Jetrei_Benito_How to Use Eviews

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How to Use Eviews


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What?


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Time-Series

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Examples:

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GETTING STARTED


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First:


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Example:

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Example:


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In Eviews, Press This


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Select the frequency of the data


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Input the date ofthe first observation


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Input the date ofthe last observation


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Press “OK”


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EVIEWS INTERFACE


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Menu Bar


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Workfile


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Command line


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IMPORTING DATA


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From the menu, press “Quick”


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Press “Empty Group”


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This will open a “Group Window”


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Note: There is no need to includethe date variable


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Click the Top Left Most Cell


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Paste the Data


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The Group Window can now beClosed …


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Eviews will ask if you are sure,Press “Yes”


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The new variables will be stored inthe Workfile automatically


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Alternatively, press “File”


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Select “Open”


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Select “Foreign Data as Workfile”


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Press This


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Press This


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And Select “Excel 97-2003 file” or…


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… “Excel file”


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Select the file


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Press “Open”


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Select the sheetwhere the data is stored


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Press “Next”


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Verify if the data is correct


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Press “Finish”


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The data will be transferredto a new Workfile


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BASIC DATA ANALYSIS


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For an Individual Variable,Double-click the Variable of Interest


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The variable will bedisplayed in a “Series Window”


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For Descriptive Statistics,Press “View”


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Select “Descriptive Statistics & Tests”


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Select “Histogram and Stats”


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The Series Window will display thesummary statistics


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To view the summary statistics ofmultiple variables


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Select the variables


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Press “View”


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Select “Open Selected”


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Press “One Window”


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Press “Open Group”


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This will open a Group Window


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Press “View”


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Select “Descriptive Stats”


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Select “Common Sample”

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The Group Window will display thesummary statistics


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To save as a table, Press “Freeze”


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This will create a “Table Window”


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Press “Name” to save to the table


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Type the name


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The table will now be saved on theworkfile


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CREATING GRAPHS

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For an Individual Variable,Double-click the Variable of Interest


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Press “View”


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Select “Graph”


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Select “Line & Symbol”


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Press “OK”

The Series Window will


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The Series Window willdisplay the graph


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To save the Graph, Press “Freeze”


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Press “OK”

The Graph will be saved in a


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The Graph will be saved in a “Graph Window”


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Press “Name”


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Type the name


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Press “OK”

The Graph is now saved


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The Graph is now savedin the Workfile

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Alternatively,Select the Variable of Interest


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Press “Quick”


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Select “Graph”


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Press “OK”


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Press “OK”

The graph will be displayed in a


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The graph will be displayed in aGraph Window

For multiple variables, select the


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For multiple variables, select thevariables


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P “G h”


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Press “Graph”

P “OK”


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Press “OK”


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S l “Li & S b l”


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P “OK”


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Press “OK”

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The graph will be created

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different scales!

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p , pneeds to be adjusted

Press “Options”


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Press “Options”

Press “Axes & Scaling”


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Press “Axes & Scaling”


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Select the Variable to be adjusted


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Select the Variable to be adjusted

Select “Right”


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Select Right

The Change will reflect automatically


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The Change will reflect automatically

Press “OK”


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Press OK

“Oil” is now properly represented


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in the graph!

To add a title Press “AddText”


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To add a title, Press AddText

Input the Title


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Input the Title

Select “Center”


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Select Center

Select “Top”


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Select Top

Press “OK”


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Press OK

The Graph now has a Title!


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The Graph now has a Title!


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SAVING THE WORKFILE

In the Workfile Press “Save”


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In the Workfile, Press Save

Input the file name


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Input the file name

Press “Save”


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Press Save

Press “OK”


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Press OK

The Workfile is now saved


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in the computer


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