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Placement diagnostic

Start where the challenge is right.

Calibrate your econometrics foundation across seven methods, then leave with one recommended course and a precise three-step route.

  • 15questions
  • 7methods
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Your starting line

A diagnostic, not an exam.

Move through one concise question at a time. The mix covers interpretation, identification, calculation, and model choice from foundation through advanced practice.

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No points are awarded. Answers stay only in this page session for review and are never stored or sent; only your five-field placement summary persists.

Method map

What the diagnostic calibrates

Every result points into the same free, canonical course sequence. The assessment never modifies course completion or mastery points.

01 · FoundationOrdinary Least SquaresInterpretation, assumptions, robust inference 02 · IdentificationIV & 2SLSRelevance, exclusion, endogeneity 03 · Causal designDifference-in-DifferencesCounterfactual trends, leads, treatment effects 04 · Repeated unitsPanel FE & REWithin variation, heterogeneity, Hausman choice 05 · DynamicsVector AutoregressionStability, prediction, impulse identification 06 · Limited outcomesLogit & ProbitOdds, marginal effects, model evaluation 07 · Estimation theoryGMMMoments, over-identification, efficiency

Three outcomes

A route, not a rank

Your band determines the right depth. Your lowest-scoring method determines where the route should begin.

  1. 01

    Foundation · 0–6

    Build interpretation and regression fluency before stacking identification strategies.

  2. 02

    Applied · 7–11

    Strengthen the method that needs attention, then connect it to an adjacent design.

  3. 03

    Advanced · 12–15

    Enter at the weakest edge and progress toward synthesis, diagnostics, and efficient estimation.

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