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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787959903321

Autore

Mills T

Titolo

Analysing Economic Data [[electronic resource] ] : A Concise Introduction / / by T. Mills

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-137-40190-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Collana

Palgrave Texts in Econometrics, , 2662-6594

Disciplina

330.015195

Soggetti

Economic theory

StatisticsĀ 

Econometrics

Social sciences

Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods

Statistical Theory and Methods

Statistics for Business, Management, Economics, Finance, Insurance

Methodology of the Social Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.