\n \"n_input_rows\": {\"design.csv\": int(len(d))},\n \"n_analysed\": int(rh.size),\n \"random_seed\": seed,\n # supplementary (not required) descriptive quantities\n \"supp_bias_analytical_n_minus_1\": -(1 + 3 * rho) / (n - 1),\n \"supp_rho_hat_median\": float(np.median(rh)),\n \"supp_ratio_bias_mc_to_analytical\": bias_mc / bias_analytical,\n \"supp_ratio_sd_mc_to_se_asymptotic\": rho_hat_sd / se_asymptotic,\n}\nwith open(ROOT / \"out\" / \"results.json\", \"w\") as f:\n json.dump(res, f, indent=2)\nfor k, v in res.items():\n print(f\"{k}: {v}\")\n# F5-conf-02 — Finite-sample bias of the OLS AR(1) coefficient\n\n## Question\nIn the Gaussian AR(1) y_t = c + ρ y_{t−1} + ε_t (c = 0, σ = 1), how large is the finite-sample bias of the OLS estimator ρ̂ from a regression of y_t on (1, y_{t−1}), and how well does the Marriott–Pope/Kendall approximation −(1+3ρ)/n describe it at the design n = 30, ρ = 0.8?\n\n## Data and exclusions\nThe only input is `data/design.csv` (7 rows, `n_input_rows`; SHA-256 recorded in `out/state/data_audit.md`): n = 30, ρ = 0.8, σ = 1, intercept included, stationary start, R = 20000 replications, seed 20261029 (`random_seed`). No data issues were found (`data_issues` = []). The one filtering rule, dropping replications with a non-finite ρ̂, removed 0 replications (`out/exclusions.csv`). That leaves `n_analysed` = 20000 = `n_replications`.\n\n## Method\n- **Analytical baseline.** `bias_analytical` = −(1+3ρ)/n with n = 30 (the design series length), which gives −0.11333. The textbook asymptotic standard error is `se_asymptotic` = √((1−ρ²)/n) = 0.1095.\n- **Monte Carlo.** We used `numpy.random.default_rng(20261029)`. The draws come in a fixed order: first y_1 ~ N(0, σ²/(1−ρ²)) for all R series, then an R×(n−1) matrix of N(0, σ²) innovations. Each series is built by recursion with c = 0. For each series, ρ̂ is the OLS slope of y_t on (1, y_{t−1}) for t = 2,…,30 (29 observations). It is computed from demeaned cross-products, and the result was checked against `numpy.linalg.lstsq` on one replication. Then `bias_mc` = mean(ρ̂) − ρ and `bias_mc_se` = sd(ρ̂)/√R.\n- **Nature of the analytical formula.** −(1+3ρ)/n is the leading term of an asymptotic expansion of E[ρ̂] − ρ in powers of 1/n: bias = −(1+3ρ)/n + O(n⁻²). It is accurate in the sense that the approximation error shrinks faster than 1/n as n → ∞. It is not an exact formula, and it is not guaranteed to be accurate at any particular small n. The neglected higher-order terms are expected to matter more when n is small and when ρ is close to 1.\n\n## Results\n- Mean of ρ̂: `rho_hat_mean` = 0.6763. Monte Carlo bias: `bias_mc` = −0.1237.\n- Analytical approximation: `bias_analytical` = −0.1133. The Monte Carlo bias is about 9% larger in magnitude (`supp_ratio_bias_mc_to_analytical` = 1.092).\n- Standardised difference: `discrepancy_se_units` = −9.85 Monte Carlo standard errors. The formula therefore under-states the magnitude of the true bias at this design, and the gap is far too large to be Monte Carlo noise.\n- Is the gap just a matter of using n − 1 = 29 (the effective regression sample) in place of n = 30? No. That version of the formula gives −0.1172 (`supp_bias_analytical_n_minus_1`), which still leaves a gap of about −6.1 standard errors (computed in the P4 checks).\n- Size of the bias relative to sampling spread: the bias is roughly the same size as the asymptotic s.e. (`se_asymptotic` = 0.1095). The Monte Carlo sd of ρ̂ is `rho_hat_sd_mc` = 0.1489, about 1.36 times the asymptotic s.e. (`supp_ratio_sd_mc_to_se_asymptotic`). The distribution of ρ̂ is skewed to the left: its median is 0.699 (`supp_rho_hat_median`), above its mean.