Sorry I couldn't reply over the weekend. I appreciate all the comments and Allin and Jacks's explanations. I now see how it is indeed a better idea to use this as an example for showing gretl's scripting functionality as Peter suggested. Cheers Talha
On Nov 9, 2007 7:12 PM, Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu> wrote: > On Fri, 9 Nov 2007, Talha Yalta wrote: > > > I am using gretl to teach the intro. to econometrics class. > > > > Gujarati's text along with other popular texts such as Hill, > > Griffiths,Lim mentions the Jarque-Bera normality test. Iknow that Lee > > Adkins' ebook offers a gretl script for this test, however, I was > > wondering if this test could be implemented. > > I suppose so, though the literature suggests that Doornik-Hansen, > which is what we have, is better. > > > If yes, I also wonder if it could be made available as an option > > for the normality of the residuals under model tests. Is it > > possible to also have an option to set the number of bins for > > the chi^2 test here? > > On the second question the answer is No, since it's not a "number > of bins" thing; see Doornik and Hansen (1994), referenced in the > bibliography to the Gretl Users' Guide. > > http://www.doornik.com/research/normal2.pdf > > Allin. > > _______________________________________________ > Gretl-users mailing list > Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu > http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users > -- "Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment." - Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) --
