Software Reviews : LIMDEP Reviewed by Charles Tolbert,Florida State University Publisher: William H. Greene,Econometric Software,517 12th St.,Brooklyn,NY 11215 (telephone: 718-499-2674) Year of Publication: 1985 Materials: Three diskettes,manual (300+ pages) Price: $250 single copy,$500 academic-site license (unlimited copies at one installation Machine Specificity: IBM PC,XT,AT,Compaq,Zenith,any compatible System Requirements: 256K or 512K versions,8087(80287) math coprocessor optional,one disk drive,any display Effectiveness: Excellent User-Friendliness: Fair (for novice) Documentation: Good

LIMDEP is a powerful econometric-modeling program that may also be the best-valued statistical package for academic situations. Its capabilities include descriptive statistics, sophisticated regression modeling (including logit, tobit, and multinomial logit), and survival or duration models. The only shortcoming is the contingency-table procedure, which produces only two-way cross-tab- ulations.