Mastering 'Metrics (ARC)

Download or read book Mastering 'Metrics (ARC) written by Joshua D. Angrist and published by . This book was released on with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applied 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-