Preface to the fourth edition -- Preface to the third edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Introduction -- Basic data handling -- Correlation -- Introduction to simple regression -- Statistical aspects of regression -- Multiple regression -- Regression with dummy variables -- Regression with time lags : distributed lag models -- Univariate time series analysis -- Regression with time series variables -- Applications of time series methods in macroeconomics and finance -- Limitations and extensions -- Appendix B Data directory -- Index.