It's Ok.... but u should look elswhere !!, 28 Oct 2008
Gujarati's Book is much better and it's structure and style is closer to introductory studies than this book. I just looked at it once and then i followed Gujarati's one. The only advantage of the book might be its price.
Nothing special, all at all a simple book for econometrcis.... I think there are lot of better alternative options.

Thank u


Simple and easy yet in-depth, 15 Sep 2006
This introductory book is easy to understand. It covers all basic econometrics topics and some advanced topics such as stationary and non-stationary time series. Explanations are simple and not too technical. For those qualitative persons doing econometrics this book will be a saviour. For those quantitative persons, they may find the book oversimplistic but is still useful for an introductory course to grasp the basics. What this book lack is mathematical proofs. But other than that this book is an excellent one.

This is a very good introductory book on econometrics., 13 Mar 2004
CDs "Introduction to Econometrics" provides you with a comprehensive background on the subject (Time series, Simultaneous equations, Heteroscedasticity, Multicollinearity, Binary choice models, etc.) to be able to interpret and perform your own econometric analysis for further use in applied economics.

The book serves as an excellent introduction for both quantitative and qualitative thinkers. The former gain a broad view of the subject that lays down the foundation for more hardcore mathematical modelling. The mathematical proofs in the appendix give a more succinct explanation of the techniques employed.

Qualitative readers are able to comprehend the statistical models without having to struggle with endless formulas and boring mathematical proofs. The necessary skills that they require for writing/reading economic analysis are all explained in this book.

The slides give you a more concise treatment of the material and the study guide a more applied flavour of econometrics. These are all freely downloadable from the LSE economics website.

I personally found this book very helpful to proceed onto postgraduate economics.

Great book and easy to understand!, 16 Nov 2003
Whether or not you are an undergraduate at the LSE taking the introductory course on Econometrics, this book will be of interest to you if you'd like an introduction to Econometrics. This book takes you from a very basic understanding of statistics right through to how to deal with non-stationary time series. In between it covers topics such as simple and multiple regression, problems with multicollinearity and misspecifications (e.g. omitted variable bias), heteroscedasticity, proxy variables and instrumental variables, simultaenous equation bias and time series. The book also gives you a basic understanding of how to use logit and probit analysis when fitting binary choice models.
Dougherty has succeeded to make this book easy to understand for any undergraduate seeking knowledge in this topic. I find the detailed worked examples especially helpful for when it comes to solving practical problems for which the book mainly considers the use of Stata and Eview. The book also has a lot of excercises that help enhance the student's understanding of the topics. Additionally, Dougherty has compiled a course guide that among other things also goes through some of the exercises in the book. The course guide can be found on his webpage at the LSE in addition to all slide shows corresponding to the chapters of the book. Together with these additional course materials, the book makes the topics very easy to understand and cope with for students and should help them do well in their courses on Econometrics. This is really one of a kind and an extremely useful basis for further studies in Econometrics!!

It's Ok.... but u should look elswhere !!, 28 Oct 2008
Gujarati's Book is much better and it's structure and style is closer to introductory studies than this book. I just looked at it once and then i followed Gujarati's one. The only advantage of the book might be its price.
Nothing special, all at all a simple book for econometrcis.... I think there are lot of better alternative options.

Thank u


Simple and easy yet in-depth, 15 Sep 2006
This introductory book is easy to understand. It covers all basic econometrics topics and some advanced topics such as stationary and non-stationary time series. Explanations are simple and not too technical. For those qualitative persons doing econometrics this book will be a saviour. For those quantitative persons, they may find the book oversimplistic but is still useful for an introductory course to grasp the basics. What this book lack is mathematical proofs. But other than that this book is an excellent one.

This is a very good introductory book on econometrics., 13 Mar 2004
CDs "Introduction to Econometrics" provides you with a comprehensive background on the subject (Time series, Simultaneous equations, Heteroscedasticity, Multicollinearity, Binary choice models, etc.) to be able to interpret and perform your own econometric analysis for further use in applied economics.

The book serves as an excellent introduction for both quantitative and qualitative thinkers. The former gain a broad view of the subject that lays down the foundation for more hardcore mathematical modelling. The mathematical proofs in the appendix give a more succinct explanation of the techniques employed.

Qualitative readers are able to comprehend the statistical models without having to struggle with endless formulas and boring mathematical proofs. The necessary skills that they require for writing/reading economic analysis are all explained in this book.

The slides give you a more concise treatment of the material and the study guide a more applied flavour of econometrics. These are all freely downloadable from the LSE economics website.

I personally found this book very helpful to proceed onto postgraduate economics.

Great book and easy to understand!, 16 Nov 2003
Whether or not you are an undergraduate at the LSE taking the introductory course on Econometrics, this book will be of interest to you if you'd like an introduction to Econometrics. This book takes you from a very basic understanding of statistics right through to how to deal with non-stationary time series. In between it covers topics such as simple and multiple regression, problems with multicollinearity and misspecifications (e.g. omitted variable bias), heteroscedasticity, proxy variables and instrumental variables, simultaenous equation bias and time series. The book also gives you a basic understanding of how to use logit and probit analysis when fitting binary choice models.
Dougherty has succeeded to make this book easy to understand for any undergraduate seeking knowledge in this topic. I find the detailed worked examples especially helpful for when it comes to solving practical problems for which the book mainly considers the use of Stata and Eview. The book also has a lot of excercises that help enhance the student's understanding of the topics. Additionally, Dougherty has compiled a course guide that among other things also goes through some of the exercises in the book. The course guide can be found on his webpage at the LSE in addition to all slide shows corresponding to the chapters of the book. Together with these additional course materials, the book makes the topics very easy to understand and cope with for students and should help them do well in their courses on Econometrics. This is really one of a kind and an extremely useful basis for further studies in Econometrics!!

Too Basic & Too Short, 01 Jun 2007
I would agree with previous reviewers that this is a usefull tool for the beginer, but the beginer I have in mind has never come accross process mapping before. Ever! If you have ever seen a flowchart / organisation chart or process map before, then you're nearly past what this book has to offer. In my opinion the author is shamelessly ripping off the efforts of those thought leaders whom have dedicated themselves to the subject.
Add to that there is the lack of content, approx 60 pages of content (most of which are example charts) in an A5 format of approx 10 point text, and you can see how little there is in here for your £14.00.

All told, not impressed!

Simple, efficient, effective, right on target!, 06 Feb 2007
This book is rather for beginners in process mapping. It is clear extremely well focused, and effective. I got the information I needed in less than two hours of pleasant lecture. No dumb explanations about obvious real life examples covering more than 60% of the book! Book starts with a crisp and nice presentation of Relationship Map, Cross-functional Process Map and Flowchart. After that Flowcharting, Process Mapping, Relationship Maps, Cross-Functional Process Maps are explained and followed by an easy to understand example. The book ends with Analyzing a Process chapter that I found good to start analyzing and improving my own processes. The book is useful for managers, consultants and students as a start in process mapping and or process improvement projects. I'll keep it as useful reference for my work.
Highly appreciate your work Robert, thank you!


Mapping the process, 08 Mar 2005
Robert Damelio provides an easy to use guide for the many different process mapping concepts. At 62 pages the book is an easy read and the examples and charts make the implementation of the ideas fairly simple for any business.
A useful tool and a very good study aid for the Rushmore MBA course 2133

Very simple and practical, 08 May 2003
Very straightforward.
Useful at all levels: a must for the beginners and a very handy quick guide for anyone working with process study/improvement in any organization.
It is worth every cent.

Easy but too short, 13 Jun 2001
The book is very good, when explaining the basics of process mapping but very short. It took me literally less than 45 mins to read the whole book.

It's Ok.... but u should look elswhere !!, 28 Oct 2008
Gujarati's Book is much better and it's structure and style is closer to introductory studies than this book. I just looked at it once and then i followed Gujarati's one. The only advantage of the book might be its price.
Nothing special, all at all a simple book for econometrcis.... I think there are lot of better alternative options.

Thank u


Simple and easy yet in-depth, 15 Sep 2006
This introductory book is easy to understand. It covers all basic econometrics topics and some advanced topics such as stationary and non-stationary time series. Explanations are simple and not too technical. For those qualitative persons doing econometrics this book will be a saviour. For those quantitative persons, they may find the book oversimplistic but is still useful for an introductory course to grasp the basics. What this book lack is mathematical proofs. But other than that this book is an excellent one.

