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The table command takes two optional arguments specifying the row and column dimension of the table, and is followed by the name you wish to give the matrix. If no sizing information is provided, the table will contain a single cell.

You may also include an assignment in the sym command. The symmetric matrix will be resized, if necessary. Once declared, symmetric matrices may be resized by repeating the sym command with new dimensions.

Examples

table onelement

declares a one element table

table(10,5) outtable

creates a table OUTTABLE with 10 rows and 5 columns.

Cross-references

Chapter 4, “Working with Tables”, on page 47 describes table formatting using commands. See Chapter 14, “Graphs, Tables, and Text Objects”, on page 413 of the User’s Guide for a general discussion and examples of table formatting in EViews.

See also freeze (p. 303).

Apply a template to a graph object.

If you apply template to a multiple graph object, the template options will be applied to each graph in the multiple graph. If the template graph is a multiple graph, the options of the first graph will be used.

Syntax

Follow the name of the graph to which you want to apply the template options with a period, the keyword template, and the name of a graph template. template may be one of the predefined template keywords: “default” (current global defaults), “classic”, “modern”, “reverse”, “midnight”, “spartan”, “monochrome”, or a named graph in the workfile.

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If you are using a boxplot as a template for another graph type, or vice versa, note that the graph types and boxplot specific attributes will not be changed. In addition, when the “t” option is used, vertical lines or shaded areas will not be copied between the graphs, since the horizontal scales differ.

Cross-references

See “Graph Templates” on page 422 of the User’s Guide for additional discussion.

Test whether to add regressors to an estimated equation.

Tests the hypothesis that the listed variables were incorrectly omitted from an estimated equation (only available for equations estimated by list). The test displays some combination of Wald and LR test statistics, as well as the auxiliary regression.

Syntax

List the names of the series or groups of series to test for omission after the keyword. The command form applies the test to the default equation, if defined.

Options

Examples

ls sales c adver lsales ar(1)

testadd gdp gdp(-1)

tests whether GDP and GDP(-1) belong in the specification for SALES. The commands:

equation oldeq.ls sales c adver lsales ar(1)

oldeq.testadd gdp gdp(-1)

perform the same test using a named equation object.

testbtw—501

pool1.testadd gdp? @cxreg inc?

tests the addition of the pool series GDP? to the common coefficients list and INC? to the cross-section specific coefficients list.

Cross-references

See “Coefficient Tests” on page 568 of the User’s Guide for further discussion. See also testdrop (p. 503) and wald (p. 530).

Test equality of the mean, median or variance between (among) series in a group.

Syntax

Examples

group g1 wage_m wage_f

g1.testbtw

g1.testbtw(var,c)

tests the equality of means between the two series WAGE_M and WAGE_F.

Cross-references

See “Tests of Equality” on page 378 of the User’s Guide for further discussion of these tests. See also testby (p. 502), teststat (p. 507).