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Jeffrey M. Wooldridge

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MindTap Economics, 1 term (6 months) Instant Access for Wooldridge's Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach 6th Edition by Jeffrey M. Wooldridge
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MindTap Economics for Wooldridge's Introductory Econometrics, 6th Edition is the digital learning solution that helps instructors engage and transform today's students into critical thinkers. Through paths of dynamic assignments and applications that you can personalize, real-time course analytics, and an accessible reader, MindTap helps you turn cookie cutter into cutting edge, apathy into engagement, and memorizers into higher-level thinkers.\n\nAs an instructor using MindTap you have at your fingertips the right content and unique set of tools curated specifically for your econometrics course, all in an interface designed to improve workflow and save time when planning lessons and course structure. Students will be prepared for the challenging mathematics in this course after completing the Math Remediation Module with Adaptive Test Prep. They will stay engaged with author created Whiteboard Walk-through Videos. And, gain mastery over important core concepts with built-in study tools such as Aplia that help students assess and apply what they are learning. The control to build and personalize your course is all yours', focusing on the most relevant material while also lowering costs for your students. Stay connected and informed in your course through real time student tracking that provides the opportunity to adjust the course as needed based on analytics of interactivity in the course.

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Jeffrey M. Wooldridge

Jeffrey M. Wooldridge is University Distinguished Professor of Economics at Michigan State University, where he has taught since 1991. From 1986 to 1991, he was an assistant professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his bachelor of arts, with majors in computer science and economics, from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1982, and received his doctorate in economics in 1986 from the University of California, San Diego. He has published more than 60 articles in internationally recognized journals, as well as several book chapters. He is also the author of Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data, second edition. His awards include an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, the Plura Scripsit award from Econometric Theory, the Sir Richard Stone prize from the Journal of Applied Econometrics, and three graduate teacher-of-the-year awards from MIT. He is a fellow of the Econometric Society and of the Journal of Econometrics. He is past editor of the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, and past econometrics coeditor of Economics Letters. He has served on the editorial boards of Econometric Theory, the Journal of Economic Literature, the Journal of Econometrics, the Review of Economics and Statistics, and the Stata Journal. He has also acted as an occasional econometrics consultant for Arthur Andersen, Charles River Associates, the Washington State Institute for Public Policy, Stratus Consulting, and Industrial Economics, Incorporated.

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  • MindTap helps streamline your workflow with carefully curated content and a unique set of tools saving you valuable time in your econometrics course preparations. Students will be prepared for the challenging mathematics in this course after completing the Math Remediation Module with Adaptive Test Prep. They will stay engaged with author created Whiteboard Walk-through Videos. And, learn the core concepts through automatically graded Aplia assignments.
  • Provide students with organizational and study tools designed to better manage their limited time, allowing them to complete assignments whenever and wherever they are ready to learn.
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  • Engage students with course material specially customized for them by you streamlined in one proven, easy-to-use interface.

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How to Complete Aplia Assignments.
Math Remediation Module.
Appendix A: Basic Mathematical Tools.
Appendix B: Fundamentals of Probability.
Appendix C: Fundamentals of Mathematical Statistics.
Adaptive Test Prep.
1. The Nature of Econometrics and Economic Data.
Part I: REGRESSION ANALYSIS WITH CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA.
2. The Simple Regression Model.
3. Multiple Regression Analysis: Estimation.
4. Multiple Regression Analysis: Inference.
5. Multiple Regression Analysis: OLS Asymptotics.
6. Multiple Regression Analysis: Further Issues.
7. Multiple Regression Analysis with Qualitative Information: Binary (or Dummy) Variables.
8. Heteroskedasticity.
9. More on Specification and Data Problems.
Part II: REGRESSION ANALYSIS WITH TIME SERIES DATA.
10. Basic Regression Analysis with Time Series Data.
11. Further Issues in Using OLS with Time Series Data.
12. Serial Correlation and Heteroskedasticity in Time Series Regressions.
Part III: ADVANCED TOPICS.
13. Pooling Cross Sections across Time: Simple Panel Data Methods.
14. Advanced Panel Data Methods.
15. Instrumental Variables Estimation and Two Stage Least Squares.
16. Simultaneous Equations Models.
17. Limited Dependent Variable Models and Sample Selection Corrections.
18. Advanced Time Series Topics.
19. Carrying out an Empirical Project.
APPENDICES.
Appendix D: Summary of Matrix Algebra.
Appendix E: The Linear Regression Model in Matrix Form.
Appendix F: Answers to Exploring Further Chapter Exercises.
Appendix G: Statistical Tables.
References.
Glossary.
Index.

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Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach

ISBN: 9781305270107
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