Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Application of mathematical and statistical techniques to economics in the study of problems, the analysis of data, and the development and testing of theories and models.
Wiktionary
- n. economics The branch of economics that applies statistical methods to the empirical study of economic theories and relationships.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. the application of mathematics and statistics to the study of economic and financial data.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the application of mathematics and statistics to the study of economic and financial data
Etymologies
- econo(mics) + -metrics. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The Prizes to Heckman and McFadden, as well as to Engle and Granger, in econometrics were also shared for complementary contributions.”
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1969-2006
“Another important breakthrough in econometrics was achieved by James”
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1969-2006
“For Jan, econometrics is essential in economic research, a vision that was, and still is, being contested.”
“The new approach was called econometrics, and it emanated, at least at first, from another major intellectual base called the Cowles Commission at the University of Chicago.”
“The Laureates talk about their different backgrounds and studies, how a day at work may look like (4: 41), how they made their discovery (7: 42), the developments in econometrics (13: 25) and about their respective hobbies and family life (18: 54).”
“Lucas's pioneering contributions have actually created a new subfield within econometrics: rational expectations econometrics.”
“Tinbergen's pioneer work in econometrics has been of major importance for subsequent methodological development.”
“The task of econometrics from the point of view of human welfare is to try to extract from past data useful information for whatever economic society it should be found desirable to reach for.”
“I organized a summer workshop in econometrics at the Summer Palace in Beijing.”
“The field of econometrics is concerned with estimating economic relations and testing whether postulated relations conform fully with reality.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘econometrics’.
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SCIE - statistics
a priori probability, Abbe-Helmert crit..., absolute error, absolutely unbias..., accuracy, ACF, affinity, AIC, algorithm, allometry, alphabet, anomic and 4171 more...
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ecbrenner's list
flatline, luddism, apocalipstick, muttsucker, leviathan of fore..., flint, coryphaeus, donnybrook, bandwidth, bagpipe the mizen, cheesed off, asterism and 525 more...
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artoparts's Words
illation, finite, edify, abide, abrade, vouch, amiss, vociferate, perusing, techantiquery, rigamarole, holon and 615 more...
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Economics
diminishing returns, econometrics, bull market, bear market, bionomics, Lagrange, whipsaw
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-meter, -metric, -metrical
measuring; having a particular measure
thermometer, hexameter, kilometer, barometer, centimeter, pentameter, pedometer, metronome, econometrics, metrics
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rememberers
prolix, ageusia, animadversion, anodyne, antic, arabesque, beadle, brachymetropia, colophon, desquamation, diaphoresis, diegesis and 3255 more...
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ecbrenner According to American Heritage Dictionary (4th ed.), "Application of mathematical and statistical techniques to economics in the study of problems, the analysis of data, and the development and testing of theories and models." Feb 12, 2009
artoparts Econometric Society link Oct 31, 2008