Regression modeling strategies : with applications to linear models, logistic and ordinal regression, and survival analysis

Introduction.- General Aspects of Fitting Regression Models.- Missing Data.- Multivariable Modeling Strategies.- Describing, Resampling, Validating and Simplifying the Model.- R Software.- Modeling Longitudinal Responses using Generalized Least Squares.- Case Study in Data Reduction.- Overview of Maximum Likelihood Estimation.- Binary Logistic Regression.- Binary Logistic Regression Case Study 1.- Logistic Model Case Study 2: Survival of Titanic Passengers.- Ordinal Logistic Regression.- Case Study in Ordinal Regression, Data Reduction and Penalization.- Regression Models for Continuous Y and Case Study in Ordinal Regression.- Transform-Both-Sides Regression.- Introduction to Survival Analysis.- Parametric Survival Models.- Case Study in Parametric Survival Modeling and Model Approximation.- Cox Proportional Hazards Regression Model.- Case Study in Cox Regression.- Appendix.