WithnPERFECTnSOLUTIONnAVAILABLEnOFnALLnCHAPTERS
Chaptern1
1. Econometricsnisnthenbranchnofneconomicsnthatn .
a. studiesnthenbehaviornofnindividualneconomicnagentsninnmakingneconomicndecisions
b. developsnandnusesnstatisticalnmethodsnfornestimatingneconomicnrelationships
c. dealsnwithnthenperformance,nstructure,nbehavior,nandndecision-makingnofnann economynasnanwhole
d. appliesnmathematicalnmethodsntonrepresentneconomicntheoriesnandnsolveneconomicnproblems.
Econometricsnisnbasednonnthendevelopmentnofnstatistical
nmethodsnfornestimatingneconomicnrelationships,ntesting
neconomicntheories,nevaluatingngovernmentnandnbusines
snpolicies.
2. Nonexperimentalndatanisncalledn .
a. cross-sectionaln data
b. timenseriesndata
c. observationalndata
d. panelndata
3. Whichnofnthenfollowingnisntruenofnexperimentalndata?
a. Experimentalndatanarencollectedninnlaboratorynenvironmentsninnthennaturalnsciences.
b. Experimentalndatancannotnbencollectedninnancontrollednenvironment.
c. Experimentalndatanisnsometimesncallednobservationalndata.
d. Experimentalndatanisnsometimesncallednretrospectivendata.
4. Annempiricalnanalysisnreliesnonn tontestnantheory.
a. commonnsense
b. ethicalnconsiderations
c. data
d. customsnandnconventions
5. Thentermn‘u’ninnanneconometricnmodelnisnusuallynreferredntonasnthen .
a. errornterm
b. parameter
c. hypothesis
d. dependentnvariable
6. Thenparametersnofnanneconometricnmodeln .
a. includenallnunobservednfactorsnaffectingnthenvariablenbeingnstudied
,b. describenthenstrengthnofnthenrelationshipnbetweennthenvariablenundernstudynandnthenfactorsnaffectin
gnit
c. referntonthenexplanatorynvariablesnincludedninnthenmodel
d. referntonthenpredictionsnthatncannbenmadenusingnthenmodel
7. Whichnofnthenfollowingnisnthenfirstnstepninnempiricalneconomicnanalysis?
a. Collectionnofndata
b. Statementnofnhypotheses
c. Specificationnofnanneconometricnmodel
d. Testingnofnhypotheses
8. Andatansetnthatnconsistsnofnansamplenofnindividuals,nhouseholds,nfirms,ncities,nstates,ncountries,norn
anvarietynofnothernunits,ntakennatnangivennpointninntime,nisncalledna(n)n .
a. cross-sectionalndatanset
b. longitudinalndatanset
c. timenseriesndatanset
d. experimentalndatanset
9. Datanonnthenincomenofnlawngraduatesncollectednatndifferentntimesnduringnthensamenyearnis .
a. panelndata
b. experimentalndata
c. timenseriesndata
d. cross-sectionalndata
10. Andatansetnthatnconsistsnofnobservationsnonnanvariablenornseveralnvariablesnoverntimenisncalledna
ndatanset.
a. binary
b. cross-sectional
c. timenseries
d. experimental
11. Whichnofnthenfollowingnisnannexamplenofntimenseriesndata?
a. Datanonnthenunemploymentnratesninndifferentnpartsnofnancountrynduringnanyear.
b. Datanonnthenconsumptionnofnwheatnbyn200nhouseholdsnduringnanyear.
c. Datanonnthengrossndomesticnproductnofnancountrynovernanperiodnofn10nyears.
d. Datanonnthennumbernofnvacanciesninnvariousndepartmentsnofnannorganizationnonnanparticularnmonth.
12. Whichnofnthenfollowingnrefersntonpanelndata?
a. Datanonnthenunemploymentnrateninnancountrynovernan5-yearnperiod
b. Datanonnthenbirthnrate,ndeathnratenandnpopulationngrowthnrateninndevelopingncountriesnovernan10
-nyearnperiod.
c. Datanonnthenincomenofn5nmembersnofnanfamilynonnanparticularnyear.
d. Datanonnthenpricenofnancompany’snsharenduringnanyear.
, 13. Whichnofnthenfollowingnisnandifferencenbetweennpanelnandnpooledncross-sectionalndata?
a. Anpanelndatansetnconsistsnofndatanonndifferentncross-
sectionalnunitsnovernangivennperiodnofntimenwhilenanpooledndatansetnconsistsnofndatanonnthensamencross-
sectionalnunitsnovernangivennperiodnofntime.
b. Anpanelndatansetnconsistsnofndatanonnthensamencross-
sectionalnunitsnovernangivennperiodnofntimenwhilenanpooledndatansetnconsistsnofndatanonndifferentncross-
sectionalnunitsnovernangivennperiodnofntime
c. Anpanelndatanconsistsnofndatanonnansinglenvariablenmeasurednatnangivennpointninntimenwhilenanpooled
ndatansetnconsistsnofndatanonnthensamencross-sectionalnunitsnovernangivennperiodnofntime.
d. Anpanelndatansetnconsistsnofndatanonnansinglenvariablenmeasurednatnangivennpointninntimenwhilenanpooled
ndatansetnconsistsnofndatanonnmorenthannonenvariablenatnangivennpointninntime.
14. hasnancausalneffectnonn .
a. Income;nunemployment
b. Height;nhealth
c. Income;nconsumption
d. Age;nwage
15. Whichnofnthenfollowingnisntrue?
a. Anvariablenhasnancausalneffectnonnanothernvariablenifnbothnvariablesnincreasenorndecrease
nsimultaneously.
b. Thennotionnofn‘ceterisnparibus’nplaysnannimportantnroleninncausalnanalysis.
c. Difficultyninninferringncausalityndisappearsnwhennstudyingndatanatnfairlynhighnlevelsnofnaggregation.
d. Thenproblemnofninferringncausalitynarisesnifnexperimentalndatanisnusednfornanalysis.
16. Experimentalndatanarensometimesncallednretrospectivendata.nF
17. Anneconomicnmodelnconsistsnofnmathematicalnequationsnthatndescribenvariousnrelationshipsnbetween
neconomicnvariables.nT
18. Ancross-sectionalndatansetnconsistsnofnobservationsnonnanvariablenornseveralnvariablesnoverntime.nF
19. Antimenseriesndatanisnalsoncallednanlongitudinalndatanset.n T
20. Thennotionnofnceterisnparibusnmeansn“othernfactorsnbeingnequal.”nT
Chaptern2
1. Andependentnvariablenisnalsonknownnasna(n)n .
a. explanatorynvariable
b. controlnvariable
c. predictornvariable
d. responsenvariable