Lectures on Categorical Data Analysis : Springer : 9781493992591 : 1493992597 : 01 Nov 2019 : This book offers a relatively self-contained presentation of the fundamental results in categorical data analysis, which plays a central role among the statistical techniques applied in the social, political and behavioral sciences, as well as in marketing and medical and biological research. The methods applied are mainly aimed at understanding the structure of associations among variables and the effects of other variables on these interactions.  A great advantage of studying categorical data analysis is that many concepts in statistics become transparent when discussed in a categorical data context, and, in many places, the book takes this opportunity to comment on general principles and methods in statistics, addressing not only the ?how? but also the ?why.? Assuming minimal background in calculus, linear algebra, probability theory and statistics, the book is designed to be used in upper