This is a very good introductory book on econometrics., 13 Mar 2004
CDs "Introduction to Econometrics" provides you with a comprehensive background on the subject (Time series, Simultaneous equations, Heteroscedasticity, Multicollinearity, Binary choice models, etc.) to be able to interpret and perform your own econometric analysis for further use in applied economics.

The book serves as an excellent introduction for both quantitative and qualitative thinkers. The former gain a broad view of the subject that lays down the foundation for more hardcore mathematical modelling. The mathematical proofs in the appendix give a more succinct explanation of the techniques employed.

Qualitative readers are able to comprehend the statistical models without having to struggle with endless formulas and boring mathematical proofs. The necessary skills that they require for writing/reading economic analysis are all explained in this book.

The slides give you a more concise treatment of the material and the study guide a more applied flavour of econometrics. These are all freely downloadable from the LSE economics website.

I personally found this book very helpful to proceed onto postgraduate economics.

Great book and easy to understand!, 16 Nov 2003
Whether or not you are an undergraduate at the LSE taking the introductory course on Econometrics, this book will be of interest to you if you'd like an introduction to Econometrics. This book takes you from a very basic understanding of statistics right through to how to deal with non-stationary time series. In between it covers topics such as simple and multiple regression, problems with multicollinearity and misspecifications (e.g. omitted variable bias), heteroscedasticity, proxy variables and instrumental variables, simultaenous equation bias and time series. The book also gives you a basic understanding of how to use logit and probit analysis when fitting binary choice models.
Dougherty has succeeded to make this book easy to understand for any undergraduate seeking knowledge in this topic. I find the detailed worked examples especially helpful for when it comes to solving practical problems for which the book mainly considers the use of Stata and Eview. The book also has a lot of excercises that help enhance the student's understanding of the topics. Additionally, Dougherty has compiled a course guide that among other things also goes through some of the exercises in the book. The course guide can be found on his webpage at the LSE in addition to all slide shows corresponding to the chapters of the book. Together with these additional course materials, the book makes the topics very easy to understand and cope with for students and should help them do well in their courses on Econometrics. This is really one of a kind and an extremely useful basis for further studies in Econometrics!!

Too Basic & Too Short, 01 Jun 2007
I would agree with previous reviewers that this is a usefull tool for the beginer, but the beginer I have in mind has never come accross process mapping before. Ever! If you have ever seen a flowchart / organisation chart or process map before, then you're nearly past what this book has to offer. In my opinion the author is shamelessly ripping off the efforts of those thought leaders whom have dedicated themselves to the subject.
Add to that there is the lack of content, approx 60 pages of content (most of which are example charts) in an A5 format of approx 10 point text, and you can see how little there is in here for your £14.00.

All told, not impressed!

Simple, efficient, effective, right on target!, 06 Feb 2007
This book is rather for beginners in process mapping. It is clear extremely well focused, and effective. I got the information I needed in less than two hours of pleasant lecture. No dumb explanations about obvious real life examples covering more than 60% of the book! Book starts with a crisp and nice presentation of Relationship Map, Cross-functional Process Map and Flowchart. After that Flowcharting, Process Mapping, Relationship Maps, Cross-Functional Process Maps are explained and followed by an easy to understand example. The book ends with Analyzing a Process chapter that I found good to start analyzing and improving my own processes. The book is useful for managers, consultants and students as a start in process mapping and or process improvement projects. I'll keep it as useful reference for my work.
Highly appreciate your work Robert, thank you!


Mapping the process, 08 Mar 2005
Robert Damelio provides an easy to use guide for the many different process mapping concepts. At 62 pages the book is an easy read and the examples and charts make the implementation of the ideas fairly simple for any business.
A useful tool and a very good study aid for the Rushmore MBA course 2133

Very simple and practical, 08 May 2003
Very straightforward.
Useful at all levels: a must for the beginners and a very handy quick guide for anyone working with process study/improvement in any organization.
It is worth every cent.

Easy but too short, 13 Jun 2001
The book is very good, when explaining the basics of process mapping but very short. It took me literally less than 45 mins to read the whole book.

Linear Aljebra, 17 Aug 2005
I Iraqi MSC student, I prepare now to write my thesis in demography field and my research deal with (lee-carter) method whereas I will use this method to produce modeling and forecasting of Iraqi mortality. Because of our country circumstances the scientific resources are not available. If you not have preventive I need the book"(1997) Numerical Linear Algebra.philadephia: Society for industrial and applied mathematics" If you can assist me by send PDF of this book and I will be beholden to you.
You accept my greetings.

Ahmed Fadel
MSC/statistics department
Baghdad/Al-mustansiria University
Iraq

A Simple and Useful Text-book for Non-Mathematicians, 15 May 2002
This is a great book to start you off in forecasting. Spyros Makridakis proves again that he can present his excellent ideas in a simple way, making them intelligible for students of different levels (the only prerequisite is your knowledge of simple math). So, whether you new in forecasting or you want to brush up your knowledge -- this book is an ultimate choice.

Forecasting for everyone, 12 Mar 2002
As the forecasting is a very complex problem and not that easy to handle, I found this book as one of the best written on the topic. However, the excellent structure and selection of samples included in, gives one the opportunity for easy following and better understanding.

Bible of Forecasting, 26 Feb 2001
An excellent text that starts from the very basics and goes through the latest methods. Also, because it avoids linear algebra where it can it is very readable by the non-mathematicians. However, mathematically strong readers should find it very useful since it states in plain English the intuition behind each method. Note, that I had been puzzled by the first review of this text especially about the Greek alphabet which although it would have been no problem still was misleading about the level of difficulty. A GREAT TEXT AND A MUST FOR INITIATION IN FORECASTING and even contains basic resources for the first time student of forecasting. I think no more than a standard introductory course in statistics is needed to go through the material.

A highly mathmatical book - authoritative but difficult, 28 Sep 2000
It is hard to turn a page without finding 3 equations and half of the greek alphabet. This book is about the mathmatics of forecasting - it is not the place to come if you want some advise on the adequate forecasting tools for your business. If you want to know how to forecast your sales, your external or internal demand, and so on there are much better books. It is a forecasting bible, but for mathmatitians.

It's Ok.... but u should look elswhere !!, 28 Oct 2008
Gujarati's Book is much better and it's structure and style is closer to introductory studies than this book. I just looked at it once and then i followed Gujarati's one. The only advantage of the book might be its price.
Nothing special, all at all a simple book for econometrcis.... I think there are lot of better alternative options.

Thank u


Simple and easy yet in-depth, 15 Sep 2006
This introductory book is easy to understand. It covers all basic econometrics topics and some advanced topics such as stationary and non-stationary time series. Explanations are simple and not too technical. For those qualitative persons doing econometrics this book will be a saviour. For those quantitative persons, they may find the book oversimplistic but is still useful for an introductory course to grasp the basics. What this book lack is mathematical proofs. But other than that this book is an excellent one.

This is a very good introductory book on econometrics., 13 Mar 2004
CDs "Introduction to Econometrics" provides you with a comprehensive background on the subject (Time series, Simultaneous equations, Heteroscedasticity, Multicollinearity, Binary choice models, etc.) to be able to interpret and perform your own econometric analysis for further use in applied economics.

The book serves as an excellent introduction for both quantitative and qualitative thinkers. The former gain a broad view of the subject that lays down the foundation for more hardcore mathematical modelling. The mathematical proofs in the appendix give a more succinct explanation of the techniques employed.

Qualitative readers are able to comprehend the statistical models without having to struggle with endless formulas and boring mathematical proofs. The necessary skills that they require for writing/reading economic analysis are all explained in this book.

The slides give you a more concise treatment of the material and the study guide a more applied flavour of econometrics. These are all freely downloadable from the LSE economics website.

I personally found this book very helpful to proceed onto postgraduate economics.

