Economics Professor how-to
How to Run a Regression Analysis
Regressions test economic ideas.
Quick answer
Regressions test economic ideas. In short: state; get; choose, then complete the remaining steps below.
Step by step
State the question.
Get clean data.
Choose variables.
Run the model.
Check assumptions.
Interpret carefully.
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