Applied Linear Regression

by Sanford Weisberg

Book Overview

Praise for the Third Edition "...this is an excellent book which could easily be used as a course text..." --International Statistical Institute The Fourth Edition of Applied Linear Regression... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471663794
• ISBN13: 9780471663799
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Good overview

Weisberg's book is a good introduction/overview of the principal techniques used in linear models. However, in many situations, he leaves out many details and derivations and either directs the reader to the references or says nothing. I would have liked it if he had put in a few more mathematical derivations and had been more thorough in the discussion about collinearity and variable selection.

An excellent introduction to linear regression

This book provides an excellent introduction to the application of linear regression models. Starting with the idea of studying "relationships between measurable variables", it develops the concepts behind simple and multiple linear regression, discusses interpretations of the output, proscribes diagnostics, discusses model building techniques, and touches other topics. It covers most of the material contained in Draper & Smith's _Applied Regression Analysis_, but in half the number of pages. I would wholeheartedly endorse this book as a primary or supplemental text to an introductory course, or as a text for someone who wants to learn about linear regression on their own.