Using Statistica to...

This document describes how I used Statistica, from http://www.statsoft.com, to estimate a IS based Model, as requested in the terms of one assignment, using raw data provided as an excel spreadsheet. Check the final references for URLs that link to the assignment, to the spreadsheet and to the Statistica workbook that built the solution.

The model was built step-by-step and every step was recorded as a component of the Statistica workbook.
The final Statistica file holds 75 tables, 7 graphs and 3 raw data spreadsheets. You don’t have to have any previous Statistica experience to be able to read the workbook; however, if you download and open it, you’ll be able to understand in greater detail the steps taken towards the solution.

The workbook is neatly organized as a tree with branches corresponding to requests/suggestions of the original assignment. This document is a “digest” of the workbook, illustrated with selected snapshots and explaining the why and the how of the relevant steps.

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