RegressionGraphics:IdeasforStudyingRegressionsThroughGraphics

Anexplorationofregressiongraphicsthroughcomputergraphics.Recentdevelopmentsincomputertechnologyhavestimulatednewandexcitingusesforgraphicsinstatisticalanalyses.RegressionGraphics,oneofthefirstgraduate-leveltextbooksonthesubject,demonstrateshowstatisticians,boththeoreticalandapplied,canusetheseexcitinginnovations.Afterdevelopingarelativelynewregressioncontextthatrequiresfewscope-limitingconditions,RegressionGraphicsguidesreadersthroughtheprocessofanalyzingregressionsgraphicallyandassessingandselectingmodels.Thisinnovativereferencemakesuseofawiderangeofgraphicaltools,including2Dand3Dscatterplots,3Dbinaryresponseplots,andscatterplotmatrices.Supplementedbyacompanionftpsite,itfeaturesnumerousdatasetsandappliedexamplesthatareusedtoelucidatethetheory.Otherimportantfeaturesofthisbookinclude:*Extensivecoverageofarelativelynewregressioncontextbasedondimension-reductionsubspacesandsufficientsummaryplots*Graphicalregression,aniterativevisualizationprocessforconstructingsufficientregressionviews*Graphicsforregressionswithabinaryresponse*Graphicsformodelassessment,includingresidualplots*Net-effectsplotsforassessingpredictorcontributions*Graphicsforpredictorandresponsetransformations*Inverseregressionmethods*AccesstoaWebsiteofsupplementalplots,datasets,and3Dcolordisplays.Anidealtextforstudentsingraduate-levelcoursesonstatisticalanalysis,RegressionGraphicsisalsoanexcellentreferenceforprofessionalstatisticians.