Applied Categorical Data Analysis - Couverture souple

Le, Chap T.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0471240605 ISBN 13 : 9780471240600

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1998

Synopsis

The nonstatistician's quick reference to applied categorical data analysis With a succinct, unified approach to applied categorical data analysis and an emphasis on applications, this book is immensely useful to researchers and students in the biomedical disciplines and to anyone concerned with statistical analysis. This self-contained volume provides up-to-date coverage of all major methodologies in this area of applied statistics and acquaints the reader with statistical thinking as expressed through a variety of modern-day topics and techniques. Applied Categorical Data Analysis introduces a number of new research areas, including the Mantel-Haenszel method, Kappa statistics, ordinal risks, odds ratio estimates, goodness-of-fit, and various regression models for categorical data. Chap T. Le, author of Health and Numbers and Applied Survival Analysis, presents his information in a user-friendly format and an accessible style while purposefully keeping the mathematics to a level appropriate for students in applied fields. Well supplemented with helpful graphs and tables, Applied Categorical Data Analysis: Covers both basic and advanced topics Employs many real-life examples from biomedicine, epidemiology, and public health Presents case studies in meticulous detail Provides end-of-chapter exercise sets and solutions Incorporates samples of computer programs (most notably in SAS). Applied Categorical Data Analysis is an important resource for graduate students and professionals who need a compact reference and guide to both the fundamentals and applications of the major methods in the field.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

CHAP T. LE, PhD, is Professor and Director of Biostatistics at the University of Minnesota's Cancer Center at Otitis Media Research Center. Dr. Le's many works on biostatistics include Health and Numbers, coauthored with James R. Boen, and Applied Survival Analysis (both available from Wiley).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0471240605
• ISBN 13: 9780471240600
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 312
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible