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Tutorial4 Series Groups PartA

The document discusses creating new series objects in EViews. It provides 3 examples: 1. Creating an empty series called "series1" using the Object > New Object menu. 2. Creating "series2" through the command window using the "series" command. 3. Creating "series3" using the Quick Menu's Empty Group option, which opens an editable spreadsheet to define the new series. All examples result in empty series with the workfile's structure and NA values.

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Tutorial4 Series Groups PartA

The document discusses creating new series objects in EViews. It provides 3 examples: 1. Creating an empty series called "series1" using the Object > New Object menu. 2. Creating "series2" through the command window using the "series" command. 3. Creating "series3" using the Quick Menu's Empty Group option, which opens an editable spreadsheet to define the new series. All examples result in empty series with the workfile's structure and NA values.

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EViews Training

Data Objects Basics: Series and Groups

Note: Data and workfiles for this tutorial are provided in:
Data: Data.xlsx
Results: Results.wf1
Practice Workfile: Data.wf1
Data Series Objects: Series and Groups
Series and Groups are the most important Data Objects in Eviews.

The actual numeric values of your data are held in the Series Object.

A collection of Series (multiple data columns) comprises a Group Object.

This tutorial demonstrates basic work with Series and Groups:


Creating a Series
Bringing data into EViews
Creating New Series from Existing Series
Creating AutoSeries
Handling Missing Observations
Editing, documenting and displaying a Series
Creating Groups and working with Groups

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Data and Workfile Documentation
Data.wf1 and Data.xlsx have a number of pages (tabs) with the following
data:

Workfile Page: Timeseries (Data.xlsx tab Timeseries):


quarterly, Q1 1980 Q1 2012
GDP real GDP data (billions of dollars) from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
GDP_revised and GDP_revised1 real GDP data; slightly changed from original series.
PCE real consumption data (billions of dollars) from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Inv real private sector investments (billions of dollars) from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
G real government spending (billions of dollars) from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Trend its a trend series, starting with 1 and growing over time.
Edit_series a simple series with a few initial values.
S- a series with only one initial value.

Workfile Page: Missing_Example1 (Data.xlsx tab Missing_Example1): quarterly, Q1


1980 Q1 2012
Inv real private sector investments (billions of dollars) from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Missing data coded as none
Data and Workfile Documentation (contd)
Workfile Page: Missing_Example2 (Data.xlsx tab Missing_Example2): quarterly, Q1
1980 Q1 2012
Inv real private sector investments (billions of dollars) from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Missing data coded as 0

Workfile Page: Missing_Example3 (Data.xlsx tab Missing_Example3): quarterly, Q1


1980 Q1 2012
Inv real private sector investments (billions of dollars) from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Missing data coded as -999, -99, and -9.

Workfile Page: Missing_Regression (Data.xlsx tab Missing_Regression): quarterly,


Q1 1980 Q1 2012
GDP real GDP data (billions of dollars) from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Inv real private sector investments (billions of dollars) from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Missing data coded as NA

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Creating a New Series
Creating a New Series: Example 1
There are a number of ways to create a new (empty) series in EViews.

Creating a series: Example 1


1. Click on the page named Timeseries
in Data.wf1.
2. Select Object New Object from
the main menu.
3. Click the Series option, name it (in
this case series1).
4. Click OK.

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Creating a New Series: Example 1 (contd)

The new series has the


structure of the workfile
and NA in all entries.

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Creating a New Series: Example 2
Another way to create a series is through the command window.

Creating a series : Example 2


1. On the command window
type:
series series2
Note: This instructs EViews to
create a new series and name it
series2.
2. Press Enter.
3. Locate the new series
(series2) in the workfile and
open it.
. The result is the new series
(series2), which has the
structure of the workfile and
NA in all entries.

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Creating a New Series: Example 3
You can also use Quick menu items to create a series.

Creating a series: Example 3


1. Click Quick Empty Group (Edit Series) from the menu toolbar.

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Creating a New Series: Example 3 (contd)
2. A window opens up with a
blank spreadsheet and
dates on the side.
3. Scroll up one line (to the
top of the spreadsheet) and
type the name of the series
(series2 here).
4. Click Enter. The Series
create dialog box opens
up so you can specify the
type of series.
5. Pick numeric series if
the series you are creating
will be filled with numeric
values.
6. Click OK.

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Creating a New Series: Example 3 (contd)

7. Close the untitled group (EViews


asks if you would like to delete
Untitled group; click Yes).
8. Locate series3 in the workfile and
open it.
9. The new series series3 has the
structure of the workfile and NA in
all entries.

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