Great book and easy to understand!, 16 Nov 2003
Whether or not you are an undergraduate at the LSE taking the introductory course on Econometrics, this book will be of interest to you if you'd like an introduction to Econometrics. This book takes you from a very basic understanding of statistics right through to how to deal with non-stationary time series. In between it covers topics such as simple and multiple regression, problems with multicollinearity and misspecifications (e.g. omitted variable bias), heteroscedasticity, proxy variables and instrumental variables, simultaenous equation bias and time series. The book also gives you a basic understanding of how to use logit and probit analysis when fitting binary choice models.
Dougherty has succeeded to make this book easy to understand for any undergraduate seeking knowledge in this topic. I find the detailed worked examples especially helpful for when it comes to solving practical problems for which the book mainly considers the use of Stata and Eview. The book also has a lot of excercises that help enhance the student's understanding of the topics. Additionally, Dougherty has compiled a course guide that among other things also goes through some of the exercises in the book. The course guide can be found on his webpage at the LSE in addition to all slide shows corresponding to the chapters of the book. Together with these additional course materials, the book makes the topics very easy to understand and cope with for students and should help them do well in their courses on Econometrics. This is really one of a kind and an extremely useful basis for further studies in Econometrics!!

Too Basic & Too Short, 01 Jun 2007
I would agree with previous reviewers that this is a usefull tool for the beginer, but the beginer I have in mind has never come accross process mapping before. Ever! If you have ever seen a flowchart / organisation chart or process map before, then you're nearly past what this book has to offer. In my opinion the author is shamelessly ripping off the efforts of those thought leaders whom have dedicated themselves to the subject.
Add to that there is the lack of content, approx 60 pages of content (most of which are example charts) in an A5 format of approx 10 point text, and you can see how little there is in here for your £14.00.

All told, not impressed!

Simple, efficient, effective, right on target!, 06 Feb 2007
This book is rather for beginners in process mapping. It is clear extremely well focused, and effective. I got the information I needed in less than two hours of pleasant lecture. No dumb explanations about obvious real life examples covering more than 60% of the book! Book starts with a crisp and nice presentation of Relationship Map, Cross-functional Process Map and Flowchart. After that Flowcharting, Process Mapping, Relationship Maps, Cross-Functional Process Maps are explained and followed by an easy to understand example. The book ends with Analyzing a Process chapter that I found good to start analyzing and improving my own processes. The book is useful for managers, consultants and students as a start in process mapping and or process improvement projects. I'll keep it as useful reference for my work.
Highly appreciate your work Robert, thank you!


Mapping the process, 08 Mar 2005
Robert Damelio provides an easy to use guide for the many different process mapping concepts. At 62 pages the book is an easy read and the examples and charts make the implementation of the ideas fairly simple for any business.
A useful tool and a very good study aid for the Rushmore MBA course 2133

Very simple and practical, 08 May 2003
Very straightforward.
Useful at all levels: a must for the beginners and a very handy quick guide for anyone working with process study/improvement in any organization.
It is worth every cent.

Easy but too short, 13 Jun 2001
The book is very good, when explaining the basics of process mapping but very short. It took me literally less than 45 mins to read the whole book.

Linear Aljebra, 17 Aug 2005
I Iraqi MSC student, I prepare now to write my thesis in demography field and my research deal with (lee-carter) method whereas I will use this method to produce modeling and forecasting of Iraqi mortality. Because of our country circumstances the scientific resources are not available. If you not have preventive I need the book"(1997) Numerical Linear Algebra.philadephia: Society for industrial and applied mathematics" If you can assist me by send PDF of this book and I will be beholden to you.
You accept my greetings.

Ahmed Fadel
MSC/statistics department
Baghdad/Al-mustansiria University
Iraq

A Simple and Useful Text-book for Non-Mathematicians, 15 May 2002
This is a great book to start you off in forecasting. Spyros Makridakis proves again that he can present his excellent ideas in a simple way, making them intelligible for students of different levels (the only prerequisite is your knowledge of simple math). So, whether you new in forecasting or you want to brush up your knowledge -- this book is an ultimate choice.

Forecasting for everyone, 12 Mar 2002
As the forecasting is a very complex problem and not that easy to handle, I found this book as one of the best written on the topic. However, the excellent structure and selection of samples included in, gives one the opportunity for easy following and better understanding.

Bible of Forecasting, 26 Feb 2001
An excellent text that starts from the very basics and goes through the latest methods. Also, because it avoids linear algebra where it can it is very readable by the non-mathematicians. However, mathematically strong readers should find it very useful since it states in plain English the intuition behind each method. Note, that I had been puzzled by the first review of this text especially about the Greek alphabet which although it would have been no problem still was misleading about the level of difficulty. A GREAT TEXT AND A MUST FOR INITIATION IN FORECASTING and even contains basic resources for the first time student of forecasting. I think no more than a standard introductory course in statistics is needed to go through the material.

A highly mathmatical book - authoritative but difficult, 28 Sep 2000
It is hard to turn a page without finding 3 equations and half of the greek alphabet. This book is about the mathmatics of forecasting - it is not the place to come if you want some advise on the adequate forecasting tools for your business. If you want to know how to forecast your sales, your external or internal demand, and so on there are much better books. It is a forecasting bible, but for mathmatitians.

Superb Overview of Major Economic Indicators for Traders, 23 Jun 2004
Even if you once knew all the ways that economic indicators are defined, data collected and reported, chances are that all of this has changed (unless your knowledge is less than 2 years old). In addition, the best way to use these indicators is constantly changing as new analytical tests are developed and back-checked. So if you are the chief economist for a Wall Street investment bank or brokerage firm, you probably don't need this book. But if you hold stock and bonds in the United States less often than 10 years, you can profit from this book.

Each chapter provides a delightful history of how a relevant indicator was developed, how the measurements are made now, how to apply the indicator for stock and bond investing and the latest technique for getting an "edge" on just looking at the indicator alone. The material is written in the kind of simple language that almost anyone can easily understand. The math is simple, too. If you can do arithmetic, you can understand this book.

There are individual chapters GDP; leading, lagging and coincident indicators; employment; industrial production and capacity utilization; indices from the Institute for Supply Management; manufacturers' shipments, inventories and orders; manufacturing, trade inventories and sales; new residential construction; consumer confidence and sentiment; advance monthly sale for retail trade and food services; personal income and outlays; and the consumer and producer price indices. Each discussion looks at how these data help you understand the future business cycle, interest rates, corporate profits and Federal Reserve actions.

I thought that the graphs were one of the best parts of the book. You can judge for yourself how powerful the relationships are that Mr. Yamarone outlines.

As I finished this book, I realized how nice it would be to have similar books for consumer decisions (like when to refinance your home, etc.) using the same kind of indicators in different ways.

It's Ok.... but u should look elswhere !!, 28 Oct 2008
Gujarati's Book is much better and it's structure and style is closer to introductory studies than this book. I just looked at it once and then i followed Gujarati's one. The only advantage of the book might be its price.
Nothing special, all at all a simple book for econometrcis.... I think there are lot of better alternative options.

Thank u


Simple and easy yet in-depth, 15 Sep 2006
This introductory book is easy to understand. It covers all basic econometrics topics and some advanced topics such as stationary and non-stationary time series. Explanations are simple and not too technical. For those qualitative persons doing econometrics this book will be a saviour. For those quantitative persons, they may find the book oversimplistic but is still useful for an introductory course to grasp the basics. What this book lack is mathematical proofs. But other than that this book is an excellent one.

This is a very good introductory book on econometrics., 13 Mar 2004
CDs "Introduction to Econometrics" provides you with a comprehensive background on the subject (Time series, Simultaneous equations, Heteroscedasticity, Multicollinearity, Binary choice models, etc.) to be able to interpret and perform your own econometric analysis for further use in applied economics.

The book serves as an excellent introduction for both quantitative and qualitative thinkers. The former gain a broad view of the subject that lays down the foundation for more hardcore mathematical modelling. The mathematical proofs in the appendix give a more succinct explanation of the techniques employed.

Qualitative readers are able to comprehend the statistical models without having to struggle with endless formulas and boring mathematical proofs. The necessary skills that they require for writing/reading economic analysis are all explained in this book.

The slides give you a more concise treatment of the material and the study guide a more applied flavour of econometrics. These are all freely downloadable from the LSE economics website.

I personally found this book very helpful to proceed onto postgraduate economics.

