Using Econometrics: A Practical Guide

I purchased a book for my son for college. The purchase was the easiest thing that I had to do and the book was in fantastic shape for a used book. I will do this again very soon

This is a well organized text that is great to have on the shelf for making sense of your statistical output and for thinking about how to approach your research question. It's well written and neither too simple or impenetrable. A little short on statistical tables and diagnostics as compared to some of its peers.

Perhaps A.H. Studenmund wrote his book for economics students, but as a biomedical scientist, Using Econometrics is my go-to reference for applied regression analysis, period. I know of no other book on the subject that is more understandable, succinct and eaisly applied to real-world problems.

First of all I will admit, this is the only book I have read for econometrics. It was the book chosen by my professor for my eonometrics class while doing my undergraduate in economics. Having said that I recommend the book. I feel that it is a very good intro to a subject that can get weighted down in technical difficulties for the beginning student. Some people have complained about its lack of rigor or lack of proofs but I feel that is unjustified because all it really does is utilize statistical principles for economics. At my university, and I would assume most, stats was a prereq for this course and in stats you should cover the real nuts and bolts of statistical theory. This would give you your proofs and underlying understanding of the hands on approach this book gives for econometrics. I think that this book is good in that it does give, as it says, a practical guide to econometrics enabling the student to move on to the more analytically rigorous studies of the field. It doesn't overwhelm but leaves you with a foundational sense of understanding.

This text probably is not necessary for those with a heavy background in mathmatical econometrics.... but is an overwhelmingly useful tool for students are new to the field of econometric analysis be it used in economics, political statistics, sociology, or other fields. It can provide simple answers to the (normal) kinds of simple questions that pop up.... and basic explanations for terminology, etc. It explains additions to typical OLS regression clearly and aptly. I would recommend this text as a must-buy for anyone NOT looking for hard-core theoretical math but only for something useful....