This book is a practical guide for theory-based empirical analysis in economics that guides the reader through the first steps when moving between economic theory and applied research. The book provides a hands-on introduction to some of the techniques that economists use for econometric...

Statistics and Empirical Research -- From Disarray to Dataset -- Univariate Data Analysis -- Bivariate Association -- Classical Measurement Theory.-Calculating Probability -- Random Variables and Probability Distributions -- Parameter Estimation -- Hypothesis Testing -- Regression Analysis --...