Associations and Correlations : Unearth the Powerful Insights Buried in Your Data /: Unearth the Powerful Insights Buried in Your Data. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lee Baker.
• Other Names: Baker, Lee
• Contents: Cover; FM; Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Data Collection and Cleaning; Data Collection; Dataset Checklist; Data Cleaning; Check That Your Data Is Sensible; Check That Your Variables Are Sensible; Chapter 2: Data Classification; Data Classification; Quantitative and Qualitative Data; Nominal Data; Ordinal Data; Interval Data; Ratio Data; Chapter 3: Introduction to Associations and Correlations; What Are Associations and Correlations?; Discovering the Story of Your Data; Correlation versus Causation; Assessing Relationships; Assessing the Strength of Relationships Chapter 4: Univariate StatisticsCorrelations; Associations; The m×n Categorical; The 2×2 Categorical; The 42×n categorical; The n×Categorical versus Continuous; The 2×Categorical versus Continuous; Survival Analysis; The n×Categorical versus Survival; The 2×Categorical versus Survival; Chapter 5: Multivariate Statistics; Types of Multivariate Analysis; Binary Logistic Regression; Ordinal Logistic Regression; Nominal Logistic Regression; Multiple Linear Regression; Cox's Proportional Hazards Survival Analysis; Using Multivariate Tests as Univariate Tests Univariate versus Multivariate AnalysesUnivariate and Multivariate Results that Concur; Confounding Variables; Suppressor Variables; Interacting Variables; Limitations and Assumptions of Multivariate Analysis; Step-Wise Methods of Analysis; Forward Step-Wise Procedure; Backward Step-Wise Procedure; Hybrid Step-Wise Procedure; Practical Tips for Step-Wise Procedures; Creating Predictive Models with the Results of Multivariate Analyses; Predictive Models with Multiple Linear Regression; Predictive Models with Logistic Regression; Predictive Models with Cox's Regression Chapter 6: Visualizing Your RelationshipsA Holistic Strategy to Discover Independent Relationships; Univariate -- Multivariate Tag Team; Tag Team Strategy for a Continuous Variable; Tag Team Strategy for a Categorical Variable; Tag Team Strategy for Survival Variables; Corrections for Multiple Comparisons; Visualizing the Story of Your Data; Node-Link Diagrams; Correlation Matrix; Chapter 7: Bonus: Automating Associations and Correlations; What is the Problem?; CorrelViz; Appendix; Index
• Publisher Details: Birmingham : Packt Publishing, Limited
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (134 pages)
• Subjects: 519.502855369; Statistics -- Data processing; Mathematical statistics; Multivariate analysis; Mathematical statistics; Multivariate analysis; Statistics -- Data processing; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781838982201; 1838982205
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 12, 2020).
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