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Book SynopsisThis book takes a fresh look at applying regression analysis in the behavioural sciences by introducing the reader to regression analysis through a simple model-building approach.
The authors start with the basics and begin by re-visiting the mean, and the standard deviation, with which most readers will already be familiar, and show that they can be thought of a least squares model. The book then shows that this least squares model is actually a special case of a regression analysis and can be extended to deal with first one, and then more than one independent variable.
Extending the model from the mean to a regression analysis provides a powerful, but simple, way of thinking about what students believe are the more complex aspects of regression analysis.
The authors gradually extend the model to include aspects of regression analysis such as non-linear regression, logistic regression, and moderator and mediator analysis. These approaches ar
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`An excellent book on regression and correlation, which should be on the shopping list of all researchers in psychology and also of many psychology students′ - Statistical Methods in Medical Research
"This book is a gem. I would certainly recommend it to my students."
-- David Clark-Carter
Table of ContentsPART ONE: I NEED TO DO REGRESSION ANALYSIS TOMORROW Building Models with Regression and Correlation More Than One Independent Variable Multiples Regression Categorical Independent Variables PART TWO: I NEED TO DO REGRESSION ANALYSIS NEXT WEEK Assumptions in Regression Analysis Issues in Regression Analysis PART THREE: I NEED TO KNOW MORE OF THE THINGS THAT REGRESSION CAN DO Nonlinear and Logistic Regression Moderator and Mediator Analysis Introducing Some Advanced Techniques Multilevel Modelling and Structural Equation Modelling
