Applied Regression: An Introduction (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences)

For 10 years I took different compulsory statistics classes by different teachers at 3 different academic institutions, but I still did not know what was going on. Nothing just clicked and everything was super blurry. I almost gave up on statistics but then I took the class at UMich's ICPSR with Dr Colin Lewis-Beck (the first author of this book) who also recommended this title which I bought, and OH MY GOD everything made sense. I can die happily knowing that I am not hopeless with statistics. Not sure if this book would have worked that well for self-study, so I am stating it very clearly here for the context. But in my situation, this book was superb: well-structured, clearly written, excellently chosen examples. Will this book help me get several publications after reading it? Probably not. Will this book give me a strong foundation in Regression? Absolutely, 10/10. Highly recommended!On a side note, Dr Colin Lewis-Beck is a FANTASTIC instructor. His classes are worth attending every minute, for every single session. He is easily the best statistics instructor I have ever had the opportunity to study from. What's more, he is just a highly approachable and kind person. And he taught our class via Zoom due to COVID-19. VIA ZOOM! Even Zoom can't dull his teaching kungfu. I am not kidding. Also special shoutout to our A+ Teaching Assistant, Mary Mits <3. Kind of irrelevant here but honestly, go take his class, people and you might have fewer statistics-related nightmares. This book: 10/10, his class: 11/10.

This is such a helpful text to consult when starting regression analysis. This was a required text for a graduate course I took and I actually used it quite a bit! I will be keeping this book for sure.

Incredibly helpful and easy to understand. An essential text for ensuring your foundational knowledge of regression.

This book is fantastic. It's concise and covers most of the regression basics you would need really well.

Very good introduction to regression methods. Simple to read and understand!

best short summary there is.