An Introduction to Categorical Data Analysis

PraisefortheFirstEdition"Thisisasuperbtextfromwhichtoteachcategoricaldataanalysis,atavarietyoflevels...[t]hisbookcanbeveryhighlyrecommended."—ShortBookReviews"Ofgreatinteresttopotentialreadersisthevarietyoffieldsthatarerepresentedintheexamples:healthcare,financial,government,productmarketing,andsports,tonameafew."—JournalofQualityTechnology"AlanAgrestihaswrittenanotherbrilliantaccountoftheanalysisofcategoricaldata."—TheStatisticianTheuseofstatisticalmethodsforcategoricaldataiseverincreasingintoday'sworld.AnIntroductiontoCategoricalDataAnalysis,SecondEditionprovidesanappliedintroductiontothemostimportantmethodsforanalyzingcategoricaldata.Thisneweditionsummarizesmethodsthathavelongplayedaprominentroleindataanalysis,suchaschi-squaredtests,andalsoplacesspecialemphasisonlogisticregressionandothermodelingtechniquesforunivariateandcorrelatedmultivariatecategoricalresponses.ThisSecondEditionfeatures:Twonewchaptersonthemethodsforclustereddata,withanemphasisongeneralizedestimatingequations(GEE)andrandomeffectsmodelsAunifiedperspectivebasedongeneralizedlinearmodelsAnemphasisonlogisticregressionmodelingAnappendixthatdemonstratestheuseofSAS(r)forallmethodsAnentertaininghistoricalperspectiveonthedevelopmentofthemethodsSpecializedmethodsforordinaldata,smallsamples,multicategorydata,andmatchedpairsMorethan100analysesofrealdatasetsandnearly300exercisesWritteninanapplied,nontechnicalstyle,thebookillustratesmethodsusingawidevarietyofrealdata,includingmedicalclinicaltrials,drugusebyteenagers,basketballshooting,horseshoecrabmating,environmentalopinions,correlatesofhappiness,andmuchmore.AnIntroductiontoCategoricalDataAnalysis,SecondEditionisaninvaluabletoolforsocial,behavioral,andbiomedicalscientists,aswellasresearchersinpublichealth,marketing,education,biologicalandagriculturalsciences,andindustrialqualitycontrol.