Software Reviews : RATS (Regression Analysis of Time Series) with E-Z-RATS,Version 1.20 Reviewed by Mei-chu W. Hsiao,University of Colorado at Denver Publisher: VAR Econometrics,134 Prospect Avenue South,Minneapolis,MN 55419 (telephone: 612-822-9690) Year of Publication: Copyright 1985,1984 Materials: 4 disks of RATS (or RATSLM) large memory version,3 disks of RATSSM standard version (small memory),RATS and RATS5M Installation Guides,and RATS User's Manual,version 4.30 Price: $300.00 for RATS large memory version (additional $20.00 for a copy of RATSSM for use on the same machine). $200.00 for RATSSM standard version (additional $50.00 for graphics driver). Availability: IBM-PC,XT,AT or PC-compatible System Requirements: 256K of memory for RATSSM or 384K of memory for RATS,Ms or PC-DOS 2.0 (or higher) operating system,2-diskette drives with 320KB or a hard disk,with or without 8087 (or 80287) numerical processor chip,and Ism color graphics board or compatible boards for graphics. Effectiveness: Excellent User-Friendliness: Good Documentation: Excellent

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