Re: [Gretl-users] No lags though option selected
Am 13.04.2014 12:55, schrieb Tim Nall:
gretl list,
One prob and one picayune complaint:
1) GRETL 1.9.14 Taiwan Windows XP professional, using GUI, [Add -->
lags of selected variables] has no effect. I have closed/reopened
GRETL, made sure I was selecting one or more variables, tried
repeatedly. The other options under the "Add" menu item all seem to
work.
cannot confirm with 1.9.14 on Win 8 (German).
2) I know this is picayune whining, and for that I do sincerely
apologize. But the users Guide etc. are all geared toward PhDs in
Stats or Econometrics: very heavy on the math equations (don't hate me
if I say "Who cares? I can't eat equations"), and all examples use
scripts instead of GUI. It's very, very, very hard (in fact, usually
impossible) to find out "If I encounter obstacle x, what do I do? And
if I find out what to do, how do I find it on the menus?" Sorry again.
Over and out.
I understand what you mean, and it probably would be nice to communicate
better the duality between menu items and script commands. OTOH, I think
one important perception problem that gretl has is that many researchers
think it's "just" a nice teaching tool, and don't view it as a serious
number-crunching package. So I'm not sure that stressing further the
nice GUI aspects is the most important thing.
Apart from that, can you give some concrete examples? IMHO the menu
items should be self-explanatory as far as possible.
cheers,
sven