Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Categorical Variables -- 1.2 Contingency Tables -- 1.3 Statistical Inference for Contingency Tables -- 1.3.1 Notation and Concepts -- 1.3.2 Effect Measures and Effect Estimates -- 1.3.3 Confidence Intervals -- 1.3.4 Hypothesis Tests -- 1.4 Properties of Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Tests -- 1.4.1 Basic Properties -- 1.4.2 Evaluation Criteria for Confidence Intervals -- 1.4.3 Evaluation Criteria for Hypothesis Tests -- 1.5 Generalized Linear Models -- 1.5.1 Introduction -- 1.5.2 Link Functions for the Binomial Distribution -- 1.5.3 Loglinear Models versus Logit Link -- 1.6 Exponential Family -- 1.6.1 Definitions -- 1.6.2 UMP Unbiased Tests -- 1.7 Wald, Likelihood Ratio, and Score Inference -- 1.8 Deviance, Likelihood Ratio Tests, and Pearson Chi-Squared Tests for Generalized Linear Models -- 1.9 Exact Methods -- 1.10 The Mid-P Approach -- 1.11 Bayes Inference -- Chapter 2 The 1 x 2 Table and the Binomial Distribution -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Examples -- 2.2.1 The Probability of Male Births to Indian Immigrants in Norway -- 2.2.2 A Randomized Cross-Over Trial of Probiotics Versus Placebo for Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- 2.3 Estimation of the Binomial Parameter p -- 2.4 Confidence Intervals for the Binomial Parameter -- 2.4.1 The Wald Interval -- 2.4.2 The Likelihood Ratio Interval -- 2.4.3 The Wilson Score Interval -- 2.4.4 The Agresti-Coull Interval -- 2.4.5 The Jeffreys Interval -- 2.4.6 The Arcsine Interval -- 2.4.7 Exact Intervals -- 2.4.8 Mid-P Intervals -- 2.4.9 Examples -- 2.4.10 Evaluation of Intervals -- 2.5 Tests for the Binomial Parameter -- 2.5.1 The Null and Alternative Hypotheses -- 2.5.2 The Wald Test -- 2.5.3 The Likelihood Ratio Test -- 2.5.4 The Score Test -- 2.5.5 Exact Tests