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Many data sets are inherently too complex to be handled adequately by standard procedures and thus require the formulation of ad hoc models. The class of linear models provides a flexible framework into which many — although not all — of these cases can be fitted.
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Dalgaard, P. (2008). Linear models. In: Introductory Statistics with R. Statistics and Computing. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79054-1_12
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