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Generalized Linear Models: An Applied Approach.(Book Review)
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Technometrics
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May 1, 2005
- Author:
- Glosup, Jeffrey
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2005 American Statistical Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Generalized Linear Models: An Applied Approach, John P. HOFFMANN, Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2004, ISBN 0-205-37793-9, xii + 204 pp., $41.60.
This introductory treatment of generalized linear models (GLMs) is aimed at an audience familiar with the use of regression modeling and interested in extending those ideas to the application of the GLMs. The book's goal is to provide an easy introduction to the subject and to motivate and illustrate the application of GLMs through the use of examples. The examples chosen to illustrate these models tend to be from the social sciences, and the text illustrates the application of the techniques through either the Stata, SAS, or SPSS ...