This is the program for the 2010 Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Activity Details

360 Tue, 8/3/2010, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-Exhibit Hall A (West)
Contributed Oral Poster Presentations: Biometrics Section — Contributed Poster Presentations
Biometrics Section
Chair(s): Peiyong (Annie) Qu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
01: WITHDRAWN: Conditional Likelihoods in Sequential Bayesian Decision Problems for Correlated Survival Data — Daniel Garrett Polhamus, The University of Texas at San Antonio
02: Studying Concordance in Prostate Data Irene B. Helenowski, Northwestern University ; Timothy Kuzel, Northwestern University ; Borko D. Jovanovic, Northwestern University ; Aishwarya Parameswaran, Northwestern University
03: A New Method for the Comparison of Survival Distributions Xun Lin, Pfizer Global Research and Development ; Qiang Xu, FDA
04: Distance-Constrained Orthogonal Latin Squares for Brain-Computer Interface Gang Luo, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center ; Wanli Min, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
05: Fixed vs. Mixed Parameterization in Logistic Regression: Application to Meta-Analysis Chin-Fang Weng, University of Maryland
06: A Consistent Estimator of the Absolute Deviation Between Predicted and Observed Survival Functions Matthias Schmid, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
07: Bayesian Methods for Copy Number Inference in Heterogeneous Cancers Using SNP Arrays Christopher Yau, University of Oxford ; Christopher C. Holmes, University of Oxford
08: Comparing Mammography Visits in High and Low Repeat Rate Facilities Jonathan D. Mahnken, The University of Kansas Medical Center ; Jianghua (Wendy) He, The University of Kansas Medical Center ; Hung-Wen Yeh, The University of Kansas Medical Center ; Niaman Nazir, The University of Kansas Medical Center ; Linda L. Jianas, The University of Kansas Medical Center ; Kimberly K. Engelman, The University of Kansas Medical Center
09: Improving Small-Sample Inference in Group-Randomized Trials with Binary Outcomes Philip Westgate, University of Michigan ; Thomas Braun, University of Michigan
10: Unconditional Estimating Equation Approach for Missing Covariates Under Ignorable Missingness Lin Lu, Quintiles ; Peiyong (Annie) Qu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; David S. Birkes, Oregon State University
11: WITHDRAWN: Sample Size Determination for Quadratic Inference Functions Method in Longitudinal Design with Dichotomous Outcomes — Youna Hu, University of Michigan ; Peter Song, University of Michigan ; Youna Hu, University of Michigan
12: The Accuracy of Clinical Trial Inferences: The Saw Palmetto Experience Jeannette Y. Lee, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ; Page Moore, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ; Shelly Lensing, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
13: On the Repeated Estimation of Survival Time Quantiles for a Time-to-Event Study in Follow-Up Stage Sunhee Kwon Ro, Onyx Pharmaceuticals ; Yu-Lin Chang, Onyx Pharmaceuticals
14: A Decision-Theoretic Approach to Gene Set Analysis Simina Maria Boca, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ; Hector Corrada Bravo, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ; Giovanni Parmigiani, Harvard University ; Jeffrey Leek, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
15: WITHDRAWN - Efficient Estimator of Semiparametric Extended Hazard Model — Yi-Kuan Tseng, National Central University, Taiwan ; Ken-Ning Shu, National Central University, Taiwan
16: WITHDRAWN: Asymptotic Distribution of Similarity Coefficients and Similarity Tests — Hanzhe Zheng, Merck & Co., Inc. ; Larry P. Ammann, The University of Texas at Dallas
18: Bounds on Controlled Direct Effects Under Monotonic Assumptions About Mediators and Confounders Yasutaka Chiba, Kinki University School of Medicine
19: A Portable Single Sign-On System with Keystroke Dynamic Authentication — Po-Chin Chuang, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology ; Dongher Shih, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology ; Minghung Shih, North Carolina State University
20: Blood Transfusion After Lung Transplant Using Two-Step Nonlinear Multiphase Generalized Mixed Models Jeevanantham Rajeswaran, Cleveland Clinic ; Eugene H. Blackstone, Cleveland Clinic
21: Design, Implementation, and Results for a Bayesian Adaptive Randomization Trial for Targeted Therapy in Lung Cancer Suyu Liu, MD Anderson Cancer Center ; J. Jack Lee, MD Anderson Cancer Center
22: Evaluating Bilateral Phenomena: The Case of Pain in Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) — Bassam A. Dahman, Virginia Commonwealth University ; Donna K. McClish, Virginia Commonwealth University
23: Estimating the Subject by Treatment Interaction in Nonreplicated Crossover Diet Studies Matthew Kramer, Agricultural Research Service ; Shirley C. Chen, Agricultural Research Service ; Sarah Gebauer, Agricultural Research Service ; David Baer, Agricultural Research Service
24: Permutation Tests for Random Effects in Linear Mixed Models Oliver Lee, University of Michigan
25: Impact of Relying on Sample Variance-Covariance Estimate on Prediction Accuracy and Statistical Power of Hypothesis Testing When n << p Peter H. Hu, Merck & Co., Inc. ; Yue Wang, Merck & Co., Inc. ; Jared Lunceford, Merck & Co., Inc.