Great book and easy to understand!, 16 Nov 2003
Whether or not you are an undergraduate at the LSE taking the introductory course on Econometrics, this book will be of interest to you if you'd like an introduction to Econometrics. This book takes you from a very basic understanding of statistics right through to how to deal with non-stationary time series. In between it covers topics such as simple and multiple regression, problems with multicollinearity and misspecifications (e.g. omitted variable bias), heteroscedasticity, proxy variables and instrumental variables, simultaenous equation bias and time series. The book also gives you a basic understanding of how to use logit and probit analysis when fitting binary choice models.
Dougherty has succeeded to make this book easy to understand for any undergraduate seeking knowledge in this topic. I find the detailed worked examples especially helpful for when it comes to solving practical problems for which the book mainly considers the use of Stata and Eview. The book also has a lot of excercises that help enhance the student's understanding of the topics. Additionally, Dougherty has compiled a course guide that among other things also goes through some of the exercises in the book. The course guide can be found on his webpage at the LSE in addition to all slide shows corresponding to the chapters of the book. Together with these additional course materials, the book makes the topics very easy to understand and cope with for students and should help them do well in their courses on Econometrics. This is really one of a kind and an extremely useful basis for further studies in Econometrics!!

Too Basic & Too Short, 01 Jun 2007
I would agree with previous reviewers that this is a usefull tool for the beginer, but the beginer I have in mind has never come accross process mapping before. Ever! If you have ever seen a flowchart / organisation chart or process map before, then you're nearly past what this book has to offer. In my opinion the author is shamelessly ripping off the efforts of those thought leaders whom have dedicated themselves to the subject.
Add to that there is the lack of content, approx 60 pages of content (most of which are example charts) in an A5 format of approx 10 point text, and you can see how little there is in here for your £14.00.

All told, not impressed!

Simple, efficient, effective, right on target!, 06 Feb 2007
This book is rather for beginners in process mapping. It is clear extremely well focused, and effective. I got the information I needed in less than two hours of pleasant lecture. No dumb explanations about obvious real life examples covering more than 60% of the book! Book starts with a crisp and nice presentation of Relationship Map, Cross-functional Process Map and Flowchart. After that Flowcharting, Process Mapping, Relationship Maps, Cross-Functional Process Maps are explained and followed by an easy to understand example. The book ends with Analyzing a Process chapter that I found good to start analyzing and improving my own processes. The book is useful for managers, consultants and students as a start in process mapping and or process improvement projects. I'll keep it as useful reference for my work.
Highly appreciate your work Robert, thank you!


Mapping the process, 08 Mar 2005
Robert Damelio provides an easy to use guide for the many different process mapping concepts. At 62 pages the book is an easy read and the examples and charts make the implementation of the ideas fairly simple for any business.
A useful tool and a very good study aid for the Rushmore MBA course 2133

Very simple and practical, 08 May 2003
Very straightforward.
Useful at all levels: a must for the beginners and a very handy quick guide for anyone working with process study/improvement in any organization.
It is worth every cent.

Easy but too short, 13 Jun 2001
The book is very good, when explaining the basics of process mapping but very short. It took me literally less than 45 mins to read the whole book.

Linear Aljebra, 17 Aug 2005
I Iraqi MSC student, I prepare now to write my thesis in demography field and my research deal with (lee-carter) method whereas I will use this method to produce modeling and forecasting of Iraqi mortality. Because of our country circumstances the scientific resources are not available. If you not have preventive I need the book"(1997) Numerical Linear Algebra.philadephia: Society for industrial and applied mathematics" If you can assist me by send PDF of this book and I will be beholden to you.
You accept my greetings.

Ahmed Fadel
MSC/statistics department
Baghdad/Al-mustansiria University
Iraq

A Simple and Useful Text-book for Non-Mathematicians, 15 May 2002
This is a great book to start you off in forecasting. Spyros Makridakis proves again that he can present his excellent ideas in a simple way, making them intelligible for students of different levels (the only prerequisite is your knowledge of simple math). So, whether you new in forecasting or you want to brush up your knowledge -- this book is an ultimate choice.

Forecasting for everyone, 12 Mar 2002
As the forecasting is a very complex problem and not that easy to handle, I found this book as one of the best written on the topic. However, the excellent structure and selection of samples included in, gives one the opportunity for easy following and better understanding.

Bible of Forecasting, 26 Feb 2001
An excellent text that starts from the very basics and goes through the latest methods. Also, because it avoids linear algebra where it can it is very readable by the non-mathematicians. However, mathematically strong readers should find it very useful since it states in plain English the intuition behind each method. Note, that I had been puzzled by the first review of this text especially about the Greek alphabet which although it would have been no problem still was misleading about the level of difficulty. A GREAT TEXT AND A MUST FOR INITIATION IN FORECASTING and even contains basic resources for the first time student of forecasting. I think no more than a standard introductory course in statistics is needed to go through the material.

A highly mathmatical book - authoritative but difficult, 28 Sep 2000
It is hard to turn a page without finding 3 equations and half of the greek alphabet. This book is about the mathmatics of forecasting - it is not the place to come if you want some advise on the adequate forecasting tools for your business. If you want to know how to forecast your sales, your external or internal demand, and so on there are much better books. It is a forecasting bible, but for mathmatitians.

Superb Overview of Major Economic Indicators for Traders, 23 Jun 2004
Even if you once knew all the ways that economic indicators are defined, data collected and reported, chances are that all of this has changed (unless your knowledge is less than 2 years old). In addition, the best way to use these indicators is constantly changing as new analytical tests are developed and back-checked. So if you are the chief economist for a Wall Street investment bank or brokerage firm, you probably don't need this book. But if you hold stock and bonds in the United States less often than 10 years, you can profit from this book.

Each chapter provides a delightful history of how a relevant indicator was developed, how the measurements are made now, how to apply the indicator for stock and bond investing and the latest technique for getting an "edge" on just looking at the indicator alone. The material is written in the kind of simple language that almost anyone can easily understand. The math is simple, too. If you can do arithmetic, you can understand this book.

There are individual chapters GDP; leading, lagging and coincident indicators; employment; industrial production and capacity utilization; indices from the Institute for Supply Management; manufacturers' shipments, inventories and orders; manufacturing, trade inventories and sales; new residential construction; consumer confidence and sentiment; advance monthly sale for retail trade and food services; personal income and outlays; and the consumer and producer price indices. Each discussion looks at how these data help you understand the future business cycle, interest rates, corporate profits and Federal Reserve actions.

I thought that the graphs were one of the best parts of the book. You can judge for yourself how powerful the relationships are that Mr. Yamarone outlines.

As I finished this book, I realized how nice it would be to have similar books for consumer decisions (like when to refinance your home, etc.) using the same kind of indicators in different ways.

Engaging and informative read, 17 May 2007
This text book, designed primarily for Consumer Psychology, is the perfect accompaniment to any such university course. Statt (a psychologist) writes fluently and interestingly about the major links between mainstream psychology and this applied field. The chapters are reassuringly short and give a good overview of each topic (for example, 'Attitudes', 'Personality' and 'New Products and Innovations'). Instead of referencing directly in the text (which can be quite tiresome if there are many to cite), a separate reference list is included at the end of the book. Students may wish to consult up-to-date journals as well for the most recent research, and this would apply to any text book. Statt's witty turn of phrase makes this an excellent buy, and recommended over such texts as 'Consumer Behaviour' (Evans/Foxall), which give too loose and unscientific an approach for university level as they are written by marketing, rather than psychology, experts.

It's Ok.... but u should look elswhere !!, 28 Oct 2008
Gujarati's Book is much better and it's structure and style is closer to introductory studies than this book. I just looked at it once and then i followed Gujarati's one. The only advantage of the book might be its price.
Nothing special, all at all a simple book for econometrcis.... I think there are lot of better alternative options.

Thank u


Simple and easy yet in-depth, 15 Sep 2006
This introductory book is easy to understand. It covers all basic econometrics topics and some advanced topics such as stationary and non-stationary time series. Explanations are simple and not too technical. For those qualitative persons doing econometrics this book will be a saviour. For those quantitative persons, they may find the book oversimplistic but is still useful for an introductory course to grasp the basics. What this book lack is mathematical proofs. But other than that this book is an excellent one.

This is a very good introductory book on econometrics., 13 Mar 2004
CDs "Introduction to Econometrics" provides you with a comprehensive background on the subject (Time series, Simultaneous equations, Heteroscedasticity, Multicollinearity, Binary choice models, etc.) to be able to interpret and perform your own econometric analysis for further use in applied economics.

The book serves as an excellent introduction for both quantitative and qualitative thinkers. The former gain a broad view of the subject that lays down the foundation for more hardcore mathematical modelling. The mathematical proofs in the appendix give a more succinct explanation of the techniques employed.

