Gerhard Tutz Knihy

Focusing on recent advancements in flexible and high-dimensional regression, this book explores topics often overlooked in traditional categorical data analysis literature. It delves into innovative methodologies and techniques, providing a comprehensive resource for researchers and practitioners interested in the evolving landscape of statistical analysis.

This book focuses on statistical methods for the analysis of discrete failure times. Failure time analysis is one of the most important fields in statistical research, with applications affecting a wide range of disciplines, in particular, demography, econometrics, epidemiology and clinical research. Although there are a large variety of statistical methods for failure time analysis, many techniques are designed for failure times that are measured on a continuous scale. In empirical studies, however, failure times are often discrete, either because they have been measured in intervals (e. g., quarterly or yearly) or because they have been rounded or grouped. The book covers well-established methods like life-table analysis and discrete hazard regression models, but also introduces state-of-the art techniques for model evaluation, nonparametric estimation and variable selection. Throughout, the methods are illustrated by real life applications, and relationships to survival analysis in continuous time are explained. Each section includes a set of exercises on the respective topics. Various functions and tools for the analysis of discrete survival data are collected in the R package discSurv that accompanies the book. 

The book is aimed at applied statisticians, graduate students of statistics, and students and researchers with a strong interest in statistics and data analysis. This second edition is extensively revised, especially those sections relating with Bayesian concepts.

Das Werk gibt eine Einführung in die Kategoriale Regression, die auch für Anwender sehr gut geeignet ist. Neben wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Beispielen, die zahlenmäßig dominieren, finden sich Beispiele aus Biometrie, der medizinischen Statistik, Psychologie und Demographie.