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- ISBN-10 : 0199981949
- ISBN-13 : 978-0199981946
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Real Stats offers an engaging and practical introduction to statistical analysis for upper-level undergraduates and first-year graduate students in political science, public policy, and law. Grounded in contemporary understandings of causal inferences, the text invites students to see how econometric tools can help answer important and interesting questions. This emphasis on practical applications, combined with a lively and conversational narrative, provides students with a solid foundation in the analytical tools they will use throughout their academic and professional careers.
Table contents:
1 The Quest for Causality
2 Stats in the Wild: Good Data Practices
Part I The OLS Framework
3 Bivariate OLS: The Foundation of Econometric Analysis
4 Hypothesis Testing and Interval Estimation: Answering Research Questions
5 Multivariate OLS: Where the Action Is
6 Dummy Variables: Smarter than You Think
7 Specifying Models
Part II The Contemporary Econometric Toolkit
8 Using Fixed Effects Models to Fight Endogeneity in Panel Data
9 Instrumental Variables: Using Exogenous Variation to Fight Endogeneity
10 Experiments: Dealing with Real-World Challenges
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