Qualitative readers are able to comprehend the statistical models without having to struggle with endless formulas and boring mathematical proofs. The necessary skills that they require for writing/reading economic analysis are all explained in this book.

The slides give you a more concise treatment of the material and the study guide a more applied flavour of econometrics. These are all freely downloadable from the LSE economics website.

I personally found this book very helpful to proceed onto postgraduate economics.

Great book and easy to understand!, 16 Nov 2003
Whether or not you are an undergraduate at the LSE taking the introductory course on Econometrics, this book will be of interest to you if you'd like an introduction to Econometrics. This book takes you from a very basic understanding of statistics right through to how to deal with non-stationary time series. In between it covers topics such as simple and multiple regression, problems with multicollinearity and misspecifications (e.g. omitted variable bias), heteroscedasticity, proxy variables and instrumental variables, simultaenous equation bias and time series. The book also gives you a basic understanding of how to use logit and probit analysis when fitting binary choice models.
Dougherty has succeeded to make this book easy to understand for any undergraduate seeking knowledge in this topic. I find the detailed worked examples especially helpful for when it comes to solving practical problems for which the book mainly considers the use of Stata and Eview. The book also has a lot of excercises that help enhance the student's understanding of the topics. Additionally, Dougherty has compiled a course guide that among other things also goes through some of the exercises in the book. The course guide can be found on his webpage at the LSE in addition to all slide shows corresponding to the chapters of the book. Together with these additional course materials, the book makes the topics very easy to understand and cope with for students and should help them do well in their courses on Econometrics. This is really one of a kind and an extremely useful basis for further studies in Econometrics!!

Too Basic & Too Short, 01 Jun 2007
I would agree with previous reviewers that this is a usefull tool for the beginer, but the beginer I have in mind has never come accross process mapping before. Ever! If you have ever seen a flowchart / organisation chart or process map before, then you're nearly past what this book has to offer. In my opinion the author is shamelessly ripping off the efforts of those thought leaders whom have dedicated themselves to the subject.
Add to that there is the lack of content, approx 60 pages of content (most of which are example charts) in an A5 format of approx 10 point text, and you can see how little there is in here for your £14.00.

All told, not impressed!

Simple, efficient, effective, right on target!, 06 Feb 2007
This book is rather for beginners in process mapping. It is clear extremely well focused, and effective. I got the information I needed in less than two hours of pleasant lecture. No dumb explanations about obvious real life examples covering more than 60% of the book! Book starts with a crisp and nice presentation of Relationship Map, Cross-functional Process Map and Flowchart. After that Flowcharting, Process Mapping, Relationship Maps, Cross-Functional Process Maps are explained and followed by an easy to understand example. The book ends with Analyzing a Process chapter that I found good to start analyzing and improving my own processes. The book is useful for managers, consultants and students as a start in process mapping and or process improvement projects. I'll keep it as useful reference for my work.
Highly appreciate your work Robert, thank you!


Mapping the process, 08 Mar 2005
Robert Damelio provides an easy to use guide for the many different process mapping concepts. At 62 pages the book is an easy read and the examples and charts make the implementation of the ideas fairly simple for any business.
A useful tool and a very good study aid for the Rushmore MBA course 2133

Very simple and practical, 08 May 2003
Very straightforward.
Useful at all levels: a must for the beginners and a very handy quick guide for anyone working with process study/improvement in any organization.
It is worth every cent.

Easy but too short, 13 Jun 2001
The book is very good, when explaining the basics of process mapping but very short. It took me literally less than 45 mins to read the whole book.

Linear Aljebra, 17 Aug 2005
I Iraqi MSC student, I prepare now to write my thesis in demography field and my research deal with (lee-carter) method whereas I will use this method to produce modeling and forecasting of Iraqi mortality. Because of our country circumstances the scientific resources are not available. If you not have preventive I need the book"(1997) Numerical Linear Algebra.philadephia: Society for industrial and applied mathematics" If you can assist me by send PDF of this book and I will be beholden to you.
You accept my greetings.

Ahmed Fadel
MSC/statistics department
Baghdad/Al-mustansiria University
Iraq

A Simple and Useful Text-book for Non-Mathematicians, 15 May 2002
This is a great book to start you off in forecasting. Spyros Makridakis proves again that he can present his excellent ideas in a simple way, making them intelligible for students of different levels (the only prerequisite is your knowledge of simple math). So, whether you new in forecasting or you want to brush up your knowledge -- this book is an ultimate choice.

Forecasting for everyone, 12 Mar 2002
As the forecasting is a very complex problem and not that easy to handle, I found this book as one of the best written on the topic. However, the excellent structure and selection of samples included in, gives one the opportunity for easy following and better understanding.

Bible of Forecasting, 26 Feb 2001
An excellent text that starts from the very basics and goes through the latest methods. Also, because it avoids linear algebra where it can it is very readable by the non-mathematicians. However, mathematically strong readers should find it very useful since it states in plain English the intuition behind each method. Note, that I had been puzzled by the first review of this text especially about the Greek alphabet which although it would have been no problem still was misleading about the level of difficulty. A GREAT TEXT AND A MUST FOR INITIATION IN FORECASTING and even contains basic resources for the first time student of forecasting. I think no more than a standard introductory course in statistics is needed to go through the material.

A highly mathmatical book - authoritative but difficult, 28 Sep 2000
It is hard to turn a page without finding 3 equations and half of the greek alphabet. This book is about the mathmatics of forecasting - it is not the place to come if you want some advise on the adequate forecasting tools for your business. If you want to know how to forecast your sales, your external or internal demand, and so on there are much better books. It is a forecasting bible, but for mathmatitians.

Superb Overview of Major Economic Indicators for Traders, 23 Jun 2004
Even if you once knew all the ways that economic indicators are defined, data collected and reported, chances are that all of this has changed (unless your knowledge is less than 2 years old). In addition, the best way to use these indicators is constantly changing as new analytical tests are developed and back-checked. So if you are the chief economist for a Wall Street investment bank or brokerage firm, you probably don't need this book. But if you hold stock and bonds in the United States less often than 10 years, you can profit from this book.

Each chapter provides a delightful history of how a relevant indicator was developed, how the measurements are made now, how to apply the indicator for stock and bond investing and the latest technique for getting an "edge" on just looking at the indicator alone. The material is written in the kind of simple language that almost anyone can easily understand. The math is simple, too. If you can do arithmetic, you can understand this book.

There are individual chapters GDP; leading, lagging and coincident indicators; employment; industrial production and capacity utilization; indices from the Institute for Supply Management; manufacturers' shipments, inventories and orders; manufacturing, trade inventories and sales; new residential construction; consumer confidence and sentiment; advance monthly sale for retail trade and food services; personal income and outlays; and the consumer and producer price indices. Each discussion looks at how these data help you understand the future business cycle, interest rates, corporate profits and Federal Reserve actions.

I thought that the graphs were one of the best parts of the book. You can judge for yourself how powerful the relationships are that Mr. Yamarone outlines.

As I finished this book, I realized how nice it would be to have similar books for consumer decisions (like when to refinance your home, etc.) using the same kind of indicators in different ways.

Engaging and informative read, 17 May 2007
This text book, designed primarily for Consumer Psychology, is the perfect accompaniment to any such university course. Statt (a psychologist) writes fluently and interestingly about the major links between mainstream psychology and this applied field. The chapters are reassuringly short and give a good overview of each topic (for example, 'Attitudes', 'Personality' and 'New Products and Innovations'). Instead of referencing directly in the text (which can be quite tiresome if there are many to cite), a separate reference list is included at the end of the book. Students may wish to consult up-to-date journals as well for the most recent research, and this would apply to any text book. Statt's witty turn of phrase makes this an excellent buy, and recommended over such texts as 'Consumer Behaviour' (Evans/Foxall), which give too loose and unscientific an approach for university level as they are written by marketing, rather than psychology, experts.

A Comprehensive insight into market mapping and cyclical drivers, 23 Sep 2008
As an avid reader, I love a book when it adds to my knowledge of a particular subject and that I can imbue something from it in my own treatment of the issue at hand. On reading Mapping the Markets, I was suitably impressed by the authors' grasp and lucid explanation of economic and technical analysis and business cycles.

