Generalized Linear Models

ISBN-10
1529749433
ISBN-13
9781529749434
Series
Generalized Linear Models
Category
Political Science
Language
English
Published
2020
Authors
Jeff Gill, Michelle Torres

Description

To understand the relationship between variables of social and political nature, social scientists have a strong interest in regression-style specifications such as Poisson, logistic, multinomial, and more. Although these specifications are unnecessarily treated as distinct and particular, they are all part of the generalized linear models (GLMs), a class of regression models that share a common theoretical basis and structure. This unified framework facilitates the understanding and derivation of the properties of these models, as well as a more principled application of them to actual social science data. This entry introduces and explains the underlying structure of GLMs, demonstrates the theoretical basis that their various forms share, and illustrates their application with two running examples. A proper understanding of the GLM framework can increase a researcher's flexibility with regard to new data types.

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