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
