[Download PDF/Epub]->Mastering 'Metrics: The Path from Cause to Effect - Joshua D. Angrist
Mastering 'Metrics: The Path from Cause to Effect
By : Joshua D. Angrist
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Book Synopsis :
An accessible and fun guide to the essential tools of econometric researchApplied econometrics, known to aficionados as 'metrics, is the original data science. 'Metrics encompasses the statistical methods economists use to untangle cause and effect in human affairs. Through accessible discussion and with a dose of kung fu-themed humor, Mastering 'Metrics presents the essential tools of econometric research and demonstrates why econometrics is exciting and useful.The five most valuable econometric methods, or what the authors call the Furious Five--random assignment, regression, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity designs, and differences in differences--are illustrated through well-crafted real-world examples (vetted for awesomeness by Kung Fu Panda's Jade Palace). Does health insurance make you healthier? Randomized experiments provide answers. Are expensive private colleges and selective public high schools better than more pedestrian institutions? Regression analysis
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Author : Joshua D. Angrist
Pages : 304 pages
Publisher : Princeton University Press
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ISBN-10 : 0691152845
ISBN-13 : 9780691152844
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