Categorical Data Analysis (eBook)

ALAN AGRESTI, PhD, is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Florida. He has published extensively on categorical data methods and has presented courses on the topic for universities, companies, and professional organizations worldwide. A Fellow of the American Statistical Association, he is also the author of two other Wiley texts on categorical data analysis and coauthor of Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences.

Preface.

1. Introduction: Distributions and Inference for Categorical
Data.

2. Describing Contingency Tables.

3. Inference for Contingency Tables.

4. Introduction to Generalized Linear Models.

5. Logistic Regression.

6. Building and Applying Logistic Regression Models.

7. Logit Models for Multinomial Responses.

8. Loglinear Models for Contingency Tables.

9. Building and Extending Loglinear/Logit Models.

10. Models for Matched Pairs.

11. Analyzing Repeated Categorical Response Data.

12. Random Effects: Generalized Linear Mixed Models for Categorical
Responses.

13. Other Mixture Models for Categorical Data*.

14. Asymptotic Theory for Parametric Models.

15. Alternative Estimation Theory for Parametric Models.

16. Historical Tour of Categorical Data Analysis*.

Appendix A. Using Computer Software to Analyze Categorical
Data.

Appendix B. Chi-Squared Distribution Values.

References.

Examples Index.

Author Index.

Subject Index.

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