Applied Statistics for Economists

Margaret Lewis is Professor of Economics at the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University, Minnesota, USA..

• Preface Part 1: Descriptive Statistics of an Economic Variable 1. The Role of Statistics in Economics 2. Visual Presentations of Economic Data 3. Observations and Frequency Distribution 4. Measures of Central Tendency 5. Measures of Dispersion Part 2. Temporal Descriptive Statistics: Change Over Time 6. Measuring Changes in Prices and Quantity 7. Descriptions of Stability: Short-Run Changes 8. Patterns of Long-Term Change Part 3: Statistical Inferences about a Single Variable 9. Basic Concepts in Statistical Inference 10. Statistical Estimation 11. Statistical Hypothesis Testing of a Mean Part 4: Relationships between Two Variables: Descriptions and Statistical Inference 12. Correlation Analysis 13. Simple Linear Regression, Descriptive Measures 14. Simple Regression Analysis: Statistical Inference 15. Simple Regression Analysis: Variable Scales and Functional Forms Part 5: Relationships between Multiple Variables: Description and Statistical Inferences 16. Multiple Regression Analysis: Descriptive Measures 17. Multiple Regression Analysis: Hypothesis Tests for Partial Regression Coefficients and Overall Goodness of Fit 18. Multiple Regression Analysis: Dummy Variables and Statistical Problems