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

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Sunday, 08/01/2010
A Power Comparison of Generalized Additive Models and the Spatial Scan Statistic in a Case-Control Setting
Robin Young, Boston University; Janice Weinberg, Boston University; Veronica Vieira, Boston University; Al Ozonoff, Boston University School of Public Health; Thomas Webster, Boston University
4:05 PM

A Parametric Test for Correlated Time-to-Event Data with a Failure Rate Change
Gang Han, Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute; Ji-Hyun Lee, Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
4:05 PM

Flexible Distribution Modeling and Efficient Test Effort Allocation in Inkjet Pen Development
Robert O'Donnell, Hewlett-Packard
4:20 PM

Small Sample Tests for Shape Parameter(s) of Gamma Distributions
Dulal Bhaumik, University of Illinois at Chicago; Jerome Keating, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Robert D. Gibbons, University of Illinois at Chicago; Kush Kapur, University of Illinois at Chicago
5:05 PM

Tuesday, 08/03/2010
Using GAM_K to Detect Clustering in MI Wood Products Companies
Juan Du, Kansas State University


Ensemble Classification Based on Generalized Additive Models
Koen W. De Bock, Ghent University; Kristof Coussement, Université Catholique de Lille; Dirk Van den Poel, Ghent University
10:35 AM

Using the Dice-Based Golf Game GOLO to Illustrate Discrete Probability Distributions and Sampling Distributions on Proportions
Paul L. Stephenson, Grand Valley State University; Mary Richardson, Grand Valley State University; John Gabrosek, Grand Valley State University; Diann Reischman, Grand Valley State University
3:25 PM

Wednesday, 08/04/2010
Choosing Bayes Priors for Estimating Values Near Zero: A Case Study with the Beta-Binomial and the Gamma-Poisson Distributions
Marcela Alfaro , Universidad de Costa Rica


Experts vs. Equations: A Case Study in the Prediction of NBA Games
Michele Meisner, The College of New Jersey; Chamont Wang, The College of New Jersey; Danielle Zanghi, The College of New Jersey; James Fitzpatrick, The College of New Jersey


The Effect of Back-to-Back Games in the NHL: Top Shelf or Garbage Goal?
Michael A. Rutter, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
8:35 AM

On the Correlated Gamma Frailty Model for Bivariate Current Status Data
Niel Hens, Hasselt University; Andreas Wienke, University Halle-Wittenberg
8:50 AM

Introducing Statistical Research to Undergraduate Mathematical Statistics Students using the Video Game Series Guitar Hero
Ivan Ramler, St. Lawrence University
9:50 AM

Performance Assessment of 'Gamma Distribution'-Shaped Detection Functions for Aerial Line Transect Surveys of Large Terrestrial Mammals
Joel Howard Reynolds, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Anna-Marie Benson, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
2:25 PM

Estimation of Spatio-Temporal Relative Animal Density from Line Transect Data with Clustering and Censoring
Geof Givens, Colorado State University
2:45 PM

Identification of Power Distribution Mixtures Through Regression of Exponentials
Wen-Jang Huang, National University of Kaohsiung
2:50 PM

Bayesian Variable Selection in Cox Proportional Hazard Models for Survival Data
Kyu Ha Lee, University of Missouri-Columbia; Sounak Chakraborty, University of Missouri-Columbia; Jianguo Sun, University of Missouri
2:50 PM

Thursday, 08/05/2010
Wrapped Three Parameter Gamma Distribution
Shongkour Roy, Jahangirnagar University; Mian Arif Shams Adnan, Jahangirnagar University
8:50 AM

P-Values or Prediction Errors: What Is the Name of the Game in Genomics?
Rafal Kustra, University of Toronto
9:35 AM

Analysis of a Table Tennis Game: A Pedagogical Tool
Reza D. Noubary, Bloomsburg University
11:05 AM




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