1. An Introduction to Empirical Modelling

2. Probability Theory: a Modelling Framework

3. The Notion of a Probability Model

4. The Notion of a Random Sample

5. Theoretical Concepts and Real Data

6. The Notion of a Non-Random Sample

7. Regression and Related Notions

8. Stochastic Processes

9. Limit Theorems

10. From Probability Theory to Statistical Inference

11. An Introduction to Statistical Inference

12. Estimation I: Properties of Estimators

13. Estimation II: Methods of Estimation

14. Hypothesis Testing

15. Misspecification Testing

References

16. Index