In a post called “So Long and Thanks for All the F-Tests“, Freakonomics writes about a new book called Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricist’s Companion, which they describe as:
…the rare book that captures the feeling of how to go about trying to attack an empirical question; and it does this by working through two or three dozen of the neatest empirical papers of the last decade…. It is also peppered with references to Douglas Adams’s writing — so what’s not to like?
Now, wait a second. TGR is peppered with Douglas Adams references. TGR has a post titled “F-tests begone!” How did I miss this?
(Freakonomics’ post title and the book’s title are themselves HHG2G references. I have refrained… for the moment.)
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I don’t normally comment on blogs, however I have to say that I rather enjoyed yours as it was enlightening. I?ve bookmarked your blog and hope to explorer it further when I have a little more time. Keep up the good work. Well back to my dreaming of Panama or back to the books – I wonder which one is going to win out.