26: WITHDRAWN: Quantitative AP-1 Gene Regulation by Oxidative Stress in the Human Retinal Pigment Epithelium — Edward Chaum, University of Tennessee Health Science Center ; Fridtjof Thomas, University of Tennessee Health Science Center ; Jinggang Yin, University of Tennessee Health Science Center ; Huaitao Yang, University of Tennessee Health Science Center ; John C. Lang, Alcon Research Ltd.
27: Identification of Neural Functional Connectivity Using a Sparse Generalized Volterra Model Dong Song, University of Southern California ; Theodore W. Berger, University of Southern California
28: WITHDRAWN: Multiple Intelligences Among People with Epilepsy — Siti Rahmah Awang, Universiti Teknologi MARA ; Rasimah Aripin, Universiti Teknologi MARA ; Md Hanip Rafia, General Hospital Kuala Lumpur
29: Evaluating Functional Autocorrelation Within Spatially Distributed Neural Processing Networks Gordana Derado, Emory University ; DuBois Bowman, Emory University
30: Balancing Factor Analysis for Identifying Differentially Expressed Genes in Microarrays Byung S. Park, Oregon Health & Science University ; Shannon McWeeney, Oregon Health & Science University ; Daniel Bottomly, Oregon Health & Science University ; Priscila Darakjian, Oregon Health & Science University ; Ovidiu Iancu, Oregon Health & Science University ; John Belknap, Oregon Health & Science University ; Robert Hitzemann, Oregon Health & Science University ; Motomi Mori, Oregon Health & Science University
32: On the Modeling and Simulation of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Traces David A. James, Novartis ; Xiaoyong Sun, Iowa State University
33: Quality Control for Whole-Genome DASL Assay Jisuk Jo, Samsung Medical Center ; Insuk Sohn, Samsung Medical Center ; Sin-Ho Jung, Duke University ; Soonmyung Paik, Samsung Medical Center
34: Model Selection for Causal Parameters in Structural Mean Models Based on a Quasi-Likelihood Masataka Taguri, The University of Tokyo ; Yutaka Matsuyama, The University of Tokyo ; Yasuo Ohashi, The University of Tokyo
35: Proportional Hazards Regression for the Analysis of Failure Time Data with Outcome-Dependent Sampling and Dependent Censoring Hui Zhang, University of Michigan ; John David Kalbfleisch, University of Michigan ; Douglas E. Schaubel, University of Michigan
36: Efficient and Fast Gene-by-Gene Interaction Analysis for Genomewide Association Analysis Sohee Oh, Seoul National University ; Jaehoon Lee, Seoul National University ; Min-Seok Kwon, Seoul National University ; Kyunga Kim, Seoul National University ; Taesung Park, Seoul National University
37: Stable Gene Expression Index in Integrative Analysis Anna Elizabeth Campain, University of Sydney ; Jean Yang, University of Sydney ; Francine Marques, University of Sydney ; Brian Morris, University of Sydney
38: Estimation of Cellular and Genetic Diversity Elza Erkip, Polytechnic Institute of New York University ; Mithat Gonen, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
39: Bayesian Nonparametric Inference of Effective Population Trajectories with Gaussian Processes Julia Adela Palacios, University of Washington ; Vladimir Minin, University of Washington
40: Integrated Test Information S. McKay Curtis, University of Washington ; Paul K. Crane, University of Washington
41: WITHDRAWN: Probit Latent Class Models for Evaluating Accuracy of Diagnostic Tests with Indeterminate Results — Huiping Xu, Mississippi State University ; Bruce A. Craig, Purdue University
42: Variable Selection in High-Dimensional Distributions Using Multivariate Permutation Testing Procedures Megan Christina Orr, Iowa State University ; Peng Liu, Iowa State University ; Dan Nettleton, Iowa State University
43: Power in the Case of Extreme Bimodal Distribution: Analysis of Delirium/Coma-Free Days in the ICU Jennifer L. Thompson, Vanderbilt University ; Ayumi Shintani, Vanderbilt University
