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From: dquah@athena.mit.edu (Danny Quah)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Statistics, Equations, Editors
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Date: Wed, 15-Jul-87 20:46:54 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 15 20:46:54 1987
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Keywords: WYSIWYG, statistics, equations, editors
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In article <2524@husc6.UUCP> beck@husc4.UUCP ( beck) writes:
> There are two excellent econometrics
>programs for the MAC, RATS and SHAZAM. RATS has, I think, the better
>graphics package, but is somewhat less friendly (though much more
>powerful). Both programs are time series oriented, with SHAZAM possibly
>being a bit more flexible. RATS is distributed by VAR, somewhere near 
>Chicago, and SHAZAM by Ken White, Dept. of Econ., UBC.
>
	Since this has come up here, RATS is by Thomas A. Doan and
Robert B. Litterman, VAR Econometrics PO Box 1818, Evanston IL 60204-1818.
I haven't seen the MAC version, but swear by their PC and mainframe
implementations. I do all my econometrics in C and fortran usually;
RATS is the only econometrics package I will even go near.

Non-disclaimer: The (original) authors are good friends of mine, 
and I sympathize greatly with the approach and philosophy of the
RATS econometrics package, but I have no financial connection with
VAR econometrics.

--Danny
dquah@athena.mit.edu or dquah@dolphin.mit.edu
Dept. of Economics MIT, E52-262d, (617)253-0914


--Danny
dquah@athena.mit.edu or dquah@dolphin.mit.edu
Dept. of Economics, E52-262d, (617)253-0914