著名统计学家Gelman, Andrew的新书 Data Analysis Using Regression and Multilevel/Hierarchical Models (using R & S-Plus), multilevel modeling方面, 尤其是使用R进行multilevel model的权威书,原来不够钱下书,所以收了10个论坛币,现在基本够钱买书了,象征性的收点吧。
- Paperback: 648 pages
- Publisher: Cambridge University Pres
- Price: $45.99
"The book's careful yet mathematically accessible style is generouslyillustrated with examples and graphical displays, making it ideal foreither classroom use or self study. It appears destined to adorn theshelves of a great many applied statisticians and social scientists foryears to come." -- Brad Carlin, Department of Biostatistics, Universityof Minnesoda.
目录太长, part II部分的目录见1楼
List of examples xvii
Preface xix
1 Why? 1
1.1 What is multilevel regression modeling? 1
1.2 Some examples from our own research 3
1.3 Motivations for multilevel modeling 6
1.4 Distinctive features of this book 8
1.5 Computing 9
2 Concepts and methods from basic probability and statistics 13
2.1 Probability distributions 13
2.2 Statistical inference 16
2.3 Classical confidence intervals 18
2.4 Classical hypothesis testing 20
2.5 Problems with statistical significance 22
2.6 55,000 residents desperately need your help! 23
2.7 Bibliographic note 26
2.8 Exercises 26
Part 1A: Single-level regression 29
3 Linear regression: the basics 31
3.1 One predictor 31
3.2 Multiple predictors 32
3.3 Interactions 34
3.4 Statistical inference 37
3.5 Graphical displays of data and fitted model 42
3.6 Assumptions and diagnostics 45
3.7 Prediction and validation 47
3.8 Bibliographic note 49
3.9 Exercises 49
4 Linear regression: before and after fitting the model 53
4.1 Linear transformations 53
4.2 Centering and standardizing, especially for models with interactions 55
4.3 Correlation and “regression to the mean” 57
4.4 Logarithmic transformations 59
4.5 Other transformations 65
4.6 Building regression models for prediction 68
4.7 Fitting a series of regressions 73
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x CONTENTS
4.8 Bibliographic note 74
4.9 Exercises 74
5 Logistic regression 79
5.1 Logistic regression with a single predictor 79
5.2 Interpreting the logistic regression coefficients 81
5.3 Latent-data formulation 85
5.4 Building a logistic regression model: wells in Bangladesh 86
5.5 Logistic regression with interactions 92
5.6 Evaluating, checking, and comparing fitted logistic regressions 97
5.7 Average predictive comparisons on the probability scale 101
5.8 Identifiability and separation 104
5.9 Bibliographic note 105
5.10 Exercises 105
6 Generalized linear models 109
6.1 Introduction 109
6.2 Poisson regression, exposure, and overdispersion 110
6.3 Logistic-binomial model 116
6.4 Probit regression: normally distributed latent data 118
6.5 Multinomial regression 119
6.6 Robust regression using the t model 124
6.7 Building more complex generalized linear models 125
6.8 Constructive choice models 127
6.9 Bibliographic note 131
6.10 Exercises 132
Part 1B: Working with regression inferences 135
7 Simulation of probability models and statistical inferences 137
7.1 Simulation of probability models 137
7.2 Summarizing linear regressions using simulation: an informal
Bayesian approach 140
7.3 Simulation for nonlinear predictions: congressional elections 144
7.4 Predictive simulation for generalized linear models 148
7.5 Bibliographic note 151
7.6 Exercises 152
8 Simulation for checking statistical procedures and model fits 155
8.1 Fake-data simulation 155
8.2 Example: using fake-data simulation to understand residual plots 157
8.3 Simulating from the fitted model and comparing to actual data 158
8.4 Using predictive simulation to check the fit of a time-series model 163
8.5 Bibliographic note 165
8.6 Exercises 165
9 Causal inference using regression on the treatment variable 167
9.1 Causal inference and predictive comparisons 167
9.2 The fundamental problem of causal inference 170
9.3 Randomized experiments 172
9.4 Treatment interactions and poststratification 178
CONTENTS xi
9.5 Observational studies 181
9.6 Understanding causal inference in observational studies 186
9.7 Do not control for post-treatment variables 188
9.8 Intermediate outcomes and causal paths 190
9.9 Bibliographic note 194
9.10 Exercises 194
10 Causal inference using more advanced models 199
10.1 Imbalance and lack of complete overlap 199
10.2 Subclassification: effects and estimates for different subpopulations 204
10.3 Matching: subsetting the data to get overlapping and balanced
treatment and control groups 206
10.4 Lack of overlap when the assignment mechanism is known:
regression discontinuity 212
10.5 Estimating causal effects indirectly using instrumental variables 215
10.6 Instrumental variables in a regression framework 220
10.7 Identification strategies that make use of variation within or between
groups 226
10.8 Bibliographic note 229
10.9 Exercises 231