Essential Statistics, Regression, and Econometrics
By Gary Smith
Key Features
Readable exposition and exceptional exercises/examples that students can relate to
Website includes java applets and Excel applications
Focuses on key methods for econometrics students without including unnecessary topics
Covers data analysis not covered in other texts
Ideal presentation of material (topic order) for econometrics course
Description
Essential Statistics, Regression, and Econometrics provides students with a readable, deep
understanding of the key statistical topics they need to understand in an econometrics
course. It is innovative in its focus, including real data, pitfalls in data analysis, and
modeling issues (including functional forms, causality, and instrumental variables). This
book is unusually readable and non-intimidating, with extensive word problems that
emphasize intuition and understanding. Exercises range from easy to challenging and the
examples are substantial and real, to help the students remember the technique better.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1.) Data, Data, Data
Chapter 2.) Displaying Data
Chapter 3.) Descriptive Statistics
Chapter 4.) Probability
Chapter 5.) Sampling
Chapter 6.) Estimation
Chapter 7.) Hypothesis Testing
Chapter 8.) Simple Regression
Chapter 9.) The Art of Regression Analysis
Chapter 10.) Multiple Regression
Chapter 11.) Modeling (Optional)
394 pages
Trim Size 7 1/2 X 10 7/16 in, Hardcover