44: Regression Parameters as Outcomes: Simple vs. Sophisticated Analyses Reid D. Landes, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
45: Instrument Variable Analysis of Prostate Cancer Treatments for Clustered Binary Data Anjun Cao, NovoNordisk ; Dirk F. Moore, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
46: Sample-Size Estimation for the Interaction Between Two Binary Covariates in a Cox Proportional Hazard Regression Model Abu Minhajuddin, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas ; Xian-Jin Xie, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
47: Efficacy in Longitudinal Psychosis Studies When Missing Mechanism Unknown Jun Zhao, Merck & Co., Inc. ; Everton Rowe, Merck & Co., Inc. ; Ram Suresh, Merck & Co., Inc.
48: Multiple Imputation for Microarray Missing Data with Slice Sampler Hui Xie, Pennington Biomedical Research Center ; Leann Myers, Tulane University ; Steven Smith, Pennington Biomedical Research Center ; Janet Rice, Tulane University ; Michelle Lacey, Tulane University
49: Analyzing Gene Expression Data Using a Self-Contained Gene Set Enrichment Analysis Method Jiawei Liu, Georgia State University
50: Optimizing a Testing Procedure Based on Kernel Density Estimation for Comparing Two Treatments Sibabrata Banerjee, Merck & Co., Inc. ; Sunil Dhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology ; Farid Kianifard, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ; Hanzhe Zheng, Merck & Co., Inc. ; Venkata Sasikiran Goteti, Merck & Co., Inc.
51: An Informatics Center for Online Longitudinal Data Analysis — Edward C. Chao, Data Numerica Institute, Inc. ; Tao Qi, Annpro Analytic Technologies, Inc.
52: A Natural B-Spline Varying-Coefficient Method for Longitudinal Data with Nonignorable Dropout Jeri E.F. Harwood, University of Colorado, Denver ; Samantha MaWhinney, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver ; Erika L. Hernandez, Brigham Young University
53: WITHDRAWN: Measures of Association for Longitudinal Data: Applications to HIV/AIDS — Hexin Zhang, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ; Sujay Datta, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ; Li Qin, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ; Steven Self, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
54: Accounting for Dropout in Longitudinal Cohort Studies Timothy Bahr, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver ; Samantha MaWhinney, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver ; Jeri E.F. Harwood, University of Colorado, Denver ; Erika L. Hernandez, Brigham Young University ; Eric Benotsch, Virginia Commonwealth University ; Elizabeth Connick, University of Colorado, Denver
55: TACOMA Donghui Yan, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ; Pei Wang, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ; Tim Randolph, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
56: An Inhibitory-Excitatory Approach for the Analysis of the Neural Spike Train Reza Ramezan, University of Waterloo ; Paul Marriott, University of Waterloo ; Shojaeddin Chenouri, University of Waterloo
57: A Bias-Corrected Method for Estimating the Proportion of True Null Hypotheses Dexiang Gao, The Children's Hospital - Denver ; Tiejun Tong, University of Colorado, Boulder
58: The Data Dependence in Modeling Rat's Tumor Growth Data Chong Yau Fu, National Yang Ming University ; Yueh-Hsing Ou, Institute of Bioonology in Medicine ; Shih-Hua Liu, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology
59: Using Statistical Concepts to Determine Risk Level of Randomized Clinical Trials That Compare Two Noninvestigational Therapies — Martin L. Lesser, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research ; Nina E. Kohn, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
