econometrics

English

Etymology

econo(my) +‎ -metrics. Although the first known use of the term was by Pawel Ciompa in 1910, Ragnar Frisch is given credit for coining the term in the sense that it is used today.

Noun

econometrics (uncountable)

1. (economics) The branch of economics that applies statistical methods to the empirical study of economic theories and relationships.

Related terms

• econometric
• econometrician

See also

• Econometrics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• macroeconomics, also coined by Frisch

Translations

branch of economics

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 计量经济学 (cmn) (jìliàng jīngjì xué)

• Czech: ekonometrie (cs) f
• Danish: økonometri (da)
• Dutch: econometrie (nl) f
• Finnish: ekonometria (fi)
• French: économétrie (fr) f
• German: Ökonometrie (de) n
• Greek: οικονομετρία (el) (oikonometría) n
• Hungarian: ökonometria (hu)

• Irish: eacnaiméadracht (ga) f
• Italian: statistica economica (it) f
• Khmer: សេដ្ឋមាត្រវិទ្យា (km) (sed dhak mart vi tyea)
• Norwegian: econometrie (no)
• Polish: ekonometria (pl) f
• Portuguese: econometria (pt) f
• Romanian: econometrie (ro) f
• Spanish: econometría (es) f
• Swedish: ekonometri (sv)
• Turkish: ekonometri (tr)