Applied regression analysis, linear models, and related methods - John Fox

An accessible, detailed and up-to-date treatment of regression analysis, linear models and closely related methods is provided in this book.

Incorporating nearly 200 graphs and numerous examples and exercises that employ real data from the social sciences, the book begins with a consideration of the role of statistical data analysis in social research. It then moves on to cover the following topics: graphical methods for examining and transforming data; linear least-squares regression; dummy-variables regression; analysis of variance; diagnostic methods for discovering whether a linear model fit to data adequately represents the data; extensions to linear least squares, including logit and probit models, time-series regression, nonlinear regression, robust regression and nonparametric regression; and empirical methods for assessing sampling variation, including the bootstrap and cross-validation.

John Fox received a BA from the City College of New York and a PhD from the University of Michigan, both in Sociology. He is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, where he was previously the Senator William McMaster Professor of Social Statistics. Prior to coming to McMaster, he was Professor of Sociology, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, and Coordinator of the Statistical Consulting Service at York University in Toronto. Professor Fox is the author of many articles and books on applied statistics, including \emph{Applied Regression Analysis and Generalized Linear Models, Third Edition} (Sage, 2016). He is an elected member of the R Foundation, an associate editor of the Journal of Statistical Software, a prior editor of R News and its successor the R Journal, and a prior editor of the Sage Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences monograph series.

"I have never read a book on regression that reflects as broad and profound a grasp of the concepts of statistics as this book does. In every topic John Fox deals with-and he does not avoid the slippery ones-he shows a clarity and depth of understanding that goes beyond anything else I have seen in textbooks that matches the works of the leading researchers within each field."
Georges Monette