The loaded R package versions (in the order mentioned in the chapter):
catdata 1.2.1 (CRAN)
vcdExtra 0.6.8 (CRAN)
lmtest 0.9-33 (CRAN)
BaylorEdPsych 0.5 (CRAN)
ggplot2 1.0.1 (CRAN)
MASS 7.3-40 (CRAN)
broom 0.3.7 (CRAN)
data.table 1.9.4. (CRAN)
plyr 1.8.2 (CRAN)
Further R packages:
LogisticDx 0.2 (CRAN)
Further reading:
Applied regression analysis and other multivariable methods. Duxbury Press, David G. Kleinbaum, Lawrence L. Kupper, Azhar Nizam, and Keith E. Muller in 2008
An R Companion to Applied Regression, Sage, Web companion by John Fox in 2011 at http://socserv.socsci.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Books/Companion/appendix.html