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Title: A fine job
Review: The linear model lies at the heart of a wide variety of familiar statistical methods, including regression, anova, and ancova. Anyone with a professional interest in statistics must get to know it well. This book is a clear, well organized, and practical presentation of the linear model. It is not pie-in-the-sky or esoteric. It leads the reader carefully through the real world problems that are encountered in applying the model. The book can be read on several levels. It provides practical instructions for applying the model to various situations, but also quite thoughly expounds on the mathematical theory behind the model. The theory and practice are separate but parallel, so you can read as much or as little of the theory as you like, or as much or as little of the practice. This book belongs on the reference shelf of anyone who uses statistics. In a world where technical publications are priced through the sky, it is a relative bargain (1400 pages).
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