Applied Categorical Data Analysis

Written in the style and spirit of the author's Applied Survival Analysis, also by John Wiley & Sons, this book answers the need of practitioners and students in applied statistical fields for a single, concise, and timely volume covering major, updated methods in categorical data analysis. As a book for professional statisticians, it offers sufficient details and foundation in order to provide a better understanding of the various procedures, as well as the relationships, among different methods. As a book for students in applied fields, and as a reference book for practicing biomedical research workers, it is very application-oriented. The strength of the book lies in its unified, but succinct coverage of modern-day topics, issues, and methodologies and techniques.