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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788590803321

Autore

Wright Daniel B

Titolo

Modern regression techniques using R : a practical guide for students and researchers / / Daniel B. Wright and Kamala London

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles ; ; London, : SAGE, 2009

ISBN

1-4462-4410-5

1-283-28914-8

9786613289148

1-4462-0602-5

0-85702-449-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 204 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

LondonKamala

Disciplina

300.1519536

Soggetti

Regression analysis

Regression analysis - Data processing

Social sciences - Statistical methods

Free computer software

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Very brief introduction to R; 2 The basic regression; 3 ANOVA as regression; 4 ANCOVA: Lord's paradox and mediation analysis; 5 Model selection and shrinkage; 6 Generalized linear models (GLMs); 7 Regression splines and generalized additive models (GAMs); 8 Multilevel models; 9 Robust regression; 10 Conclusion - make your data cool; Glossary of R functions used in this book; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Techniques covered in this book include multilevel modeling ANOVA and ANCOVA, path analysis, mediation and moderation logistic regression, generalised additive models, and robust methods. These are all tested out using a range of real research examples conducted by the authors in every chapter.