A (Very) Brief Introduction to Shazam

Abstract

Subject Areas: Econometrics. Statistics. Software.

Situation:

This is a technical note to be used as background material for student use of the Shazam software. Shazam is a very powerful package for statistics and econometrics that occupies only four megabytes of disk space. In addition to the hundreds of commands and options that Shazam offers, with a bit of skill you can program yourself just about anything you may need from an econometric point of view. This note only attempts to help the student with his or her very first steps in Shazam, such as the handling of files and a few basic commands. As usual when working with computer programs, doing is better than reading.