\n\n## Uncertainty\nThe Monte Carlo standard error of the bias is `bias_mc_se` = 0.00105. A normal-approximation 95% interval for the true bias is therefore about [−0.1258, −0.1216]. This interval does not contain −0.1133 (`bias_analytical`). With R = 20000 independent replications, the central limit theorem justifies the normal approximation for the mean even though ρ̂ is skewed. `bias_analytical` and `se_asymptotic` are deterministic and have no Monte Carlo error. The results are exactly reproducible given the seed. A different seed would move `bias_mc` by roughly ±1 `bias_mc_se`.\n\n## Limitations and open issues\n- **Scope of the Monte Carlo evidence.** The simulation measures the exact finite-sample bias, up to Monte Carlo error, at a single design point: n = 30, ρ = 0.8, Gaussian errors, stationary start, intercept estimated. It shows that at this point the first-order formula is off by about 0.010, roughly 9% of the bias. It does **not** show that the formula is \"wrong\" in its intended asymptotic sense, because a gap at fixed n is consistent with an O(n⁻²) remainder. A single n cannot verify or refute a rate statement. The results also do not carry over to other n, other ρ (especially values near 1), non-Gaussian or heteroskedastic errors, non-stationary starts, or regressions without an intercept, where the leading term is −2ρ/n instead.\n- **Ambiguity in n.** The formula was evaluated at n = 30 as instructed (\"at the design values\"). The n − 1 variant is reported only as a supplementary check, and it does not change the conclusion.\n- **Supplementary keys.** Keys prefixed `supp_` are descriptive extras computed by `out/analysis.py`. 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No data issues were found (`data_issues` = []). The one filtering rule, dropping replications with a non-finite ρ̂, removed 0 replications (`out/exclusions.csv`). That leaves `n_analysed` = 20000 = `n_replications`.\n\n## Method\n- **Analytical baseline.** `bias_analytical` = −(1+3ρ)/n with n = 30 (the design series length), which gives −0.11333. The textbook asymptotic standard error is `se_asymptotic` = √((1−ρ²)/n) = 0.1095.\n- **Monte Carlo.** We used `numpy.random.default_rng(20261029)`. The draws come in a fixed order: first y_1 ~ N(0, σ²/(1−ρ²)) for all R series, then an R×(n−1) matrix of N(0, σ²) innovations. Each series is built by recursion with c = 0. For each series, ρ̂ is the OLS slope of y_t on (1, y_{t−1}) for t = 2,…,30 (29 observations). It is computed from demeaned cross-products, and the result was checked against `numpy.linalg.lstsq` on one replication. Then `bias_mc` = mean(ρ̂) − ρ and `bias_mc_se` = sd(ρ̂)/√R.\n- **Nature of the analytical formula.** −(1+3ρ)/n is the leading term of an asymptotic expansion of E[ρ̂] − ρ in powers of 1/n: bias = −(1+3ρ)/n + O(n⁻²). It is accurate in the sense that the approximation error shrinks faster than 1/n as n → ∞. It is not an exact formula, and it is not guaranteed to be accurate at any particular small n. The neglected higher-order terms are expected to matter more when n is small and when ρ is close to 1.\n\n## Results\n- Mean of ρ̂: `rho_hat_mean` = 0.6763. Monte Carlo bias: `bias_mc` = −0.1237.\n- Analytical approximation: `bias_analytical` = −0.1133. The Monte Carlo bias is about 9% larger in magnitude (`supp_ratio_bias_mc_to_analytical` = 1.092).\n- Standardised difference: `discrepancy_se_units` = −9.85 Monte Carlo standard errors. The formula therefore under-states the magnitude of the true bias at this design, and the gap is far too large to be Monte Carlo noise.