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"This book is useful for applied researchers to learn what they encounter in the real world outside of textbooks. It is useful for academics who use econometric methods for specific research questions. And it is useful for students to gain awareness of aspects of proper research practice"--
Sommario
Introduction; 1. Ethical guidelines; 2. Scientific misconduct; 3. Influential observations; 4. Model selection; 5. Estimation and interpretation; 6. Missing data; 7. Spurious relations; 8. Blinded by the data; 9. Predictability; 10. Adjustment of forecasts; 11. Big data; 12. Algorithms.
Info autore
Philip Hans Franses is Professor of Applied Econometrics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is a Fellow of the Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Applied Econometrics, International Journal of Forecasting, and of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has published monographs and textbooks with Cambridge University Press.
Riassunto
This book is useful for applied researchers to learn what they encounter in the real world outside of textbooks. It is useful for academics who use econometric methods for specific research questions. And it is useful for students to gain awareness of aspects of proper research practice.
Prefazione
Econometricians make choices on data, models, and estimation routines. Using various examples, this book shows the consequences of choices.