The book is essentially spread over four parts - Tools for mapping the markets, Long-term cyclical drivers, Downward phases of the cycle and Taking market bearings. This is followed by the authors' conclusion. They give their sound take on how the markets are likely to behave based on technical analysis and fundamental analysis, with the latter taking a broader approach to asset pricing.

The treatment of the business cycles, (the 50-year Kondratieff, 10-year jugular and 4-year Kitchin) is one of the best and well gelled that I have read. Some of the authors' take is very informative and you are unlikely to hear analysts on business news channels do justice to how stocks are affected by the cycles to the extent the authors have. After all print is a medium for detail, and detailed is exactly what this book is.

Adding value to the content is the authors' treatment of demographics and natural resource allocation while attempting to fathom China and India's economic boom. Chapter 9 on Global imbalances is particularly impressive. Shares, interest rates or forex - whatever tickles your fancy, it would be well worth your while to read this book.

A MUST read for all investors, 12 Feb 2007
It is a privilege to commend this book to the great multitude of investors, traders and analysts, who are eager to enhance their knowledge of the global financial markets - whether in equities, currencies, interest rates or commodities.

"Mapping the Markets", the brainchild of two well-known practitioners in the world of technical research; Deborah Owen and Robin Griffiths, amalgamate the disciplines of economic and technical analysis, showing how investors can position themselves to benefit from both specialties.

The authors expound on the work of Joseph Schumpeter - this being the backbone of their methodology - and illustrate how Schumpeter's 'three-cycle schema' culminate in trends in the stockmarket that last for generational periods of time (secular timeframes) or in cycles of shorter duration. Particularly interesting is the revelation of the four-year cycle in the US stockmarket, otherwise dubbed the Kitchin cycle in Schumpeter's work, and is shown to have become phase-locked with the US presidential-election cycle.

At the microscopic level, the authors share a unique system for identifying Stocks and conducting top-down analysis that begets from the four-year cycle. The methodology aims to identify the strongest trending markets and stocks based on short, long and relative strength trends and is particularly useful for determining sector rotation within the business cycle. Having applied this analysis, they illustrate simple chart patterns that can be utilised in conjunction with this methodology to sharpen market timing.

On another note, the book is instrumental in revealing how more esoteric
concepts like demographics and natural resource allocation are key in paving the economic destinies of countries and is apropos in interpreting China and India's boom story.

Finally, it is worth highlighting that the primary strength of this book is separating the wheat from the chaff to provide a no-nonsense approach to deciphering financial markets in their changing landscapes.

I only wish that I had this book ten years ago!

Ron William - Bloomberg

It's Ok.... but u should look elswhere !!, 28 Oct 2008
Gujarati's Book is much better and it's structure and style is closer to introductory studies than this book. I just looked at it once and then i followed Gujarati's one. The only advantage of the book might be its price.
Nothing special, all at all a simple book for econometrcis.... I think there are lot of better alternative options.

Thank u


Simple and easy yet in-depth, 15 Sep 2006
This introductory book is easy to understand. It covers all basic econometrics topics and some advanced topics such as stationary and non-stationary time series. Explanations are simple and not too technical. For those qualitative persons doing econometrics this book will be a saviour. For those quantitative persons, they may find the book oversimplistic but is still useful for an introductory course to grasp the basics. What this book lack is mathematical proofs. But other than that this book is an excellent one.

This is a very good introductory book on econometrics., 13 Mar 2004
CDs "Introduction to Econometrics" provides you with a comprehensive background on the subject (Time series, Simultaneous equations, Heteroscedasticity, Multicollinearity, Binary choice models, etc.) to be able to interpret and perform your own econometric analysis for further use in applied economics.

The book serves as an excellent introduction for both quantitative and qualitative thinkers. The former gain a broad view of the subject that lays down the foundation for more hardcore mathematical modelling. The mathematical proofs in the appendix give a more succinct explanation of the techniques employed.

Qualitative readers are able to comprehend the statistical models without having to struggle with endless formulas and boring mathematical proofs. The necessary skills that they require for writing/reading economic analysis are all explained in this book.

The slides give you a more concise treatment of the material and the study guide a more applied flavour of econometrics. These are all freely downloadable from the LSE economics website.

I personally found this book very helpful to proceed onto postgraduate economics.

Great book and easy to understand!, 16 Nov 2003
Whether or not you are an undergraduate at the LSE taking the introductory course on Econometrics, this book will be of interest to you if you'd like an introduction to Econometrics. This book takes you from a very basic understanding of statistics right through to how to deal with non-stationary time series. In between it covers topics such as simple and multiple regression, problems with multicollinearity and misspecifications (e.g. omitted variable bias), heteroscedasticity, proxy variables and instrumental variables, simultaenous equation bias and time series. The book also gives you a basic understanding of how to use logit and probit analysis when fitting binary choice models.
Dougherty has succeeded to make this book easy to understand for any undergraduate seeking knowledge in this topic. I find the detailed worked examples especially helpful for when it comes to solving practical problems for which the book mainly considers the use of Stata and Eview. The book also has a lot of excercises that help enhance the student's understanding of the topics. Additionally, Dougherty has compiled a course guide that among other things also goes through some of the exercises in the book. The course guide can be found on his webpage at the LSE in addition to all slide shows corresponding to the chapters of the book. Together with these additional course materials, the book makes the topics very easy to understand and cope with for students and should help them do well in their courses on Econometrics. This is really one of a kind and an extremely useful basis for further studies in Econometrics!!

Too Basic & Too Short, 01 Jun 2007
I would agree with previous reviewers that this is a usefull tool for the beginer, but the beginer I have in mind has never come accross process mapping before. Ever! If you have ever seen a flowchart / organisation chart or process map before, then you're nearly past what this book has to offer. In my opinion the author is shamelessly ripping off the efforts of those thought leaders whom have dedicated themselves to the subject.
Add to that there is the lack of content, approx 60 pages of content (most of which are example charts) in an A5 format of approx 10 point text, and you can see how little there is in here for your £14.00.

All told, not impressed!

Simple, efficient, effective, right on target!, 06 Feb 2007
This book is rather for beginners in process mapping. It is clear extremely well focused, and effective. I got the information I needed in less than two hours of pleasant lecture. No dumb explanations about obvious real life examples covering more than 60% of the book! Book starts with a crisp and nice presentation of Relationship Map, Cross-functional Process Map and Flowchart. After that Flowcharting, Process Mapping, Relationship Maps, Cross-Functional Process Maps are explained and followed by an easy to understand example. The book ends with Analyzing a Process chapter that I found good to start analyzing and improving my own processes. The book is useful for managers, consultants and students as a start in process mapping and or process improvement projects. I'll keep it as useful reference for my work.
Highly appreciate your work Robert, thank you!


Mapping the process, 08 Mar 2005
Robert Damelio provides an easy to use guide for the many different process mapping concepts. At 62 pages the book is an easy read and the examples and charts make the implementation of the ideas fairly simple for any business.
A useful tool and a very good study aid for the Rushmore MBA course 2133

Very simple and practical, 08 May 2003
Very straightforward.
Useful at all levels: a must for the beginners and a very handy quick guide for anyone working with process study/improvement in any organization.
It is worth every cent.

Easy but too short, 13 Jun 2001
The book is very good, when explaining the basics of process mapping but very short. It took me literally less than 45 mins to read the whole book.

Linear Aljebra, 17 Aug 2005
I Iraqi MSC student, I prepare now to write my thesis in demography field and my research deal with (lee-carter) method whereas I will use this method to produce modeling and forecasting of Iraqi mortality. Because of our country circumstances the scientific resources are not available. If you not have preventive I need the book"(1997) Numerical Linear Algebra.philadephia: Society for industrial and applied mathematics" If you can assist me by send PDF of this book and I will be beholden to you.
You accept my greetings.

Ahmed Fadel
MSC/statistics department
Baghdad/Al-mustansiria University
Iraq

A Simple and Useful Text-book for Non-Mathematicians, 15 May 2002
This is a great book to start you off in forecasting. Spyros Makridakis proves again that he can present his excellent ideas in a simple way, making them intelligible for students of different levels (the only prerequisite is your knowledge of simple math). So, whether you new in forecasting or you want to brush up your knowledge -- this book is an ultimate choice.

Forecasting for everyone, 12 Mar 2002
As the forecasting is a very complex problem and not that easy to handle, I found this book as one of the best written on the topic. However, the excellent structure and selection of samples included in, gives one the opportunity for easy following and better understanding.

