Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Estimation techniques : ordinary least squares and maximum likelihood / Martin Elff -- Bayesian estimation of regression models / Susumu Shikano -- Linear regression / Christof Wolf, Henning Best -- Regression analysis : assumptions and diagnostics / Bart Meuleman, Geert Loosveldt, Viktor Emonds -- Non-linear and non-additive effects in linear regression / Henning Lohmann -- The multilevel regression model / Joop Hox, Leoniek Wijngaards-de Meij -- Logistic regression / Henning Best, Christof Wolf -- Regression models for nominal and ordinal outcomes / J. Scott Long -- Graphical display of regression results / Gerrit Bauer -- Regression with complex samples / Steven G. Heeringa, Brady T. West, Patricia A. Berglund -- Matching estimators for treatment effects / Markus Gangl -- Instrumental variables regression / Christopher Muller, Christopher Winship, Stephen L. Morgan -- Regression discontinuity designs in social sciences / David S. Lee, Thomas Lemieux -- Fixed-effects panel regression / Josef Bruderl, Volker Ludwig -- Event history analysis / Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Gwendolin J. Blossfeld -- Time-series cross-section / Jessica Fortin-Rittberger.