Statistics for Historians

1 The Types of Datasets

2 The Types of Variables →
About this lesson
Explore economic history through statistical methods: analyze long-lasting effects of geography on African development (Nunn & Puga), test Protestant ethic hypotheses using county-level data (Becker & Vesman), and examine persistent impacts of forced labor in Peru's mines (Dell). Learn about various dataset structures—cross-sectional, time series, panel, and repeated cross-sectional—in statistics for historians. Next, delve into variable types.
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