Analysing Economic Data [electronic resource] : A Concise Introduction /
Mills, T.author.
Covers the key issues required for students wishing to understand and analyse the core empirical issues in economics. It focuses on descriptive statistics, probability concepts and basic econometric techniques and has an accompanying website that contains all the data used in the examples and provides exercises for undertaking original research.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title ; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; 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 Th e 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 Models18 Basic Time Series Models; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Covers the key issues required for students wishing to understand and analyse the core empirical issues in economics. It focuses on descriptive statistics, probability concepts and basic econometric techniques and has an accompanying website that contains all the data used in the examples and provides exercises for undertaking original research.
Economic theory.
Mathematical statistics.
Econometrics.
Statistics.
Social sciences
Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.
Statistical Theory and Methods.
Econometrics.
Statistics for Business, Management, Economics, Finance, Insurance.
Methodology of the Social Sciences.