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Part I: Getting Started with OxMetrics

1. Introduction

1.1 What is new?
1.1.1 What was new in OxMetrics 4
1.1.2 For GiveWin 2 users
1.2 Availability
1.3 Citation
1.4 Help
1.5 Installation
1.6 Modular structure
1.7 Registration
1.8 Updates
1.9 Algebra
1.10 Batch
1.11 Data storage
1.12 Filenames and their extensions
1.13 OxMetrics languages
1.14 Sample periods
1.15 Status bar
1.16 Tool bars
1.17 Documentation conventions

2. Getting Started

2.1 Starting OxMetrics
2.2 Registering OxMetrics
2.3 Loading and viewing the tutorial data set
2.4 OxMetrics graphics
2.5 Calculator
2.6 Algerba
2.7 The workspace

3. OxMetrics Modules

3.1 OxMetrics Modules
3.2 Financial data
3.3 Weekly and daily data
3.4 PcGive

Part II: OxMetrics Tutorials

4. Tutorial on Graphics

4.1 Descriptive graphics
4.2 Actual series with optimal transformations
4.3 Multiple series with optional transformations
4.4 Scatter plots
4.5 Distribution
4.6 Time-series: AFC etc
4.7 QQ plots
4.8 Two series by third
4.9 3-dimensional plots
4.10 Conclusions

5. Tutorial on Graph Editining

5.1 Multiple graphs
5.2 Graphics paper: areas and coordinates
5.3 Graphics view
5.4 New Data Plot Window
5.5 Copy and paste
5.6 About line colour and style
5.7 Editing graphs: Graphics properties
5.8 Graphics setup
5.9 Adding and removing from a graph
5.10 Drawing
5.11 Adding text and variables
5.12 Legends
5.13 Scaling variables

6. Tutorial on Data Input and Output

6.1 Open Data File and files types
6.2 From paper to OxMetrics
6.3 From OxMetrics to disk
6.4 From disk to OxMetrics
6.5 Adding variables using the clipboard
6.6 Changing the sample period
6.7 Appending data
6.8 Working with daily and weekly data

7. Tutorial on Data Transformaion

7.1 Calculator
7.2 Advanced algebra

Part II: OxMetrics Reference

8. OxMetrics Statistics

8.1 Actual series and scatter plots
8.2 Mean, standard deviation and variance
8.3 Autocorrelation function (ACF) or covariogram
8.4 Partial authocorrelation function(PACF)
8.5 Correlogram
8.6 Cross-correlation function
8.7 Periodogram
8.8 Spectral density
8.9 Histogram,estimated density and distribution
8.10 Regression lines and smooths
8.11 QQ plot
8.12 Box plot
8.13 Exponentially-weighted moving average (EWMA)
8.14 Exponentially- weighted moving correlation

9. OxMetrics file formats

9.1 OxMetrics data files (.in7/ .bn7)
9.2 Spreadsheet files (.xls, .wks, .cvs)
9.3 Data by observation (.dat)
9.4 Data with load info (.dat)
9.5 Gauss data file (.dht/ .dat)
9.6 Stata data file (.dta)
9.7 Results file (.out)
9.8 Batch file (.fl)
9.9 Algebra file (.alg)
9.10 Ox file (.ox)
9.11 TSP file (.tsp)
9.12 Matrix file (.mat)
9.13 OxMetrics graphics file (.gwg)
9.14 PostScript file(.eps)
9.15 PostScript file(.ps)
9.16 Enchanced meta file (.emf)
9.17 Windows meta file (.wmf)

10. Algebra Language

10.1 Introduction
10.2 Executing Algebra code
10.3 Syntax of Algebra language
10.4 Algebra Functions

11. Batch Languages

11.1 Introduction
11.2 Excecuting Batch commnads
11.3 Batch files and default folders
11.4 Batch commands summary
11.5 Batch commands
11.6 Examples

12. OxMetrics graphics

12.1 Graphic paper
12.2 Creating graphs
12.3 Printing graphs
12.4 Graphics formats
12.5 Editing Graphs
12.7 Copy and paste
12.8 Graphs and sample selection
12.9 Text formatting

13. OxMetrics data management

13.1 Creating data
13.2 Database font
13.3 Databae description
13.4 Printing data
13.5 Data formats
13.6 Summary Statistics
13.7 Saving data
13.8 Navigation and editing
13.9 Renaming variables
13.10 Deleting variables
13.11 Reordering variables
13.12 Adding variables
13.13 Extending or reducing the sample period
13.14 Copy and paste
13.15 Appending data
13.16 Daily, weekly and timed data

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