A First Lesson in Econometrics (1970) [pdf]
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Re: A First Lesson in Econometrics (1970) [pdf]
#2Was pleasantly surprised to find it a short humorous paper. If you want to learn econometrics, this will do more to prepare you for reading other papers than teach you anything.
Re: A First Lesson in Econometrics (1970) [pdf]
#3It seems that ! is missing in equation (12).
Re: A First Lesson in Econometrics (1970) [pdf]
#4Was pleasantly surprised to find it a short humorous paper. If you want to learn econometrics, this will do more to prepare you for reading other papers than teach you anything.
You're right! It was a fun paper that I discovered while studying Econometrics in undergrad.
Re: A First Lesson in Econometrics (1970) [pdf]
#5This was made me laugh. So many times I read ‘it should then be obvious that…’ What the?! No it isn’t. Text book authors must hate students.
Re: A First Lesson in Econometrics (1970) [pdf]
#6It seems that ! is missing in equation (12).
Right! Here's an updated version with corrections: https://www.latrobe.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/25186...
Re: A First Lesson in Econometrics (1970) [pdf]
#7This was made me laugh. So many times I read ‘it should then be obvious that…’ What the?! No it isn’t. Text book authors must hate students.
It is obvious to the "_most_ casual observer"... you need to get quite a bit more casual!
Re: A First Lesson in Econometrics (1970) [pdf]
#8This was made me laugh. So many times I read ‘it should then be obvious that…’ What the?! No it isn’t. Text book authors must hate students.
Isn’t there a thing about how mathematicians and scientists in the 19th century would carefully explain as if the intended audience we’re laypeople. Where as in the 20th century academic writing and popular science writing diverged such that an academic writer could say such and such is obvious and be speaking to a very niche audience?
Re: A First Lesson in Econometrics (1970) [pdf]
#9Having followed engineering cursus THEN economics with econometry courses : this was the most WTF moments of my life.
Re: A First Lesson in Econometrics (1970) [pdf]
#10This was made me laugh. So many times I read ‘it should then be obvious that…’ What the?! No it isn’t. Text book authors must hate students.
Isn’t there a thing about how mathematicians and scientists in the 19th century would carefully explain as if the intended audience we’re laypeople. Where as in the 20th century academic writing and popular science writing diverged such that an academic writer could say such and such is obvious and be speaking to a very niche audience?
I heard of a prof who in a lecture said "It's obvious that..." and a student challenged him on it. "Is that really obvious?" The professor looked at the board for a minute, then left the room. 45 minutes later, the professor came back and said, "Yes, it's obvious!"
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means...