quarterly to annual), and converting between different types of panel data. from monthly to quarterly), low to high frequencies (e.g.
How to create binary, or dummy variables, based upon an observation's date, or the values of other variables.Ĭonverting data from one frequency to another, including moving from high to low frequencies (e.g.
The Group object, which is simply a collection of Series objects, is also explained.Īn introduction into the most common series creation and manipulation functions in EViews, including random-number generators, time-series functions and statistical functions.Ī description of the EViews functions that deal with dates and dated data. This tutorial explains how to create new series, bring data into series, use automatically updating series, and how to display different views of your series. The Series object is the most fundamental object in EViews - they are the objects that contain your data. You will learn how to use EViews' deep understanding of time frequencies to easily selectĭifferent date ranges to work with, or, if you are using cross-sectional data, pick different categories or cross-sections. Samples are an important part of EViews, and allow you to easily work with different parts of your data. EViews BasicsĪ brief introduction to EViews, including a guide to finding your way around the EViews interface.Īn introduction to the Workfile, EViews' main data file format, including how to create new empty workfiles, and how to import data from other sources into your EViews workfile.
You should note that the tutorials are written based on EViews 11, however the vast majority of material covered in them is applicable to earlier versions of EViews too.
Each tutorial is available in Microsoft Powerpoint® format, along with the data files, bundled together in a Zip file, in the Download Package area of of the side bar of each tutorial. The data files are available in the Supporting Files side bar of each tutorial. The tutorials are split into self-contained sessions, although we recommend that new users of EViews work their way through the tutorials one by one.Įach tutorial is accompanied by data files so that you may follow the tutorials in your own copy of EViews.
Below you will find a set of tutorials teaching the basics of EViews.