EasyReg 2000 has been further developed into EasyReg International,
which is much better. The main differences between EasyReg International and EasyReg 2000 are:
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EasyReg International accepts commas and/or dots as decimal delimiters,
regardless the number setting of Windows. Previously you had to change
the number setting of Window, which was a problem on European Windows NT
networks.
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Previously the data in folder EASYREG.DAT
was stored in text file INPUT (in default EasyReg data format 1), and text
file DATINFO containing the information about the data type, the frequency
and date of the first observation in the case of time series, and the total
number of observations. EasyReg International stores the data in two random access files,
INPUT1.RAN and INPUT2.RAN, so that the data can be imported much faster.
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If you start-up EasyReg International in a
folder containing a sub-folder EASYREG.DAT created by EasyReg 2000 or older,
the files INPUT and DATINFO are automatically converted into the random
access files INPUT1.RAN and INPUT2.RAN.
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The Johansen cointegration approach in EasyReg International now includes innovation
response analysis with cointegrated vector error correction models.
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The 3D plots in EasyReg International have been upgraded. My home made 3D plot
procedure now generates (almost) professional looking pictures.
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EasyReg International accepts Excel files in CSV format directly.
The CSV format is now the default data format, but the former EasyReg default
data file format (format 1) is still supported. Therefore, it is convenient
but not necessary to have Microsoft Excel installed.
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In EasyReg International you choose the input file first, and then the location
of the folder EASYREG.DAT, rather then the other way around in the previous
version. The latter caused too much confusion.
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All the EasyReg International modules except the start up modules EASYREG
and EASYREGN
are now Multiple Document Interface (MDI) programs, so that it is now safe
to minimize EasyReg while it is doing number crunching in the background.
Previously EasyReg could then crash. Moreover, the windows of EasyReg 2000 do
not stick to the background window, and could therefore shift or be covered
up by other EasyReg windows. In that case you had to click the background
window in order to restore them. In EasyReg International the background
windows have been replaced with MDI windows, with sticky child windows:
the child windows cannot be moved, and in the case that two child windows
are visible the smaller one will get and keep the focus.
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The module EASYREGN now allows network administrators
to initialize EasyReg International for network use.
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The Kiefer-Vogelsang-Bunzel (KVB)
test of linear parameter restrictions in linear regression models has been
included in the "What to do next?" module of EasyReg International.
Reference:
- Kiefer, N. M. , T. J. Vogelsang, and H. Bunzel (2000): "Simple Robust
Testing of Regression Hypotheses", Econometrica 68, 695-714.
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EasyReg International supports user-defined nonlinear regression,
maximum likelihood, and nonlinear GMM models.
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and more.
EasyReg 2000 is no longer available. Instead, download
EasyReg International via the link below.
The reason for keeping this page on the web is
that some web sites still have links to it.
EasyReg International page.
