Categorical Data Analysis Using SAS, Third Edition, 3rd Edition

Chapter 1

Introduction

Contents

1.1   Overview

1.2   Scale of Measurement

1.3   Sampling Frameworks

1.4   Overview of Analysis Strategies

1.4.1   Randomization Methods

1.4.2   Modeling Strategies

1.5   Working with Tables in SAS Software

1.6   Using This Book

1.1 Overview

Data analysts often encounter response measures that are categorical in nature; their outcomes reflect categories of information rather than the usual interval scale. Frequently, categorical data are presented in tabular form, known as contingency tables. Categorical data analysis is concerned with the analysis of categorical response measures, regardless of whether any accompanying explanatory variables are also categorical or are continuous. This book discusses hypothesis ...