Handbook of Regression Analysis

A Comprehensive Account for Data Analysts of the Methods and Applications of Regression Analysis. Written by two established experts in the field, the purpose of the Handbook of Regression Analysis is to provide a practical, one-stop reference on regression analysis. The focus is on the tools that both practitioners and researchers use in real life. It is intended to be a comprehensive collection of the theory, methods, and applications of regression methods, but it has been deliberately written at an accessible level. The handbook provides a quick and convenient reference or “refresher” on ideas and methods that are useful for the effective analysis of data and its resulting interpretations. Students can use the book as an introduction to and/or summary of key concepts in regression and related course work (including linear, binary logistic, multinomial logistic, count, and nonlinear regression models). Theory underlying the methodology is presented when it advances conceptual understanding and is always supplemented by hands-on examples. References are supplied for readers wanting more detailed material on the topics discussed in the book. R code and data for all of the analyses described in the book are available via an author-maintained website. "I enjoyed the presentation of the Handbook, and I would be happy to recommend this nice handy book as a reference to my students. The clarity of the writing and proper choices of examples allows the presentations ofmany statisticalmethods shine. The quality of the examples at the end of each chapter is a strength. They entail explanations of the resulting R outputs and successfully guide readers to interpret them." American Statistician

Table of Contents:
Preface xi Part I The Multiple Linear Regression Model 1 Multiple Linear Regression 3 1.1 Introduction 3 1.2 Concepts and Background Material 4 1.2.1 The Linear Regression Model 4 1.2.2 Estimation Using Least Squares 5 1.2.3 Assumptions 8 1.3 Methodology 9 1.3.1 Interpreting Regression Coefficients 9 1.3.2 Measuring the Strength of the Regression Relationship 10 1.3.3 Hypothesis Tests and Confidence Intervals for _ 12 1.3.4 Fitted Values and Predictions 13 1.3.5 Checking Assumptions Using Residual Plots 14 1.4 Example — Estimating Home Prices 16 1.5 Summary 19 2 Model Building 23 2.1 Introduction 23 2.2 Concepts and Background Material 24 2.2.1 Using hypothesis tests to compare models 24 2.2.2 Collinearity 26 2.3 Methodology 29 2.3.1 Model Selection 29 2.3.2 Example—Estimating Home Prices (continued) 31 2.4 Indicator Variables and Modeling Interactions 38 2.4.1 Example—Electronic Voting and the 2004 Presidential Election 40 2.5 Summary 46 Part II Addressing Violations of Assumptions 3 Diagnostics for Unusual Observations 53 3.1 Introduction 53 3.2 Concepts and Background Material 54 3.3 Methodology 56 3.3.1 Residuals and Outliers 56 3.3.2 Leverage Points 57 3.3.3 Influential Points and Cook’s Distance 58 3.4 Example — Estimating Home Prices (continued) 60 3.5 Summary 64 4 Transformations and Linearizable Models 67 4.1 Introduction 67 4.2 Concepts and Background Material: the Log-Log Model 69 4.3 Concepts and Background Material: Semilog models 69 4.3.1 Logged response variable 70 4.3.2 Logged predictor variable 70 4.4 Example — Predicting Movie Grosses After One Week 71 4.5 Summary 78 5 Time Series Data and Autocorrelation 81 5.1 Introduction 81 5.2 Concepts and Background Material 83 5.3 Methodology: Identifying Autocorrelation 85 5.3.1 The Durbin-Watson Statistic 86 5.3.2 The Autocorrelation Function (ACF) 87 5.3.3 Residual Plots and the Runs Test 87 5.4 Methodology: Addressing Autocorrelation 88 5.4.1 Detrending and Deseasonalizing 88 5.4.2 Example — e-Commerce Retail Sales 89 5.4.3 Lagging and Differencing 96 5.4.4 Example — Stock Indexes 96 5.4.5 Generalized Least Squares (GLS): the Cochrane-Orcutt Procedure 101 5.4.6 Example — Time Intervals Between Old Faithful Eruptions 104 5.5 Summary 107 Part III Categorical Predictors 6 Analysis of Variance 113 6.1 Introduction 113 6.2 Concepts and Background Material 114 6.2.1 One-way ANOVA 114 6.2.2 Two-way ANOVA 115 6.3 Methodology 117 6.3.1 Codings for categorical predictors 117 6.3.2 Multiple comparisons 122 6.3.3 Levene’s test and weighted least squares 124 6.3.4 Membership in multiple groups 127 6.4 Example — DVD Sales of Movies 129 6.5 Higher-Way ANOVA 134 6.6 Summary 136 7 Analysis of Covariance 139 7.1 Introduction 139 7.2 Methodology 139 7.2.1 Constant shift models 139 7.2.2 Varying slope models 141 7.3 Example — International Grosses of Movies 141 7.4 Summary 145 Part IV Other Regression Models 8 Logistic Regression 149 8.1 Introduction 149 8.2 Concepts and Background Material 151 8.2.1 The logit response function 151 8.2.2 Bernoulli and binomial random variables 152 8.2.3 Prospective and retrospective designs 153 8.3 Methodology 156 8.3.1 Maximum likelihood estimation 156 8.3.2 Inference, model comparison, and model selection 157 8.3.3 Goodness-of-Fit 159 8.3.4 Measures of association and classification accuracy 161 8.3.5 Diagnostics 163 8.4 Example — Smoking and Mortality 163 8.5 Example — Modeling Bankruptcy 167 8.6 Summary 173 9 Multinomial Regression 177 9.1 Introduction 177 9.2 Concepts and Background Material 178 9.2.1 Nominal Response Variable 178 9.2.2 Ordinal Response Variable 180 9.3 Methodology 182 9.3.1 Estimation 182 9.3.2 Inference, model comparisons, and strength of fit 183 9.3.3 Lack of fit and violations of assumptions 184 9.4 Example — City Bond Ratings 185 9.5 Summary 189 10 Count Regression 191 10.1 Introduction 191 10.2 Concepts and Background Material 192 10.2.1 The Poisson random variable 192 10.2.2 Generalized linear models 193 10.3 Methodology 194 10.3.1 Estimation and inference 194 10.3.2 Offsets 195 10.4 Overdispersion and Negative Binomial Regression 196 10.4.1 Quasi-likelihood 196 10.4.2 Negative Binomial Regression 197 10.5 Example — Unprovoked Shark Attacks in Florida 198 10.6 Other Count Regression Models 206 10.7 Poisson Regression and Weighted Least Squares 208 10.7.1 Example – International Grosses of Movies (continued) 209 10.8 Summary 211 11 Nonlinear Regression 215 11.1 Introduction 215 11.2 Concepts and Background Material 216 11.3 Methodology 218 11.3.1 Nonlinear least squares estimation 218 11.3.2 Inference for nonlinear regression models 219 11.4 Example — Michaelis-Menten Enzyme Kinetics 220 11.5 Summary 225 Bibliography 227 Index 231