Over the years, I’ve read a number of papers, blog posts, and articles that do a great job of explaining econometrics to the untrained. Below is a partial list of some of these links. It is always evolving and open to suggestions. They’re intended for students, but I think that lots of consumers of news and research can benefit from them. In no particular order:
- Ten Things Applied Econometricians Should Keep in Mind, Marc F. Bellemare
- UCLA’s Stata Learning Modules
- Primers on Regression and Causality, Marc F. Bellemare