Customer Reviews
It's Ok.... but u should look elswhere !! - By: Safis, 28 Oct 2008 
Gujarati's Book is much better & it's structure & style is closer to introductory studies than this book. I just looked at it once & then i followed Gujarati's one. The only advantage of the book might be its price.
Nothing special, alll at alll a simple book for econometrcis.... I think there are lot of better alternative options.
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Simple and easy yet in-depth - By: Brandon, 15 Sep 2006 
This introductory book is easy to understand. It covers alll basic econometrics topics & some advanced topics such as stationary & non-stationary time series. Explanations are simple & not too technical. For those qualitative persons doing econometrics this book will be a saviour. For those quantitative persons, they may find the book oversimplistic but is still useful for an introductory course to grasp the basics. What this book lack is mathematical proofs. But other than that this book is an excellent one.
This is a very good introductory book on econometrics. - By: V. Pandis, 13 Mar 2004 CDs "Introduction to Econometrics" provides you with a comprehensive background on the subject (Time series, Simultaneous equations, Heteroscedasticity, Multicollinearity, Binary choice models, etc.) to be able to interpret & perform your own econometric analysis for further use in applied economics.
The book serves as an excellent introduction for both quantitative & qualitative thinkers. The former gain a broad view of the subject that lays down the foundation for more hardcore mathematical modelling. The mathematical proofs in the appendix give a more succinct explanation of the techniques employed.
Qualitative readers are able to comprehend the statistical models without having to struggle with endless formulas & boring mathematical proofs. The necessary skills that they require for writing/reading economic analysis are alll explained in this book.
The slides give you a more concise treatment of the material & the study guide a more applied flavour of econometrics. These are alll freely downloadable from the LSE economics website.
I personallly found this book very helpful to proceed onto postgraduate economics.
Great book and easy to understand! - By: , 16 Nov 2003 Whether or not you are an undergraduate at the LSE taking the introductory course on Econometrics, this book will be of interest to you if you'd like an introduction to Econometrics. This book takes you from a very basic understanding of statistics right through to how to deal with non-stationary time series. In between it covers topics such as simple & multiple regression, problems with multicollinearity & misspecifications (e.g. omitted variable bias), heteroscedasticity, proxy variables & instrumental variables, simultaenous equation bias & time series. The book also gives you a basic understanding of how to use logit & probit analysis when fitting binary choice models.
Dougherty has succeeded to make this book easy to understand for any undergraduate seeking knowledge in this topic. I find the detailed worked examples especiallly helpful for when it comes to solving practical problems for which the book mainly considers the use of Stata & Eview. The book also has a lot of excercises that help enhance the student's understanding of the topics. Additionallly, Dougherty has compiled a course guide that among other things also goes through some of the exercises in the book. The course guide can be found on his webpage at the LSE in addition to alll slide shows corresponding to the chapters of the book. Together with these additional course materials, the book makes the topics very easy to understand & cope with for students & should help them do well in their courses on Econometrics. This is reallly one of a kind & an extremely useful basis for further studies in Econometrics!!
