{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-categorical-data-analysis-wiley-series-in-probability-and-statistics-9780471226185","title":"An Introduction to Categorical Data Analysis (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePraise for the First Edition \"This is a superb text from which to teach categorical data analysis  at a variety of levels. . . this book can be very highly recommended.\" \u0026amp;;Short Book Reviews \"Of great interest to potential readers is the variety of fields that are represented in the examples: health care  financial  government  product marketing  and sports  to name a few.\" \u0026amp;;Journal of Quality Technology \"Alan Agresti has written another brilliant account of the analysis of categorical data.\" \u0026amp;;The Statistician The use of statistical methods for categorical data is ever increasing in todays world. An Introduction to Categorical Data Analysis  Second Edition provides an applied introduction to the most important methods for analyzing categorical data. This new edition summarizes methods that have long played a prominent role in data analysis  such as chi-squared tests  and also places special emphasis on logistic regression and other modeling techniques for univariate and correlated multivariate categorical responses. This Second Edition features: Two new chapters on the methods for clustered data  with an emphasis on generalized estimating equations (GEE) and random effects models A unified perspective based on generalized linear models An emphasis on logistic regression modeling An appendix that demonstrates the use of SAS(r) for all methods An entertaining historical perspective on the development of the methods Specialized methods for ordinal data  small samples  multicategory data  and matched pairs More than 100 analyses of real data sets and nearly 300 exercises Written in an applied  nontechnical style  the book illustrates methods using a wide variety of real data  including medical clinical trials  drug use by teenagers  basketball shooting  horseshoe crab mating  environmental opinions  correlates of happiness  and much more. An Introduction to Categorical Data Analysis  Second Edition is an invaluable tool for social  behavioral  and biomedical scientists  as well as researchers in public health  marketing  education  biological and agricultural sciences  and industrial quality control.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279514263605,"sku":"ByrdShop_0471226181","price":80.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780471226185.jpg?v=1780601202","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/an-introduction-to-categorical-data-analysis-wiley-series-in-probability-and-statistics-9780471226185","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}