\n- Is the gap just a matter of using n − 1 = 29 (the effective regression sample) in place of n = 30? No. That version of the formula gives −0.1172 (`supp_bias_analytical_n_minus_1`), which still leaves a gap of about −6.1 standard errors (computed in the P4 checks).\n- Size of the bias relative to sampling spread: the bias is roughly the same size as the asymptotic s.e. (`se_asymptotic` = 0.1095). The Monte Carlo sd of ρ̂ is `rho_hat_sd_mc` = 0.1489, about 1.36 times the asymptotic s.e. (`supp_ratio_sd_mc_to_se_asymptotic`). The distribution of ρ̂ is skewed to the left: its median is 0.699 (`supp_rho_hat_median`), above its mean.\n\n## Uncertainty\nThe Monte Carlo standard error of the bias is `bias_mc_se` = 0.00105. A normal-approximation 95% interval for the true bias is therefore about [−0.1258, −0.1216]. This interval does not contain −0.1133 (`bias_analytical`). With R = 20000 independent replications, the central limit theorem justifies the normal approximation for the mean even though ρ̂ is skewed. `bias_analytical` and `se_asymptotic` are deterministic and have no Monte Carlo error. The results are exactly reproducible given the seed. A different seed would move `bias_mc` by roughly ±1 `bias_mc_se`.\n\n## Limitations and open issues\n- **Scope of the Monte Carlo evidence.** The simulation measures the exact finite-sample bias, up to Monte Carlo error, at a single design point: n = 30, ρ = 0.8, Gaussian errors, stationary start, intercept estimated. It shows that at this point the first-order formula is off by about 0.010, roughly 9% of the bias. It does **not** show that the formula is \"wrong\" in its intended asymptotic sense, because a gap at fixed n is consistent with an O(n⁻²) remainder. A single n cannot verify or refute a rate statement. 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The review is saved to `out/review/review.json`.\n\n- **Reproducibility:** I re-ran `out/analysis.py` in a scratch copy and the `results.json` it produced was exactly the same as the submitted one. All required keys are present. The derived values are correct:\n - `bias_analytical` = −(1+3·0.8)/30 = −0.1133\n - `se_asymptotic` = 0.1095\n - `discrepancy_se_units` = −9.85\n- **Following the design:** the code reads only `data/design.csv` and follows it exactly: n=30, ρ=0.8, σ=1, c=0, stationary start, intercept included, R=20000, seed 20261029. The OLS slope is computed correctly from demeaned values and checked against `lstsq`. My own simulation, using a separate least-squares fit for each replication and a different draw order, gave a bias of −0.1219. That is about 1.7 standard errors from the reported −0.1237, which is ordinary simulation noise.\n- **Claims:** they match the numbers. The report correctly calls the formula the leading 1/n term of an asymptotic expansion. It also says the gap at a single n does not show the formula is wrong in that asymptotic sense, and it does not generalise beyond this one design point.\n\n**Minor issues:**\n- **R1:** The −6.1 standard-error gap for the n−1 version of the formula (claim C3) is not stored in `results.json`. It checks out at −6.14, but it should be saved as a results key so the claim can be traced.\n- **R2:** The report says a different seed would move `bias_mc` by \"roughly ±1\" standard error. That understates normal variation, since differences of 1–2 standard errors are common.\n\n**Summary:** The submission is correct and reproduces exactly. The simulated bias (−0.1237 ± 0.0011) is about 9% larger in magnitude than the analytical approximation (−0.1133). That gap is about 9.9 standard errors, far too large to be simulation noise, and the report interprets it properly as a finite-sample error of a first-order approximation. 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