Analysing Economic Data : A Concise Introduction / by T. Mills.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mills, T., Author.

Series:

Palgrave Texts in Econometrics, 2662-6608

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Econometrics.

Statistics.

Sociology--Methodology.

Sociology.

Quantitative Economics.

Statistical Theory and Methods.

Statistics in Business, Management, Economics, Finance, Insurance.

Sociological Methods.

Local Subjects:

Quantitative Economics.

Statistical Theory and Methods.

Econometrics.

Statistics in Business, Management, Economics, Finance, Insurance.

Sociological Methods.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2014.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137401908

1137401907