计量经济学第一章BasicEconometrics-chap1.pptVIP

Basic Econometrics-From N.Gujarati Prof. Long xiaoyu Dept of Economics Management XIPT 029o) lxyu@xiyou.edu.cn * * Chapter 1 The Character of Regression Analysis 1.1 HISTORICAL ORIGIN OF THE TERM REGRESSION Francis Galton, founded that there was a tendency for tall parents to have tall children and for short parents to have short children, the average height of children born of parents of a given height tended to move or “regress” toward the average height in the population as a whole. He found that the average height of sons of a group of tall fathers was less than their fathers