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Book Review |
Regression Modelling Strategies with Applications to Linear Models, Logistic Regression, and Survival Analysis. Frank E Harrell Jr, New York: Springer 2001, pp. 568, $79.95. ISBN 0-387-95232-2.
Most statistical textbooks present techniques and give simple examples of their use. This book is different. It assumes you already have the basic tools of linear and logistic regression, parametric and semi-parametric survival analysis in your well-stocked statistical tool box which you acquired in graduate school. The question this book addresses is how do you use those regression tools properly. The