Autocorrelations are by definition linear.  Do you mean non-linear 
dependencies in a bivariate scatterplot?

There are many such tests, but R is not the plase to find them.  Pierre 
l'Ecuyer has a test suite, and George Marsaglia's DIEHARD can still be 
found.


On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> Is there a test in R for the randomness of a sequence of observations (e.g.
> to test the random number generator)? Specifically I am looking for autocorrelations
> which are not necessarily linear in nature, which the acf function does
> not seem to be flexible enough to detect as it tests for linear autocorrelation.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Paul.

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