Ordinal data modeling

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This book on ordinal data modelling is designed as a textbook for graduate students; however researchers that analyze ordinal data will find useful information. It is written for nonmathematicians, with emphasis on applications. The authors are saying in the preface: ``Our intend in writing the book was to bridge the gap between recent theoretical developments in statistics and the application of these methods to ordinal data. It is assumed that the reader is acquainted with elements of basic statistics and multiple regression. The book is divided into seven chapters and an Appendix. The first two chapters are introductory. The first chapter provides an introduction to Bayesian inference with emphasis on possible applications to ordinal data. A short introduction to classical statistical inference is also made. Chapter 2 reviews the computational aspects of applications of Bayesian methods. Chapter 3 concerns binomial regression models from both classical and the Bayesian point of view. Applications of residual analysis and goodness of fit criteria are discussed. Chapter 4 extends the results of Chapter 3 to regression models for ordered categorical or ordinal data. Multirater ordinal data and regression models are introduced in Chapter 5. Chapters 6 and 7 describe item response and graded response models. The Appendix is devoted to software for ordinal data, particularly, how to use Matlab for ordinal data. The typical structure of the chapters is the following: formulation of the problem, discussion on the assumptions, solution of the problem from the classical and Bayesian point of view, computational algorithms, illustrative examples with useful remarks and comments, information about advanced reading, exercices. The authors also say in the Preface: ``Much of the data described in the book and many of the computational algorithms used in the analyses are available electronically from the authors or Mathworks or on the world-wide web. The emphasis is on the Bayesian approach including its computational part. Since the ordinal data are quite common form of data in the are of social sciences, I found the book well-written, a number of illstrative examples including the computational algorithms will be certainly welcomed by all who have to analyze ordinal data. Overall, the book will be useful both for graduate students and researchers who meet the problem of ordinal data modelling.




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