Statistical Methods is intended for MA Economics, second semester of Tribhuvan University. This book is equally useful to the researchers and other academicians who are dealing with statistical methods and techniques. I have tried to keep things simple illustrating the basic ideas using the same notations for a diverse literature with heterogeneous notations. Many of the estimation and testing techniques are illustrated with data sets. In some cases, I am trying to cite and summarize some empirical studies so that the reader can related the econometric methods with the economic application. Some case studies are also included to make it applicable. For the practice of the students, exercises are given at the end of each chapter and the solutions of some selected examples are also given.
It is pleasure to express my appreciation to those who have influenced this work, directly and indirectly. I would like to thank to my seniors colleagues and my students, without their recurrent encouragement, I would not have been able to make this book published.

Tara Prasad Bhusal
2019