MATRIXER
Matrixer is a piece of software especially suited for teaching econometrics and doing medium-scale applied research. It is small (in physical size, not in capabilities) and has smooth interface. Many routine operations could be done in seconds.
The program provides many classical as well as more recent econometric techniques and models
Linear regression
Binomial logit and probit
Ordered probit
Censored (tobit) and truncated regression
Poisson and negative binomial regressions
Regression with multiplicative heteroskedasticity
GARCH regression
Regression with ARMA errors
Box-Jenkins model (ARIMA) with dynamic forecasts
ARFIMA-FIGARCH (long-memory models)
(Generalized) instrumental variables estimator
Nonparametric regression
Nonparametric density estimation
Quantile regression
Simultaneous equations, 2SLS, 3SLS and FIML
Vector autoregression
Nonlinear regression
Nonlinear instrumental variables method
Method of maximum likelihood
The program includes many other helpful features to handle and analyze data
Descriptive statistics (mean, variance, etc.)
Various data plots
Visual data description (histogram, spectral density estimate, autocorrelation function)
Table of correlations between variables
Probability calculator (normal, Student t, chi-square, Fisher F)
Dickey-Fuller test (additional files are needed)
Vector and matrix operations (that is why it was called Matrixer).
Small build-in programming language for writing macros
Table editor
Fast drawing of function plots according to formulas
3D plots
Powerful data import from text files (download examples)
Data export to several popular formats
History of commands
| System requirements Windows 95> |
Current version 5.1 beta |
| Size 1.37 Mb (setup) |
Date August 5, 2004 |
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| Read these hints if you have difficulties with downloading from this site | ||
| How to install Matrixer | ||
| Author Alexander Tsyplakov |
Alexander Tsyplakov Homepage |
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Registration
The current version of Matrixer is free for non-commercial use. One can download and run it freely. So in fact there is no registration. However, Matrixer costs a lot of time to produce, so, please, pay for it if you’ll use it for a long enough time and find it helpful. Consider this as philanthropy (scientific grant).
The fee is $40. Payments are made through RegSoft.com payment processing service.
Brief history
The project started in 1994 when Alexander Tsyplakov was a student of Novosibirsk State University. The reason for starting Matrixer was a dissatisfaction with Statgraphics which was at that time the only statistical program available to the author.
Matrixer was used by the author to do his own research on Russian inflation and to teach econometrics in Novosibirsk.
The first versions ran under MS DOS. There was some experience with free English DOS version of Matrixer. One may find some traces of it in the depth of Internet.
