First course in Econometrics in Economics Departments at better schools, also Economic/Business Forecasting. Statistics prerequisite but no calculus. Slightly higher level and more comprehensive than Gujarati (M-H, 1996) . P-R covers more time series and forecasting. P-R coverage is notch below Johnston-DiNardo (M-H, 97) and requires no matrix algebra. Includes data disk.
Main text for Applied Econometrics course under Prof. Yuqing Xing (Illinois/Urbana-Champaign 1995), Winter Term 2004; and Quantitative Analysis of Economic Policies course under Prof. SaangJoon Baak (Wisconsin/Madison 1997), Spring Term 2004. International Development Program, International University of Japan.
Main text for Econ 131: Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Economics under the infamous Prof. Susan Navarro, First Semester 1996-97, UP School of Economics