Solving Puzzles: The Methods of Economics
Positive and Normative Economics
Models and Evidence
Statistical Analysis
Assumptions and Conclusions
Good and Bad Models
Purposes of Models
Models Are Artificial Economies
Models of Behavior
Common Logical Fallacies
Fallacy of Composition
Post-Hoc Fallacy
Other-Conditions Fallacy
Statistics Fallacies
Statistical Fallacies
Interpreting Correlations
Evidence in Economics
Types of Data
Why Economists Disagree
APPENDIX
Using Graphs in Logical Thinking
Misleading Graphs
Median Family Income Adjusted for Inflation
Median Family Income Not Adjusted for Inflation
Many Curves on the Same Graph
Earnings of Full-Time Workers
Earnings of Males with Full-Time Jobs
Earnings of Females with Full-Time Jobs
Shifting Curves
The Earning Curve Shifts when a Student Goes to College
If Reduced Sex Discrimination Raises the Earnings of Women
Slopes of Curves
Relation Between Grade and Studying Time
More Studying Time Leaves Less Time for Television
Calculation of Slope
Areas
Area of a Rectangle: The Base Times the Height
Area of a Triangle
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