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KRZANOWSKI, W. J. An Introduction to Statistical Modelling. Arnold, London, 1998. x + 252pp. 19.99/ $29.95. ISBN 0-340-69185-9 (pbk).
This book aims to provide a complete course in statistical modelling for a U.K. undergraduate degree course in a single, reasonably priced, volume. Such a course is assumed to cover basics of modelling and inference in the first year, to provide detailed coverage of analysis of variance and regression in the second year, and to include more advanced material on generalized linear models in the final year.
After a short introductory chapter, Chapter 2 covers basic material on distributions and inference. This chapter is intended primarily as revision for those who have already met the key ideas, and might well prove rather too concise for those who have not. The next two chapters deal in detail with regression and analysis of variance. The regression chapter covers simple and multiple linear regression, variable selection,...