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Guide to Econometrics

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A Guide to Econometrics has established itself as the first-choice text for teachers and students throughout the world who require an intuitive introduction to the subject without the notation and technical detail that characterize most textbooks. This overview has enabled students to make sense more easily of what instruct

640 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

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Peter E. Kennedy

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June 29, 2012
One of the best, and easy to use summary in statistics to check assumptions and ensure correct analysis. Statistics are more abused than used, which renders this book a superior reference against common-day abuses.
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March 15, 2007
A very good treatment of what Econometrics is, in plain English. Use a good undergrad book, this and book like Goldberger to supplement your undoubtedly unreadable PhD level textbook.
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206 reviews27 followers
August 10, 2011
A book such as this serves no purpose in this day and age when one can easily get terse summaries of different statistical and econometric techniques from Wikipedia. This book has an awful lot of words but very few examples of how to apply many of techniques in practice, so often it doesn't really help when you have a confusion that you're trying to clear up. If William Greene's Econometric Analysis is too mathematical, at least it has good examples of how to apply that math and sometimes the math can yield good intuition.

This book certainly doesn't claim to be the most rigorous text and so I don't judge it as such, but it also provide very little value if what you seek is intuition. Better to skip it and find another book.
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4 reviews7 followers
November 28, 2011
This is basically econometrics for dummies. If it's not in your bookshelf, then you can't call yourself an econometrician.
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16 reviews3 followers
May 10, 2017
Great book - contains both the requisite technical material to understand applied regression and a whole wealth of valuable intuition.
6 reviews
June 15, 2007
This is simply the best, most useful resource available for anyone who does any applied statistics of any kind. Highly reccomended.
206 reviews7 followers
June 28, 2013
Gotta say, for a subject that I really struggle with, this was a great read. The author does a good job explaining things conceptually. This will be something I buy and keep for a reference!
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April 17, 2017
A good reference to get my arms around the intuitions of a variety of econometric methods.
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