Categorical Data Analysis

Praise for the Second Edition 'A must-have book for anyone expecting to do research and/or applications in categorical data analysis.' —Statistics in Medicine 'It is a total delight reading this book.' —Pharmaceutical Research 'If you do any analysis of categorical data, this is an essential desktop reference.' —Technometrics The use of statistical methods for analyzing categorical data has increased dramatically, particularly in the biomedical, social sciences, and financial industries. Responding to new developments, this book offers a comprehensive treatment of the most important methods for categorical data analysis. Categorical Data Analysis, Third Edition summarizes the latest methods for univariate and correlated multivariate categorical responses. Readers will find a unified generalized linear models approach that connects logistic regression and Poisson and negative binomial loglinear models for discrete data with normal regression for continuous data. This edition also