TY - BOOK AU - Rabe-Hesketh,S. AU - Everitt,Brian TI - A handbook of statistical analyses using Stata SN - 1584887567 (acidfree paper) AV - QA276.4 .R33 2007 U1 - 519.50285536 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Boca Raton PB - Chapman & Hall/CRC KW - Mathematical statistics KW - Data processing N1 - "Updated for version 9"--Cover; Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-334) and index; TOC; A brief introduction to Stata -- Data description and simple inference : female psychiatric patients -- Multiple regression : determinants of pollution in U.S. cities -- Analysis of Variance I : treating hypertension -- Analysis of Variance II : effectiveness of slimming clinics -- Logistic regression : treatment of lung cancer and diagnosis of heart attacks -- Generalized linear models : Australian school children -- Summary measure analysis of longitudinal data : treatment of post-natal depression -- Random effects models : thought disorder and schizophrenia -- Generalized estimating equations : epileptic seizures and chemotherapy -- Some epidemiology -- Survival analysis : retention of heroin addicts in methadone maintenance treatment -- Maximum likelihood estimation : age of onset of schizophrenia -- Principal components analysis : hearing measurement using an audiometer -- Cluster analysis : Tibetan skulls and determinants of pollution in U.S. cities; AS N2 - Summary: Demonstrates how a wide variety of statistical analyses, including descriptive statistics, graphics, and model estimation and diagnostics, can be performed using Stata version 9. This book presents many of Stata's features, including a mixed-models estimation command and a matrix language. UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0668/2006049170-d.html UR - http://www.worldcat.org/title/handbook-of-statistical-analyses-using-stata/oclc/70867113&referer=brief_results UR - http://lib.ewubd.edu/ebook/7404 ER -