Bible of Forecasting, 26 Feb 2001
An excellent text that starts from the very basics and goes through the latest methods. Also, because it avoids linear algebra where it can it is very readable by the non-mathematicians. However, mathematically strong readers should find it very useful since it states in plain English the intuition behind each method. Note, that I had been puzzled by the first review of this text especially about the Greek alphabet which although it would have been no problem still was misleading about the level of difficulty. A GREAT TEXT AND A MUST FOR INITIATION IN FORECASTING and even contains basic resources for the first time student of forecasting. I think no more than a standard introductory course in statistics is needed to go through the material.

A highly mathmatical book - authoritative but difficult, 28 Sep 2000
It is hard to turn a page without finding 3 equations and half of the greek alphabet. This book is about the mathmatics of forecasting - it is not the place to come if you want some advise on the adequate forecasting tools for your business. If you want to know how to forecast your sales, your external or internal demand, and so on there are much better books. It is a forecasting bible, but for mathmatitians.

Superb Overview of Major Economic Indicators for Traders, 23 Jun 2004
Even if you once knew all the ways that economic indicators are defined, data collected and reported, chances are that all of this has changed (unless your knowledge is less than 2 years old). In addition, the best way to use these indicators is constantly changing as new analytical tests are developed and back-checked. So if you are the chief economist for a Wall Street investment bank or brokerage firm, you probably don't need this book. But if you hold stock and bonds in the United States less often than 10 years, you can profit from this book.

Each chapter provides a delightful history of how a relevant indicator was developed, how the measurements are made now, how to apply the indicator for stock and bond investing and the latest technique for getting an "edge" on just looking at the indicator alone. The material is written in the kind of simple language that almost anyone can easily understand. The math is simple, too. If you can do arithmetic, you can understand this book.

There are individual chapters GDP; leading, lagging and coincident indicators; employment; industrial production and capacity utilization; indices from the Institute for Supply Management; manufacturers' shipments, inventories and orders; manufacturing, trade inventories and sales; new residential construction; consumer confidence and sentiment; advance monthly sale for retail trade and food services; personal income and outlays; and the consumer and producer price indices. Each discussion looks at how these data help you understand the future business cycle, interest rates, corporate profits and Federal Reserve actions.

I thought that the graphs were one of the best parts of the book. You can judge for yourself how powerful the relationships are that Mr. Yamarone outlines.

As I finished this book, I realized how nice it would be to have similar books for consumer decisions (like when to refinance your home, etc.) using the same kind of indicators in different ways.

Engaging and informative read, 17 May 2007
This text book, designed primarily for Consumer Psychology, is the perfect accompaniment to any such university course. Statt (a psychologist) writes fluently and interestingly about the major links between mainstream psychology and this applied field. The chapters are reassuringly short and give a good overview of each topic (for example, 'Attitudes', 'Personality' and 'New Products and Innovations'). Instead of referencing directly in the text (which can be quite tiresome if there are many to cite), a separate reference list is included at the end of the book. Students may wish to consult up-to-date journals as well for the most recent research, and this would apply to any text book. Statt's witty turn of phrase makes this an excellent buy, and recommended over such texts as 'Consumer Behaviour' (Evans/Foxall), which give too loose and unscientific an approach for university level as they are written by marketing, rather than psychology, experts.

A Comprehensive insight into market mapping and cyclical drivers, 23 Sep 2008
As an avid reader, I love a book when it adds to my knowledge of a particular subject and that I can imbue something from it in my own treatment of the issue at hand. On reading Mapping the Markets, I was suitably impressed by the authors' grasp and lucid explanation of economic and technical analysis and business cycles.

The book is essentially spread over four parts - Tools for mapping the markets, Long-term cyclical drivers, Downward phases of the cycle and Taking market bearings. This is followed by the authors' conclusion. They give their sound take on how the markets are likely to behave based on technical analysis and fundamental analysis, with the latter taking a broader approach to asset pricing.

The treatment of the business cycles, (the 50-year Kondratieff, 10-year jugular and 4-year Kitchin) is one of the best and well gelled that I have read. Some of the authors' take is very informative and you are unlikely to hear analysts on business news channels do justice to how stocks are affected by the cycles to the extent the authors have. After all print is a medium for detail, and detailed is exactly what this book is.

Adding value to the content is the authors' treatment of demographics and natural resource allocation while attempting to fathom China and India's economic boom. Chapter 9 on Global imbalances is particularly impressive. Shares, interest rates or forex - whatever tickles your fancy, it would be well worth your while to read this book.

A MUST read for all investors, 12 Feb 2007
It is a privilege to commend this book to the great multitude of investors, traders and analysts, who are eager to enhance their knowledge of the global financial markets - whether in equities, currencies, interest rates or commodities.

"Mapping the Markets", the brainchild of two well-known practitioners in the world of technical research; Deborah Owen and Robin Griffiths, amalgamate the disciplines of economic and technical analysis, showing how investors can position themselves to benefit from both specialties.

The authors expound on the work of Joseph Schumpeter - this being the backbone of their methodology - and illustrate how Schumpeter's 'three-cycle schema' culminate in trends in the stockmarket that last for generational periods of time (secular timeframes) or in cycles of shorter duration. Particularly interesting is the revelation of the four-year cycle in the US stockmarket, otherwise dubbed the Kitchin cycle in Schumpeter's work, and is shown to have become phase-locked with the US presidential-election cycle.

At the microscopic level, the authors share a unique system for identifying Stocks and conducting top-down analysis that begets from the four-year cycle. The methodology aims to identify the strongest trending markets and stocks based on short, long and relative strength trends and is particularly useful for determining sector rotation within the business cycle. Having applied this analysis, they illustrate simple chart patterns that can be utilised in conjunction with this methodology to sharpen market timing.

On another note, the book is instrumental in revealing how more esoteric
concepts like demographics and natural resource allocation are key in paving the economic destinies of countries and is apropos in interpreting China and India's boom story.

Finally, it is worth highlighting that the primary strength of this book is separating the wheat from the chaff to provide a no-nonsense approach to deciphering financial markets in their changing landscapes.

I only wish that I had this book ten years ago!

Ron William - Bloomberg

THIS IS THE BOOK TO BUY, 19 Nov 2008
FROST AND PRECHTER'S BOOK ON THE DISCOVERIES OF RALPH NELSON ELLIOTT IS SUPERB. THE FIRST NINETY PAGES EXPLAIN THE THEORY. THEN JUST KEEP RE-READING IT. YES THERE HAVE BEEN MODIFICATIONS OVER THE YEARS BUT IT IS STILL THE BEST BEGINNERS MANUAL. AFTER THIS READ ROBERT BALAN'S BOOK TO FILL IN THE BLANKS. IT IS NOT A COMPLICATED THEORY IT JUST NEEDS TO BE PRACTICED.
AS ANY RESPECTABLE ELLIOTTICIAN WILL FREELY ADMIT, THE PROBLEM WITH ELLIOTT WAVE IS THAT THERE IS ALWAYS AN ALTERNATE WAVE COUNT THAT IS PERFECTLY PLAUSIBLE FOR THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. HOWEVER, WHEN IT WORKS, IT IS TRUELY BREATHTAKING AND OF COURSE VERY PROFITABLE.
PRECHTER'S SUBSEQUENT BOOKS, I CALL THEM BAD SEQUELS, ARE SIMPLY MONEY MAKING EXERCISES AND SO HAVE DAMAGED THE PUBLIC REPUTATION OF RALPH NELSON ELLIOTT'S THEORY. IF YOU ARE THINKING OF BUYING ANY OF PRECHTER'S BOOKS CHOOSE THIS ONE.

Elliott Wave Principle, 04 Aug 2003
To most EWT traders I know this is the most important read on the subject.

What people need to be aware of is the complexity of the subject, EWT is not a subject for beginners or passing traders looking for a system that they can get into within 4 weeks and trade with from that point on.

Whilst the book is not written in an easy to follow fashion, choice of words and sentence structure are unusual to say the least, the authors deliver a very full and complete study of a complex subject.

I have a number of books on the subject and whilst I would not say this is the easiest read, for the serious trader, who wants to apply EWT to their TA tool kit, and who wanst to learn the rules and guidelines properly, this is the only book required.

The edition is out of date and with it most of the projections however I know many EWT traders who are very successful from using this book as their start point for the subject.

