Readers of Peter Tryfos, The Measurement of Economic Relationships, Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics, Vol. 41, Kluwer, 2004, may find useful the following Excel Add-in.

 

AltRegression

The program AltRegression (short for Alternative Regression) is a Microsoft Excel Add-In to calculate the least-squares estimates of a linear model, measure the contribution of one or more explanatory variables, and determine tolerance intervals for parameters and forecasts.

The Add-In can be found in the file AltRegression.xla (102KB). Instructions for installing and using the Add-In are in the file ARreadme.doc (143KB, requires Microsoft Word). The data used in Chapter 2 and the instructions are in the Excel file gascon.xls (14KB).

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