Part 3. Intermediate methods

Whereas part 2 of this book covered basic graphical and statistical methods, part 3 discusses intermediate methods. We move from describing the relationship between two variables to, in chapter 8, using regression models to model the relationship between a numerical outcome variable and a set of numeric and/or categorical predictor variables. Modeling data is typically a complex, multistep, interactive process. Chapter 8 provides step-by-step coverage of the methods available for fitting linear models, evaluating their appropriateness, and interpreting their meaning.

Chapter 9 considers the analysis of basic experimental and quasi-experimental designs through the analysis of variance and its variants. Here we’re ...

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