PROGRAM FILE 142: SERIAL CORRELATION TEST OF RND FUNCTION.                      
    ANSI STANDARD 8.4                                                           
                                                                                
SECTION 142.1: SERIAL CORRELATION TEST OF RND FUNCTION.                         
                                                                                
THIS PROGRAM COMPUTES THE SERIAL CORRELATION COEFFICIENT                        
BETWEEN PAIRS OF ADJACENT RANDOM NUMBERS. THE RESULT IS                         
COMPARED WITH THE EXPECTED VALUE FOR UNIFORM INDEPENDENT                        
RANDOM NUMBERS. (BECAUSE THE PAIR I AND I+1 IS NOT                              
COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT OF I+1, I+2, THE EXPECTED VALUE                          
OF THE COEFFICIENT IS NOT EXACTLY ZERO.)                                        
                                                                                
***** THIS TEST IS INFORMATIVE ONLY *****                                       
                                                                                
                  BEGIN TEST                                                    
                                                                                
WITH ABOUT 95% PROBABILITY, WE EXPECT CORRELATION TO                            
EQUAL -.001001  + OR -  6.31822E-2                                              
                                                                                
THAT IS, WE EXPECT -6.41832E-2  <= CORRELATION <=  6.21812E-2                   
                                                                                
ACTUAL CORRELATION = -4.90899E-2                                                
                                                                                
*** INFORMATIVE TEST PASSED ***                                                 
                                                                                
                  END TEST                                                      
                                                                                
END PROGRAM 142                                                                 
