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The book describes a family of statistical techniques that we call multipredictor regression modeling. This family is useful in situations where there are multiple measured factors (also called predictors, covariates, or independent variables) to be related to a single outcome (also called the response or dependent variable). The applications of these techniques are diverse, including those where we are interested in prediction, isolating the effect of a single predictor, or understanding multiple predictors. We begin with an example
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(2005). Introduction. In: Regression Methods in Biostatistics. Statistics for Biology and Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-27255-0_1
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