Includes index.

The second edition of this bestselling textbook retains its unique learning-by-doing approach to the study of econometrics. Rather than relying on complex theoretical discussions and complicated mathematics, this book explains econometrics from a practical point of view by walking the student through real-life examples, step by step. The book features: * a wide-ranging collection of examples, with data on mortgages, credit ratings, graduate school admission, fashion sales and more * a clear, concise, writing style that guides you from model formulation, to estimation and hypothesis-testing, through to post-estimation diagnostics * coverage of modern topics such as instrumental variables and panel data * extensive use of Stata and EViews statistical packages with reproductions of their output * an appendix discussing the basic concepts of statistics.