Econometrics for today’s students and job market

With a succinct, conversational style and assuming no prior knowledge of statistics, Siegler connects with economics majors and non-majors alike. Students benefit from statistics review and low-stakes, interactive comprehension questions written by the author throughout the Norton Illumine Ebook.

With multiple applications per chapter, optional “Using R” boxes, and end-of-chapter problems, this text shows students how they can use econometrics (and software tools) to solve real-world problems in a variety of fields.

Econometrics students need to use computer tools to solve complex problems. Our text emphasizes developing experience with code as a marketable skill, with optional “Using R” boxes in each chapter and downloadable data sets for both R and Stata.

Smartwork online homework offers multiple question types and guides students toward correct solutions with answer-specific feedback and hints. Four questions per chapter offer an embedded R console, which allows students to run various commands in R and see the output to help them answer the questions and build workforce-ready skills.