60: Mixed Models for Repeated Zero-Inflated Counts from Smoking Cessation Data E. Paul Wileyto, University of Pennsylvania ; Yimei Li, University of Pennsylvania ; Daniel F. Heitjan, University of Pennsylvania
61: Modeling Spatial Structure Using High-Throughput Data Ke Wang, Southern Methodist University ; Xinlei Wang, Southern Methodist University ; Guanghua Xiao, UT Southwestern Medical Center
62: Estimation of Periodontal Disease Incidence in the Presence of Diagnostic Error Anthony J. Parker, Medical University of South Carolina ; Elizabeth H. Slate, Medical University of South Carolina
63: A Statistical Model for Concentrations of Haemoglobin A1c Over Time in Response to a Treatment Intervention for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Larry Z. Shen, Amylin Pharmaceuticals ; Ping Yan, Amylin Pharmaceuticals
64: Measurement Error Model for Shape Data Jiejun Du, University of South Carolina
65: Detection Call Algorithms for High-Throughput Gene Expression Microarray Data Sarah Reese, Virginia Commonwealth University ; Kellie Archer, Virginia Commonwealth University
66: Graphical Displays to Uncover Gene-Environment Interaction from Data on Case-Parent Trios Ji-Hyung Shin, Simon Fraser University ; Claire Infante-Rivard, McGill University ; Brad McNeney, Simon Fraser University ; Jinko Graham, Simon Fraser University
67: Likelihood-Based Evaluation of Normalization Methods Sadhvi Khanna, The University of Arizona
68: Statistical Models for Adenoma Data from Colorectal Polyp Prevention Trials Chiu-Hsieh Hsu, The University of Arizona ; Sadhvi Khanna, The University of Arizona
69: Application of Intersection-Union Tests for Identifying Metabolite Biomarkers for Diagnosis and Prognosis Kyoungmi Kim, University of California, Davis ; Stanislav O. Zakharkin, Cadbury North America
70: WITHDRAWN - Markov Chain Likelihood in Long Binary Sequence Data — Jianping Sun, Penn State ; Bruce G. Lindsay, Penn State
71: Performance of Different Filtering Methods When Testing for Differential Expression in Microarray Data Soledad Fernandez, The Ohio State University ; Parul Gulati, The Ohio State University ; David Jarjoura, The Ohio State University ; Lianbo Yu, The Ohio State University ; Michael Pennell, The Ohio State University
72: WITHDRAWN: Power and Sample Size Estimation for 3-Level Hierarchical Data — Jiatao Ye, The University of Alabama at Birmingham ; Inmaculada B. , The University of Alabama at Birmingham ; Christopher S. Coffey, The University of Iowa
73: Tandem Mass Spectrometry Data Analysis to Map Signaling Pathways and Protein Interaction Network Yan Zhang, University of Michigan ; Hye Kyong Kweon, University of Michigan ; Philip Andrews, University of Michigan
74: The Effect of Noise on the Fitzhugh-Nagumo Neuronal Model Charles Eugene Smith, North Carolina State University ; Mamiko Arai, North Carolina State University
75: WITHDRAWN: Mapping a Quantitative Trait Locus Using Reverse Regression on an Unrelated Population Sample — Joyjit Roy, Cornell University
76: What Will Happen to the Power If Dependent and Independent Variables Are Switched? Youngju Pak, University of Missouri-Columbia ; Wade Justin Davis, University of Missouri-Columbia
77: Analyzing Cognitive Testing Data with Extensions of Item Response Theory Models Jonathan Gruhl, University of Washington ; Elena A. Erosheva, University of Washington ; Paul K. Crane, University of Washington
78: Average-Slope Regression Brian G. Leroux, University of Washington ; Adam Omidpanah, University of Washington
79: Hierarchical Weakest-Link Models in Cytometry of Lung Tumor Samples The Minh Luong, University of Pittsburgh ; Roger Day, University of Pittsburgh



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