TY - BOOK AU - Zaman,Asad AU - Zaman, Asad. TI - Statistical foundations for econometric techniques SN - 0127754156 (pbk.) SN - 978012775 AV - HB139 .Z1 PY - 1996/// CY - San Diego PB - Academic Press KW - Econometrics N1 - Bibliography : p. 541-562; 1. Least Squares and Projections -- 2. Maximum Likelihood -- 3. Bayesian Estimators for Regression -- 4. Minimax Estimators -- 5. Robust Regression -- 6. Stringent Tests -- 7. UMP Invariant Hypothesis Tests -- 8. Some Tests for Regression Models -- 9. Applications: F and Related Tests -- 10. Similar Regression Models -- 11. Consistency of Tests and Estimators: Direct Methods -- 12. Consistency of Estimators: Indirect Methods -- 13. Asymptotic Distributions -- 14. More Accurate Asymptotic Approximations -- 15. Asymptotic Optimality of ML and LR -- 16. Simple Examples -- 17. Utilizing Information of Uncertain Validity -- 18. Hierarchical Bayes & the Gibbs Sampler -- App. A : The Multivariate Normal Distribution -- App. B : Uniformly Most Powerful Tests -- App. C : A Review of Decision Theory ER -