Friday, October 13, 2006

Econometrics Golden Rules

If you are a practitioner like me remember
A Good Econometrician
· Always checks for MISSING Values
· Always checks PROC FREQ and PROC MEANS of generated DATA
· Always asks himself how he can interpret the RESULT
· Always looks for DIAGNOSIS
· Always communicates his finding accurately, no matter the deviation
· Always is eager to back on track, and correct the model
· Never trusts the first output
· Never trusts unchecked numbers!

and he remembers he still could be wrong! welcome to the world of econometrics!

1 comment:

Zoe said...

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