Dr. John Fox

John Fox is the Senator William McMaster Professor of SocialJohn Fox is the Senator William McMaster Professor of Social Statistics in the Sociology Department of McMaster Universi Statistics in the Sociology Department of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Professor Fox earned a Ph.Dty in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Professor Fox earned a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Michigan in 1972. He h. in sociology from the University of Michigan in 1972. He has delivered...See more

John Fox is the Senator William McMaster Professor of SocialJohn Fox is the Senator William McMaster Professor of Social Statistics in the Sociology Department of McMaster Universi Statistics in the Sociology Department of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Professor Fox earned a Ph.Dty in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Professor Fox earned a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Michigan in 1972. He h. in sociology from the University of Michigan in 1972. He has delivered numerous lectures and workshops on statistical as delivered numerous lectures and workshops on statistical topics, at such places as the summer program of the Inter-Untopics, at such places as the summer program of the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, the aiversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, andnnual meetings of the American Sociological Association, and the Oxford Spring School in Quantitative Methods for Social the Oxford Spring School in Quantitative Methods for Social Research. He has written many articles on statistics, socio Research. He has written many articles on statistics, sociology, and social psychology, and is the author of several bology, and social psychology, and is the author of several books on statistics, including most recently Applied Regressiooks on statistics, including most recently Applied Regression Analysis and Generalized Linear Models, Second Edition (San Analysis and Generalized Linear Models, Second Edition (Sage, 2008) and A Mathematical Primer for Social Statistics (Sge, 2008) and A Mathematical Primer for Social Statistics (Sage, 2009), and (with Sanford Weisberg) An R Companion to Apage, 2009), and (with Sanford Weisberg) An R Companion to Applied Regression, Second Edition (Sage, 2011). Professor Foxplied Regression, Second Edition (Sage, 2011). Professor Fox is an active contributor to the R Project for Statistical C is an active contributor to the R Project for Statistical Computing and is a member of the R Foundation. His work on thomputing and is a member of the R Foundation. His work on this book was partly supported by a grant from the Social Scieis book was partly supported by a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. nces and Humanities Research Council of Canada. See less