Analysing economic data : a concise introduction by Mills, Terence C instant download

Analysing economic data : a concise introduction by Mills, Terence C instant download

xii, 297 sidor, This book is an introductory text on analyzing economic data, covering all the key issues required for students wishing to understand and analyse core empirical issues in economics. It focuses on descriptive statistics, probability concepts and basiceconometrics and uses many relevant and contemporary economic examples to illustrate these techniques. The book has an accompanying website that contains all the data used in the examples and also provides Econometric Views exercises for both replicating the examples and undertaking original research. It is thus an essential text for both those being confronted with economic data analysis for the first time and those undertaking their first research projects in economics, Includes bibliographical references and index, 1 Introduction -- 2 Presenting and Summarising Data -- 3 Transforming Data -- 4 Index Numbers -- 5 Correlation -- 6 Regression -- 7 Basic Concepts of Probability -- 8 Probability Distributions -- 9 Continuous Random Variables and Probability Density Functions -- 10 Sampling and Sampling Distributions -- 11 Estimation and Inference -- 12 The Classical Linear Regression Model -- 13 Multiple Regression -- 14 Autocorrelation -- 15 Heteroskedasticity -- 16 Simultaneity, Instrumental Variables and Non-normal Errors -- 17 Testing for Stability in Regression Models -- 18 Basic Time Series Models