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Summary: The BEST !!! for the first course in econometrics
Review: I use this book in the first course of econometrics. Indisputably, I couldn't find any basic text that can explain me clearly until I find this one. I recommend student/reader to study this book together with Eviews (econometrics computer application,www.eviews.com). It's a great companion that can help you to understand the book.You can also find the solution book by the author.
If you would like to buy the first book for econometrics,do not hesitate to buy this one. It worth your penny. $$$$$$$$$$$
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Summary: Good beginner's guide to classical empirical econometrics
Review: I used that book for my first empirical regression analysis in International Economics when I was an undergraduate in a business school. For the theoretical part I was using Econometric Methods ( J. Johnston).
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Summary: A good, but quite old, introduction to econometrics book
Review: I used this book during my first 2 courses of econometrics during the college. Yoo'll know, after reading the first chapters, everything about the basic tool in the field, ols (this could be seen as a problem, because you spend too much time studying too many details; an economist doesn't necessarily need such knowledge and an amateur econometrist should rather begin with a more concise manual). It's an "easy-to-read" book. Every standard student (like myself) should be able to understand everything even if he is going on his own. The problem with this book is that Gujarati wrote it 15 years ago (aprox.); the way of teaching econometrics has evolved, Gujarati's not. It's true; the recent re-editions of the book include several modern topics, such as time series and an introduction to unit roots. But the way regression problems (autocorrelation, heterocedasticity, etcetera) are treated isn't perfectly actualized. A much more modern approach and, as far as I know equally simple, can be found in Johnston and Dinardo's Econometric Methods. Gujarati's is a good idea for those wishing to learn econometrics, but there are better options, such as the one I already mentioned, the Greene and the Hill/Griffiths/Judge's. This book is much better than Maddala's. In conclusion I can say this book is a good option for undergraduate students, but not the best one.
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Summary: Good for beginners
Review: I used this book while I was a student of the Delhi School of Economics. This is the ideal book to start your studies of Econometrics. Infact, I would recommend reading this book before moving on to any area related to Econometrics.
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Summary: Best Econometric book that I ever read
Review: One can find in this book the only way to jump from theory to practice. Many samples well treated in this book. If you love Econometrics and time series theory you have to read this book
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Summary: It helps me a lot to learn econometrics well.
Review: Since I was confused with learning economics, My teacher assistant recommended me to read the book. Now I get a lot of knowledge from this book, so I re-recommend it to somebody else
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Summary: Data Disk
Review: The latest printing of the third edition of Basic Econometrics has a data disk included in it. The disk contains all the data given in the illustrative examples as well as in the exercises. The data can be easily accessed by most software packages.
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Summary: It's a excellent book for learning basic econometrics.
Review: This book give us a clear concept for econometrics. It fits economical and non-economical students. It also fits undergraduate and graduate students
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Summary: Does not capture the essence
Review: This book is probably the most praised of all in the pool of undergraduate econometrics texts. It is accessible to a fairly broad range of students with quite different majors (economics, business school, MBA, ...). I believe there is one crucial problem with Gujarati's text: in introductory chapters it does not explain the sampling process from the statistical point of view, which forms a basis for a more theoretical but still applied approach to studying econometrics. Consequently, the adopted path in the book is necessarily limited to a fairly cook-book approach. Which is attractive for business or MBA students but shouldn't really be praised by would-be economists. I would prefer Modern Econometrics: An Introduction by Thomas or even Undergraduate Econometrics by Hill/Griffiths/Judge that essentially covers the same material but is not that fat.
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Summary: The ideal beginning in econometrics
Review: This book is very comprehensive and disarmingly simple for everyone who has an idea about what economics is all about and has heard the word "statistics" before in his life. Dozens of detailed examples covering nearly every field of econometrics. Give it a try!
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