Chapter 1. Introduction: Distributions and Inference for Categorical Data
Published Online: 26 MAR 2003
DOI: 10.1002/0471249688.ch1
Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Book Title
Categorical Data Analysis, Second Edition
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How to Cite
Agresti, A. (2003) Introduction: Distributions and Inference for Categorical Data, in Categorical Data Analysis, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471249688.ch1
Publication History
- Published Online: 26 MAR 2003
- Published Print: 3 JUL 2002
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Print ISBN: 9780471360933
Online ISBN: 9780471249689
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Keywords:
- Poisson;
- binomial;
- multinomial;
- likelihood function;
- significance tests;
- confidence intervals
Summary
Chapter 1 introduces probability distributions and basic methods of inference for categorical data. Main topics include the binomial, Poisson, and multinomial distributions, the Wald, score, and likelihood-ratio methods for significance tests and confidence intervals, and their application to inference about parameters of binomial and multinomial distributions.