436 Pages
72 B/W Illustrations
by
Chapman & Hall
436 Pages
72 B/W Illustrations
by
Chapman & Hall
436 Pages
72 B/W Illustrations
by
Chapman & Hall
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Research in social and behavioral sciences has benefited from linear regression models (LRMs) for decades to identify and understand the associations among a set of explanatory variables and an outcome variable. Linear Regression Models: Applications in R provides you with a comprehensive treatment of these models and indispensable guidance about how to estimate them using the R software... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Review of Elementary Statistical Concepts
3. Simple Linear Regression Models
4. Multiple Linear Regression Models
5. The ANOVA Table and Goodness-of-Fit Statistics
6. Comparing Linear Regression Models
7. Indicator Variables in Linear Regression Models
8. Independence
9. Homoscedasticity
10. Collinearity and Multicollinearity
11. Normality, Linearity, and Interaction Effects
12. Model Specification
13. Measurement Errors
14. Influential Observations: Leverage Points and Outliers
15. Multilevel Linear Regression Models
16. A Brief Introduction to Logistic Regression
17. Conclusions
Appendix A: Data Management
Appendix B: Using Simulations to Examine Assumptions of Linear Regression Models
Appendix C: Formulas
Appendix C: User-Written R Packages Employed in Examples
2. Review of Elementary Statistical Concepts
3. Simple Linear Regression Models
4. Multiple Linear Regression Models
5. The ANOVA Table and Goodness-of-Fit Statistics
6. Comparing Linear Regression Models
7. Indicator Variables in Linear Regression Models
8. Independence
9. Homoscedasticity
10. Collinearity and Multicollinearity
11. Normality, Linearity, and Interaction Effects
12. Model Specification
13. Measurement Errors
14. Influential Observations: Leverage Points and Outliers
15. Multilevel Linear Regression Models
16. A Brief Introduction to Logistic Regression
17. Conclusions
Appendix A: Data Management
Appendix B: Using Simulations to Examine Assumptions of Linear Regression Models
Appendix C: Formulas
Appendix C: User-Written R Packages Employed in Examples
Biography
John P. Hoffmann is a professor of sociology at Brigham Young University. He holds a PhD in Criminology from the State University of New York at Albany and a Masters of Public Health (MPH) from Emory University. He has worked at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) of the University of Chicago; and taught at Hokkaido University and the University of South Carolina. Hoffmann is the author of more than 100 journal articles and book chapters and 10 books on applied statistics, criminology, and the sociology of religion.
