Fitting a Straight Line by Least Squares

Checking the Straight Line Fit

Fitting Straight Lines: Special Topics

Regression in Matrix Terms: Straight Line Case

The General Regression Situation

Extra Sums of Squares and Tests for Several Parameters Being Zero

Serial Correlation in the Residuals and the Durbin—Watson Test

More of Checking Fitted Models

Multiple Regression: Special Topics

Bias in Regression Estimates, and Expected Values of Mean Squares and Sums of Squares

On Worthwhile Regressions, Big F's, and R2

Models Containing Functions of the Predictors, Including Polynomial Models

Transformation of the Response Variable

"Dummy" Variables

Selecting the "Best" Regression Equation

Ill-Conditioning in Regression Data

Ridge Regression

Generalized Linear Models (GLIM)

Mixture Ingredients as Predictor Variables

The Geometry of Least Squares

More Geometry of Least Squares

Orthogonal Polynomials and Summary Data

Multiple Regression Applied to Analysis of Variance Problems

An Introduction to Nonlinear Estimation

Robust Regression

Resampling Procedures (Bootstrapping)

Bibliography

True/False Questions

Answers to Exercises

Tables

Indexes