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Software/Tools
The site will provide links to software and
other downloadable tools for managing and analysing data. In due
course we expect to test all of the referenced sites, but unless explicitly
stated, the software will not have been tested.
Econometrics /
Environment / Health /
National Accounts /
Statistics
Econometrics
EasyReg International -- EasyReg,
according to its web site, "conducts various econometric estimation and
testing tasks on all 32bitWindows platforms (95/98/2000/XP/NT4), simply by
clicking a mouse. EasyReg is designed for empirical research .. and for
teaching econometrics." EasyReg is available at
http://econ.la.psu.edu/~hbierens/EASYREG.HTM .
The Econometrics Journal online publishes
a list of links to econometrics software on its website. The list includes a
brief description of each of the products. The list is a mixture of
commercial and free software. It is available at
http://www.feweb.vu.nl/econometriclinks/software.html .
Dr. Ray C. Fair of Yale University on his
web site provides two econometric models which can be downloaded for use on
your own computer. The site at
http://fairmodel.econ.yale.edu/main.htm has a US Model and a
multi-country model. The site also provides downloads (in pdf format) of
articles and books written by Dr. Fair at
http://fairmodel.econ.yale.edu/rayfair/worksd.htm .
Environment/Climate
Change
Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT). CAIT is an information and analysis
tool on global climate change produced by the World Resources Institute (WRI).
CAIT provides a data base of greenhouse gas emissions data and other climate
relevant indicators. Country level data is available with some time series
starting in 1850. CAIT runs in Excel through the use of macros. It requires
Excel 2000 or a more recent version. The software must be downloaded and
installed and is available from
http://cait.wri.org . The software is free but you have to register
before downloading.
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Health
EpiInfo (Windows Version) --
Epidemiologists and other public health and medical professionals can
rapidly develop a questionnaire or form, customize the data entry process,
and enter and analyze data. Epidemiologic statistics, tables, graphs, and
maps are produced with simple commands such as READ, FREQ, LIST, TABLES,
GRAPH, and MAP. Epi Map displays geographic maps with data from Epi Info.
This software provided by the US Center for
Disease Control is available at
http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/
HIV/AIDS -- UNAIDS provides a number
of tools specific to the HIV/AIDS epidemic at
http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/epidemiology/epi_softwaretools.asp .
These include:
- an Estimation and Projection Package
- "The Workbook Method"
which is a set of spreadsheets used to estimate and project adult HIV
prevalence from surveillance data.
- SPECTRUM which is a suite of
policy models.
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National Accounts
International Comparison Toolpak --
A World Bank toolkit for compiling, analysis and presentation of
International Comparison Programme data. The download and a description of
the software is available at
http://www.worldbank.org/data/icp/toolpak.htm .
Statistics
Free Statistical Software--
A webpage of links to free statistical software, complete with descriptions
of each of the packages is available at
http://members.aol.com/johnp71/javasta2.html
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An article on the use of Excel for Statistical Analysis is available at
http://www.agresearch.cri.nz/Science/Statistics/exceluse1.htm . The
article examines the accuracy of the Excel statistical routines with
different types of data.
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