All Terrain Thinking

A Compendium of things I think are Important

Statistics: It's not just whats' in your wallet

Web Sites

Descriptive Statistics: Methods of summarizing or describing data

Central Tendency (mean, median, mode)

Variability (range, variance, standard deviation)

Normal Distribution

Inferential Statistics: Methods designed to allow inferences about population based on sample

Probability

Hypothesis testing

Confidence intervals

Regression

• Basic Estimation Techniques
• Examination of Results
  • Tests for Significance: Entire Equation
  • Tests for Significance: Individual Variables (Coefficients)
    • Quantitative Importance
    • Statistical Significance
• Advanced Estimation Techniques / Potential Estimation Problems
  • Specification Error
  • Multicollinearity
  • Heteroscedasticity
  • Autocorrelation
  • Structural Change
  • Simultaneous Equation Bias/Estimation

Glossary

Add to Your Social Bookmarks: Del.icio.us Digg Furl Reddit Simpy Spurl Y! MyWeb - StumbleUpon