A Guide to Using EViews with Using Econometrics A Practical Guide - R. R. Johnson.pdf

A Guide to Using EViews with
Using Econometrics: A Practical Guide

Written By

R. R. Johnson∗
University of San Diego

Introduction

In the Introduction:
1. Purpose of this guide
2. EViews help
3. EViews basics and objects
4. Mathematical expressions in EViews
5. Areas in EViews main window

Purpose of this guide:

Econometrics is defined by A. H. Studenmund1 to be "the quantitative measurement and analysis
of actual economic and business phenomena." This definition highlights the importance of
learning econometrics by working through examples. This guide demonstrates how to use
EViews plete the econometric analysis illustrated in the text. EViews output can be copied
and pasted into word processing files to facilitate the research report writing process.

Each chapter in this guide corresponds to a chapter in Using Econometrics: A PracticalGuide
(UE), by A. H. Studenmund. All of the econometric processes examined in a chapter are
reproduced in the corresponding chapter of this guide, using EViews whenever a data set is
This guide is a do-it-yourself manual and students should be able to reproduce the
econometric analysis described in UE, without further assistance from the instructor. Best results
are achieved when the text chapter is read first and then the operations are performed as you read
the guide. Most procedures described in this guide are explained in a step-by-step manner so that
even the novice user should be able to follow. The reader is advised to consult the owner's
manual or the help function in EViews in cases where: a deeper understanding of EViews'
functions is desired, a description of how EViews performs the calculations is desired, or
references to the source of the econometric theory applied by EViews is sought.

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I would like to thank A. H. Studenmund for his ments and a special thanks to Pat Johnson for her
superb editorial