Linear Models with R

Rating:
Summary: If it is as good as his class....
Review: I have not read this version of the textbook yet, but I took his class. The textbook he used for that was his working draft of this book. It is very practical, using the free R software (based on S-Plus) to learn and amplify the concepts with example data sets. This allows deap learning of the methods and easy application to one's own uses. R is not that easy to use, but working through his book, one can learn all the parts of it needed.

The best thing in his approach is the coverage of model uncertainty. Is the model applicable or is it not? At least constantly thinking of this is critical, so his constant reminder of that is more realistic than most approaches.

The book is accessable to anyone with basic statistics background, but a bit of mathematical statistics would really help for a deep understanding.