<p>As suggested above, R is an excellent language/program and suitable for almost anything in economics.</p>

<p>However, if you're looking for a free graphical interface program like Eviews, I'd give gretl (<a href="http://gretl.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">http://gretl.sourceforge.net/</a>) a try.</p>

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John L.
<p>The standard open source statistical language is <em>R</em>. The R-Project homepage is <a href="https://www.r-project.org/">here</a>. Here is a page about <a href="https://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/library/stats/html/arima.html">ARIMA in R</a>. If you want to try using R without having to install anything, then I would recommend <a href="https://www.getdatajoy.com/">DataJoy</a>, which provides a free web-based R environment.</p>

<p>Note that R is an entire statistical computing language, so you may find that there is quite a big overhead for learning the language before you can start doing your ARIMA analysis.</p>

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Ubiquitous
<p>Can someone guide me in acquiring an application similar to EViews? I need a free application where I can incorporate the ARIMA model.</p>

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Free alternative to EViews for ARIMA modelling
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# Free alternative to EViews for ARIMA modelling

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-08-27)

Can someone guide me in acquiring an application similar to EViews? I need a free application where I can incorporate the ARIMA model.

**Tags:** econometrics, software

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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-08-27. Score: 5

The standard open source statistical language is *R*. The R-Project homepage is [here](https://www.r-project.org/). Here is a page about [ARIMA in R](https://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/library/stats/html/arima.html). If you want to try using R without having to install anything, then I would recommend [DataJoy](https://www.getdatajoy.com/), which provides a free web-based R environment.

Note that R is an entire statistical computing language, so you may find that there is quite a big overhead for learning the language before you can start doing your ARIMA analysis.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-08-27. Score: 4

As suggested above, R is an excellent language/program and suitable for almost anything in economics.

However, if you're looking for a free graphical interface program like Eviews, I'd give gretl (<http://gretl.sourceforge.net/>) a try.


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