Eviews Manual for Econometric Estimation

BPBE 361.3(2012-13 Winter Term)
Intermediate Statistics and Decision Making (CRN 27699)
Eviews Manual for Lab session
Lab: 2:30 – 4:40pm, Wednesday
Venue: 3D67

Starting Eviews
Steps:
➢ Click on the Start button on the taskbar ➢ Look for All programs and click on it ➢ Click on Eviews 7 folder

➢ Double click on Eviews to lunch it Eviews Window

Creating a workfile and importing data
Steps:
➢ Click on File in the already opened Eviews Window ➢ Click on New ➢ Double click on Workfile to open

➢ Choose:

a) Unstructured/undated under Workfile structure when data has no regular pattern

1. Enter the number of observations under Data range

2. Click OK

b) Dated – regular frequency under Workfile structure type if the data has regular date pattern. e.g. Monthly, weekly etc.

1. Choose frequency type under Data specification

2. Enter start and end dates

3. Click OK

c) Balanced Panel – if dealing with panel data

1. Enter end and start dates

2. Enter number of cross-sections

3. Click OK

Saving workfile
Steps
➢ Click on Save in the workfile window ➢ Select where you want to save the file

➢ Name the file

➢ Click on Save

Alternatively:

➢ Click on File in the Eviews Window

➢ Click on Save As

➢ Select location to save file

➢ Enter file name

➢ Click Save

Opening saved workfile

Steps

➢ Click on File in the Eviews Window

➢ Click on Open in the drop-down list

➢ Click on Workfile

➢ Select file location and double click to load

Importing data from Excel
Steps:
➢ Click on File in the Eviews Window ➢ Select Import in the drop-down list ➢ Click on Import from File ➢ Double click the file location. E.g. desktop, etc. ➢ Click on the exact file ➢ Click on Open ➢ Click on next(s) and follow through to Finish

Editing data