Chapter 3 Least Squares Methods for Estimating B Methods for estimat ing B Least squares estimation Maximum like lihood estimation Met hod of moments est imation Least a bsolute deviat ion est imation 3.1 Least squares estimation The criterion of the least squares estimation is
1 Goodness of Fit Statistics We would like some measure of how well our regression model actually fits the data.* We have goodness of fit statistics to test this: i.e. how well the sample regression function (srf) fits the data. The most common goodness of fit statistic is known as R2. One
1 Stationarity and unit Root testing WHy do we need to test for Non-Stationarity? The stationarity or otherwise of a series can strongly influence its behaviour and properties -e.g. persistence of shocks will be infinite for nonstationary series Spurious regressions. If two variables are trending over