Up to date Principle - Out of date projections, 21 Aug 1999
It is a well and systematically written book that leads you through quite complex ideas of Elliott Principle. However forecasts that are completely out of date and proved unsuccessful in the past coupled with a lack of up to date examples are important disadvantages. Personally I think it was the author's mistake to mix the Elliott Principle with his own projections ...

the most difficult-to-read book I've ever incountered, 06 Jul 1999
I purchased this book 3 years ago. I've since attempted to read it several times but was un able to get past chapter 1 titled "The broad concept". The book now sits in my library the one and only unread material.

Still the best book on the subject, 25 Jan 1999
While there are many pretenders to the throne of most knowledgeable Elliottician, Bob Prechter has forgotten more than anyone else even knows on the subject. This book is simple to follow. Though some of the nuances are missing, you can always send him an email at his site and he'll give you an answer!

It's Ok.... but u should look elswhere !!, 28 Oct 2008
Gujarati's Book is much better and it's structure and style is closer to introductory studies than this book. I just looked at it once and then i followed Gujarati's one. The only advantage of the book might be its price.
Nothing special, all at all a simple book for econometrcis.... I think there are lot of better alternative options.

Thank u


Simple and easy yet in-depth, 15 Sep 2006
This introductory book is easy to understand. It covers all basic econometrics topics and some advanced topics such as stationary and non-stationary time series. Explanations are simple and not too technical. For those qualitative persons doing econometrics this book will be a saviour. For those quantitative persons, they may find the book oversimplistic but is still useful for an introductory course to grasp the basics. What this book lack is mathematical proofs. But other than that this book is an excellent one.

This is a very good introductory book on econometrics., 13 Mar 2004
CDs "Introduction to Econometrics" provides you with a comprehensive background on the subject (Time series, Simultaneous equations, Heteroscedasticity, Multicollinearity, Binary choice models, etc.) to be able to interpret and perform your own econometric analysis for further use in applied economics.

The book serves as an excellent introduction for both quantitative and qualitative thinkers. The former gain a broad view of the subject that lays down the foundation for more hardcore mathematical modelling. The mathematical proofs in the appendix give a more succinct explanation of the techniques employed.

Qualitative readers are able to comprehend the statistical models without having to struggle with endless formulas and boring mathematical proofs. The necessary skills that they require for writing/reading economic analysis are all explained in this book.

The slides give you a more concise treatment of the material and the study guide a more applied flavour of econometrics. These are all freely downloadable from the LSE economics website.

I personally found this book very helpful to proceed onto postgraduate economics.

Great book and easy to understand!, 16 Nov 2003
Whether or not you are an undergraduate at the LSE taking the introductory course on Econometrics, this book will be of interest to you if you'd like an introduction to Econometrics. This book takes you from a very basic understanding of statistics right through to how to deal with non-stationary time series. In between it covers topics such as simple and multiple regression, problems with multicollinearity and misspecifications (e.g. omitted variable bias), heteroscedasticity, proxy variables and instrumental variables, simultaenous equation bias and time series. The book also gives you a basic understanding of how to use logit and probit analysis when fitting binary choice models.
Dougherty has succeeded to make this book easy to understand for any undergraduate seeking knowledge in this topic. I find the detailed worked examples especially helpful for when it comes to solving practical problems for which the book mainly considers the use of Stata and Eview. The book also has a lot of excercises that help enhance the student's understanding of the topics. Additionally, Dougherty has compiled a course guide that among other things also goes through some of the exercises in the book. The course guide can be found on his webpage at the LSE in addition to all slide shows corresponding to the chapters of the book. Together with these additional course materials, the book makes the topics very easy to understand and cope with for students and should help them do well in their courses on Econometrics. This is really one of a kind and an extremely useful basis for further studies in Econometrics!!

Too Basic & Too Short, 01 Jun 2007
I would agree with previous reviewers that this is a usefull tool for the beginer, but the beginer I have in mind has never come accross process mapping before. Ever! If you have ever seen a flowchart / organisation chart or process map before, then you're nearly past what this book has to offer. In my opinion the author is shamelessly ripping off the efforts of those thought leaders whom have dedicated themselves to the subject.
Add to that there is the lack of content, approx 60 pages of content (most of which are example charts) in an A5 format of approx 10 point text, and you can see how little there is in here for your £14.00.

All told, not impressed!

Simple, efficient, effective, right on target!, 06 Feb 2007
This book is rather for beginners in process mapping. It is clear extremely well focused, and effective. I got the information I needed in less than two hours of pleasant lecture. No dumb explanations about obvious real life examples covering more than 60% of the book! Book starts with a crisp and nice presentation of Relationship Map, Cross-functional Process Map and Flowchart. After that Flowcharting, Process Mapping, Relationship Maps, Cross-Functional Process Maps are explained and followed by an easy to understand example. The book ends with Analyzing a Process chapter that I found good to start analyzing and improving my own processes. The book is useful for managers, consultants and students as a start in process mapping and or process improvement projects. I'll keep it as useful reference for my work.
Highly appreciate your work Robert, thank you!


Mapping the process, 08 Mar 2005
Robert Damelio provides an easy to use guide for the many different process mapping concepts. At 62 pages the book is an easy read and the examples and charts make the implementation of the ideas fairly simple for any business.
A useful tool and a very good study aid for the Rushmore MBA course 2133

Very simple and practical, 08 May 2003
Very straightforward.
Useful at all levels: a must for the beginners and a very handy quick guide for anyone working with process study/improvement in any organization.
It is worth every cent.

Easy but too short, 13 Jun 2001
The book is very good, when explaining the basics of process mapping but very short. It took me literally less than 45 mins to read the whole book.

Linear Aljebra, 17 Aug 2005
I Iraqi MSC student, I prepare now to write my thesis in demography field and my research deal with (lee-carter) method whereas I will use this method to produce modeling and forecasting of Iraqi mortality. Because of our country circumstances the scientific resources are not available. If you not have preventive I need the book"(1997) Numerical Linear Algebra.philadephia: Society for industrial and applied mathematics" If you can assist me by send PDF of this book and I will be beholden to you.
You accept my greetings.

Ahmed Fadel
MSC/statistics department
Baghdad/Al-mustansiria University
Iraq

A Simple and Useful Text-book for Non-Mathematicians, 15 May 2002
This is a great book to start you off in forecasting. Spyros Makridakis proves again that he can present his excellent ideas in a simple way, making them intelligible for students of different levels (the only prerequisite is your knowledge of simple math). So, whether you new in forecasting or you want to brush up your knowledge -- this book is an ultimate choice.

Forecasting for everyone, 12 Mar 2002
As the forecasting is a very complex problem and not that easy to handle, I found this book as one of the best written on the topic. However, the excellent structure and selection of samples included in, gives one the opportunity for easy following and better understanding.

Bible of Forecasting, 26 Feb 2001
An excellent text that starts from the very basics and goes through the latest methods. Also, because it avoids linear algebra where it can it is very readable by the non-mathematicians. However, mathematically strong readers should find it very useful since it states in plain English the intuition behind each method. Note, that I had been puzzled by the first review of this text especially about the Greek alphabet which although it would have been no problem still was misleading about the level of difficulty. A GREAT TEXT AND A MUST FOR INITIATION IN FORECASTING and even contains basic resources for the first time student of forecasting. I think no more than a standard introductory course in statistics is needed to go through the material.

A highly mathmatical book - authoritative but difficult, 28 Sep 2000
It is hard to turn a page without finding 3 equations and half of the greek alphabet. This book is about the mathmatics of forecasting - it is not the place to come if you want some advise on the adequate forecasting tools for your business. If you want to know how to forecast your sales, your external or internal demand, and so on there are much better books. It is a forecasting bible, but for mathmatitians.

Superb Overview of Major Economic Indicators for Traders, 23 Jun 2004
Even if you once knew all the ways that economic indicators are defined, data collected and reported, chances are that all of this has changed (unless your knowledge is less than 2 years old). In addition, the best way to use these indicators is constantly changing as new analytical tests are developed and back-checked. So if you are the chief economist for a Wall Street investment bank or brokerage firm, you probably don't need this book. But if you hold stock and bonds in the United States less often than 10 years, you can profit from this book.

Each chapter provides a delightful history of how a relevant indicator was developed, how the measurements are made now, how to apply the indicator fo