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Essential Statistics, Regression, and Econometrics,
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Essential Statistics, Regression, and Econometrics, Third Edition will helps students in introductory statistics courses develop statistical reasoning and critical thinking skills. The book demonstrates the power, elegance, and beauty of statistical reasoning, providing hundreds of new and updated examples and discussing the uses and potential abuses of statistics. Examples are drawn from real, contemporary areas to showcase that statistical reasoning is not an irrelevant abstraction, but instead an important part of everyday life. This updated resource highlights recent, exciting discoveries and provides a thorough foundation for students, instructors, and researchers alike, all of which are approaching the field from different backgrounds.
Innovative in its extended emphasis on statistical reasoning, real data, pitfalls in statistical analysis, the perils of p-hacking and data mining, and modeling issues, including functional forms and causality, the book includes extensive word problems that emphasize intuition, understanding, and practical applications.
Key Features
- Includes hundreds of updated, new, real-world examples that engage students in the meaning and impact of statistics
- Focuses on essential information to enable students to develop their own statistical reasoning
- Provides coverage that is ideal for one-quarter or one-semester courses taught in the fields of economics, business, finance, politics, sociology, and psychology departments, as well as in law and medical schools
- Offers an ancillary website with an instructors solutions manual, student solutions manual, worked-out exercises, and supplemental chapters
About the author
By Gary Smith, Fletcher Jones Professor, Department of Economics, Pomona College, Claremont, CA, USA
1. Data, Data, Data
2. Displaying Data
3. Descriptive Statistics
4. Probability
5. Sampling
6. Estimation
7. Hypothesis Testing
8. Simple Regression
9. The Art of Regression Analysis
10. Multiple Regression
11. Replication Crisis
2. Displaying Data
3. Descriptive Statistics
4. Probability
5. Sampling
6. Estimation
7. Hypothesis Testing
8. Simple Regression
9. The Art of Regression Analysis
10. Multiple Regression
11. Replication Crisis
ISBN:
9780443448072
Page Count:
400
Retail Price
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Upper-level undergraduate and graduate students majoring in statistics or related fields