Modelling Binary Data, Second Edition

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Taylor & Francis, 1991 - Mathematics - 369 pages
Some examples; The scope of this book; Use of statistical software; Further reading; Statistical inference for binary data; The binomial distribution; Inference about the success probability; Comparison of two proportions; Comparison of two or more proportions further reading; Models for binary and binomial data; Statistical modelling; Linear models; Methods of estimation; Fitting linear models to binomial data; Models for binomial response data; The linear logistic model; Fitting the linear logistic model to binomial data; Goodness of fit a linear logistic model; Comparing linear logistic models; Linear trends in proportions; Comparing stimulus-responses relationships; Non-convergence and overfitting; A further example on model selection; Predicting a binary response probability further reading; Bioassay and some other applications; The tolerance distribution; Estimating and effective dose; Relative potency; Natural response; Non-linear logistic regression models; Applications of the complementary log-log model further reading; Model checking; Definition of residuals; Checking the form of the linear predictor; Checking the adequacy of the link function; Identification of outlying observations; Identification of influential observations; Checking the assumption of a binomial distribution; Model checking for binary data; Summary and recommendations; A further example on the use of diagnostics further reading; Overdispersion; Potential causes of overdispersion; Modelling variability in response probabilities; Modelling correlation between binary responses; Modelling overdispersed data; The special case of equal ni; The beta-binomial model; Random effects in a linear logistic model; Comparison of methods; A further example on modelling overdispersion; Modelling data from epidemiological studies; Basic designs for aetiological studies; Measures of association between disease and exposure; Confounding and interaction; The linear logistic model for data from cohort studies; Interpreting the parameters in a linear logistic model; The linear logistic model for data from case-control studies; Matched case-control studies; A matched case-control study on sudden infant death syndrome; Some additional topics; Analysis of proportions and percentages; Analysis of rates; Analysis of binary data from cross-over trials; Random effects modelling; Modelling errors in the measurement of explanatory variables; Analysis of binary time series; Multivariate binary series; Experimental design; Computer software for modelling binary data; Statistical packages for modelling binary data; Computer-based analyses of example data sets; Using packages to perform some non-standard analyses; Summary of the relative merits of packages for modelling binary data.

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