文档介绍：,¨,gotoies/•,LondonUniversityofEastLondonUKUKnick.******@******@SpringerUndergraduateMathematicsSeriesISSN1615-2085ISBN978-1-84882-968-8e-ISBN978-1-84882-969--1-84882-969-5SpringerLondonDordrechtHeidelbergNewYorkBritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataAcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibraryLibraryofCongressControlNumber:2010935297MathematicsSubjectClassification(2010):62J05,62J10,62J12,97K70∈cSpringer-VerlagLondonLimited2010Apartfromanyfairdealingforthepurposesofresearchorprivatestudy,orcriticismorreview,aspermittedundertheCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988,thispublicationmayonlybereproduced,storedortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,withthepriorpermissioninwritingofthepublishers,,trademarks,etc.,inthispublicationdoesnotimply,evenintheabsenceofaspecificstatement,,expressorimplied,:DeblikPrintedonacid-freepaperSpringerispartofSpringerScience+BusinessMedia(ames,RuthandTomNickTomyparentsIngridFryandMartynFryJohnPrefaceThesubjectofregression,orofthelinearmodel,,whichwemaynotbeabletomeasure,startingfrominformationaboutoneormoreotherquantities,(calledcovariates),,