import pandas as pd from matplotlib import pyplot as plt from statsmodels.graphics.tsaplots import plot_acf data = pd.read_table('./ecog2andamt1_auto.xls') print(data) ecog2 = data[['Distance', 'EcoG2']].set_index(['Distance']) amt1 = data[['Distance', 'AMT1']].set_index(['Distance']) print(data) plot_acf(ecog2, lags=999) #plot_acf(amt1, lags=500) plt.ylim(-0.1,0.1) plt.show()