The application of mathematics and statistics to the study of economic and financial data

• B-school statistical subject

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Econometrics is the application of statistical methods to economic data and is described as the branch of economics that aims to give empirical content to economic relations. More precisely, it is "the quantitative analysis of actual economic phenomena ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context economics English) The branch of economics that applies statistics to the empirical study of economic theories and relationships.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the application of mathematics and statistics to the study of economic and financial data

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
econometrics \e*con`o*met"rics\ ([-e]*k[o^]n`[-o]*m[e^]t"r[i^]ks), n. the application of mathematics and statistics to the study of economic and financial data.