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Record Nr.

UNINA9910146082703321

Autore

DeMaris Alfred <1946->

Titolo

Regression with social data [[electronic resource] ] : modeling continuous and limited response variables / / Alfred DeMaris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley-Interscience, c2004

ISBN

1-280-25215-4

9786610252152

0-470-24703-7

0-471-67755-8

0-471-67756-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (562 p.)

Collana

Wiley series in probability and statistics

Disciplina

519.5

519.5/36

519.536

Soggetti

Regression analysis

Social sciences - Statistics - Methodology

Statistics - Methodology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 512-520) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Regression with Social Data; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction to Regression Modeling; 2. Simple Linear Regression; 3. Introduction to Multiple Regression; 4. Multiple Regression with Categorical Predictors: ANOVA and ANCOVA Models; 5. Modeling Nonlinearity; 6. Advanced Issues in Multiple Regression; 7. Regression with a Binary Response; 8. Advanced Topics in Logistic Regression; 9. Truncated and Censored Regression Models; 10. Regression Models for an Event Count; 11. Introduction to Survival Analysis; 12. Multistate, Multiepisode, and Interval-Censored Models in Survival Analysis

Appendix A. Mathematics TutorialsAppendix B. Answers to Selected Exercises; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An accessible introduction to the use of regression analysis in the social sciences Regression with Social Data: Modeling Continuous and



Limited Response Variables represents the most complete and fully integrated coverage of regression modeling currently available for graduate-level behavioral science students and practitioners. Covering techniques that span the full spectrum of levels of measurement for both continuous and limited response variables, and using examples taken from such disciplines as sociology, psychology, political science, and public health, the author succe