Dr Graeme Hutcheson specialises in the application of statistical models in social science research. He has published widely in management and education, mostly with respect to the use and interpretation of generalized regression models.

`I learnt a lot from this book, which is very clear and carefully explains a wide range of multivariate techniques, basing them all on a consistent explanatory framework. It will be invaluable for social scientists wanting to progress beyond an introductory level of statistics′ - Nigel Gilbert, University of Surrey`A good introduction to ordinary regression, logistic regression, and loglinear models for the analysis of categorical frequency data....A nice feature of the book and one that social scientists will find very useful is the detailed listing of computer codes for the implementation of these models within the SPSS and GLIM software′ - Zentralblatt MATH

• IntroductionData ScreeningOrdinary Least-Squares RegressionLogistic RegressionLoglinear AnalysisFactor AnalysisConclusion