Definition (1) Econometrics: economic measurement. (2) Econometrics: the social science in which the tools of economic theory, mathematics, and statistical inference are applied to the analysis of economic phenomena. (3) Econometrics: the result of a certain outlook on the role of economics, consists of the application of mathematical statistics to economic data to lend
时间序列数据或截面数据都是一维数据。例如时间序列数据是变量按时间得到的数据;截面数据是变量在截面空间上的数据。面板数据是同时在时间和截面上取得的二维数据。所以,面板数据(panel data)也称时间序列截面数据(time series and cross section data)或混合数据(pool data)