This volume presents a practical and unified approach to categorical
data analysis based on the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) and the
Akaike Bayesian Information Criterion (ABIC).
Conventional procedures for categorical data analysis are often
inappropriate because the classical test procedures employed are too
closely related to specific models. The approach described in this
volume enables actual problems encountered by data analysts to be
handled much more successfully. Amongst various topics explicitly dealt
with are the problem of variable selection for categorical data, a
Bayesian binary regression, and a nonparametric density estimator and
its application to nonparametric test problems. The practical utility of
the procedure developed is demonstrated by considering its application
to the analysis of various data.
This volume complements the volume Akaike Information Criterion
Statistics which has already appeared in this series.
For statisticians working in mathematics, the social, behavioural, and
medical sciences, and engineering.