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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of statistical analysis packages.
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SHAZAM is a comprehensive econometrics and statistics package for estimating, testing, simulating and forecasting many types of econometrics and statistical models. SHAZAM was originally created in 1977 by Kenneth White.
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- ↑ Renfro, Charles G. (2009). The Practice of Econometric Theory: An Examination of the Characteristics of Econometric Computation. Springer. pp. 241–246. ISBN 9783540755715.
- ↑ A Quick Guide to TSP
- ↑ Doti, James L.; Adibi, Esmael (1987). Econometric Analysis with MicroTSP Student Software: An Applications Approach. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-224114-5.
