TY - BOOK AU - Freedman,David TI - Statistical models: theory and practice SN - 9780511815867 (ebook) AV - QA279 .F74 2009 U1 - 519.5 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Linear models (Statistics) KW - Bootstrap (Statistics) KW - Mathematical statistics N1 - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015); Observed studies and experiments -- The regression line -- Matrix algebra -- Multiple regression -- Multiple regression: Special topics -- Path models -- Maximum likelihood -- The bootstrap -- Simultaneous equations -- Issues in statistical modeling N2 - This lively and engaging book explains the things you have to know in order to read empirical papers in the social and health sciences, as well as the techniques you need to build statistical models of your own. The discussion in the book is organized around published studies, as are many of the exercises. Relevant journal articles are reprinted at the back of the book. Freedman makes a thorough appraisal of the statistical methods in these papers and in a variety of other examples. He illustrates the principles of modelling, and the pitfalls. The discussion shows you how to think about the critical issues - including the connection (or lack of it) between the statistical models and the real phenomena. The book is written for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students in statistics, as well as students and professionals in the social and health sciences UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511815867 ER -