This major new textbook is intended for students taking introductory courses in Probability Theory and Statistical Inference. The text is extremely student-friendly, with pathways designed for semester usage, and although aimed primarily at students of econometrics and economics, will have...

Doubt over the trustworthiness of published empirical results is not unwarranted and is often a result of statistical mis-specification: invalid probabilistic assumptions imposed on data. Now in its second edition, this bestselling textbook offers a comprehensive course in empirical research...