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

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Sunday, 08/01/2010
Testing for Linearity of the Nonparametric Component of a Semiparametric Generalized Linear Model
Chin-Shang Li, University of California, Davis
2:05 PM

A Comparison of Two Versions of the Hosmer-Lemeshow Goodness-of-Fit Test for Logistic Regression
Jana D. Canary, University of Tasmania; Leigh Blizzard, Menzies Research Institute; Ronald Barry, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Steve John Quinn, Menzies Research Institute; David W. Hosmer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2:05 PM

Assessing the Methodology for Testing Body Armor
Ronald D. Fricker, Naval Postgraduate School; Alyson Wilson, Iowa State University
2:05 PM

A Genomewide Association Testing Method Incorporating Linkage Disequilibrium
Zheyang Wu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2:05 PM

A Fast Algorithm for Computing Weighted V-Statistics in Resampling
Chunxiao Zhou, National Institutes of Health; Diane Damiano, National Institutes of Health
2:20 PM

On Rank Score Test for Longitudinal Bent Line Quantile Model
Nanshi Sha, Columbia University
2:20 PM

Using the Estimating Function Bootstrap to Obtain Adjusted p-Values for Quantitative Trait Mapping
Theodore Lystig, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
2:20 PM

Hellinger Deviance Testing for Mixture Complexity
An-Lin Cheng, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Anand Vidyashankar, George Mason University
2:25 PM

Goodness-of-Fit Tests for Multinomial Log-Link Regression Models
Leigh Blizzard, Menzies Research Institute; Steve John Quinn, Menzies Research Institute; David W. Hosmer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Jana D. Canary, University of Tasmania
2:35 PM

Multiple Testing Correction Method in Genetic Association Studies with Related Individuals
Zuoheng Wang, Yale University
2:35 PM

Robust Testing in Matched Case-Control Association Studies
Yong Zang, The University of Hong Kong; Wing Kam Fung, The University of Hong Kong; Gang Zheng, National Institutes of Health
2:50 PM

Tests for Conditional Association Between an Ordinal Predictor and Continuous, Binomial, or Ordinal Outcomes
Bryan E. Shepherd, Vanderbilt University; Chun Li, Vanderbilt University
3:05 PM

Department of Defense Testing and the Statistical Community
J. Michael Gilmore, Office of the Secretary of Defense; Ernest Seglie, Office of the Secretary of Defense
3:05 PM

A Modified Approach in Statistical Significance for Genomewide Studies
Nusrat Jahan, James Madison University; Pradeep Singh, Southeast Missouri State University
3:05 PM

A Single Test Derived from Modeling Biological Heterogeneity of Multiple Serum Biomarkers via Mixture Models Using Bayesian Inference
Eric A. Macklin, MGH Biostatistics Center; Ying Zhou, MGH Biostatistics Center; Trenton C. Pulsipher, MGH Biostatistics Center; Steven James Skates, Massachusetts General Hospital
3:05 PM

Tests of Trend Between Disease Outcomes and Ordinal Covariates
Naomi Brownstein, The University of North Carolina
3:20 PM

Gene-Based Gene Score
Changchun Xie, McMaster University
3:35 PM

On the Use of Adjusted Cross-Sectional Estimators of HIV Incidence
Rui Wang, Harvard School of Public Health; Stephen Lagakos, Harvard School of Public Health
4:05 PM

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

A Comparison of Several Methods for Analyzing Data from Thorough QT Studies
Hong Tian, Johnson & Johnson; Wenqian Qiao, Rutgers University; Jaya Natarajan, Johnson & Johnson
4:25 PM

Sequential Analytic Methods for Prospective Drug Safety Surveillance
Lingling Li, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
4:30 PM

Determining the Appropriate Implementation of a Repeated Measures Analysis Comparing Two Periodic Estimates on Economic Survey Data
Philip Steel, U.S. Census Bureau; Paul Ferrara, University of Virginia; Katherine Jenny Thompson, U.S. Census Bureau
4:35 PM

Model Identification and Regression Estimation with a Diverging Number of Predictors
Zhan Wang, University of Minnesota; Yuhong Yang, University of Minnesota
4:35 PM

Exact Two-Stage Designs for Phase II Clinical Trials with Rank-Based Endpoints
Gregory E. Wilding, State University of New York at Buffalo; Guogen Shan, State University of New York at Buffalo; Alan Hutson, State University of New York at Buffalo
4:35 PM

Determination of Optimal Cut Point for Competing Risks Data
Jeong Youn Lim, University of Pittsburgh; Jong-Hyeon Jeong, University of Pittsburgh
4:35 PM

Overcoming Adverse Effects of Correlations in Microarray Data Analysis
Linlin Chen, Rochester Institute of Technology; Alexander Gordon, University of North Carolina Charlotte; Galina Glazko, University of Rochester
4:35 PM

Assessment of Exact Patient Year Method for Clinical Outcome in Drug-Eluting Stent Trials
Peter Lam, Boston Scientific Corporation; Heather Bai, Boston Scientific Corporation; Jian Huang, Boston Scientific Corporation; Hong Wang, Boston Scientific Corporation
4:45 PM

An Improved Variance-Smoothing Method for Testing Differential Expression in Small-Sample-Size Affymetrix Oligonucleotide Microarrays
Parul Gulati, The Ohio State University; David Jarjoura, The Ohio State University; Soledad Fernandez, The Ohio State University; Lianbo Yu, The Ohio State University; Michael Pennell, The Ohio State University
4:50 PM

Extended Nonparametric Tests for Evaluation of Biosimilarity in Variability to Assess Follow-On Biologics
Nan Zhang, Amgen Inc.; Jun Yang, Amgen Inc.; Shein-Chung Chow, Duke University School of Medicine; Eric M. Chi, Amgen Inc.
4:55 PM

Thick-Pen Transformation for Time Series
Piotr Fryzlewicz, London School of Economics; Hee-Seok Oh, Seoul National University
5:05 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

On the Statistic Properties of Proposed Non-parametric Estimators for Asymmetric Information and Separability Restriction
Takaaki Aoki, State University of New York at Buffalo
5:20 PM

Monday, 08/02/2010
Bayesian Item Response Model When Performance Is Affected by Test Anxiety
Cibele Queiroz Da-Silva, Universidade de Brasilia; Antonio Eduardo Gomes, Universidade de Brasilia


A Monte Carlo Comparison of Robust MANOVA Test Statistics
Holmes Finch, Ball State University; Brian French, Washington State University


Fractal Analysis of Time Series and Distribution Properties of Hurst Exponent
Ferry Butar Butar, Sam Houston State University; Malhar Kale, Kaiser Permanente


Adaptive Confidence Intervals for the Test Error in Classification
Eric B. Laber, University of Michigan


Adjusted Cumulative Distribution Function and Effect Size Methods for Stratified Two-Sample Comparisons
Kelly H. Zou, Pfizer Inc.; Martin O. Carlsson, Pfizer Inc.; Ching-Ray Yu, Pfizer Inc.


Calculating an Exact p-Value for a Noninferiority Test on Matched Pair Data
Jennifer E. Hamer-Maansson, AstraZeneca


Problems with Null Hypothesis Significance Testing (NHST): What Has Been Done and What Should Be Done in Personnel Applied Research?
Zhigang Wang, Department of National Defence


Informative Array Screening
Christopher Steven McMahan, University of South Carolina; Joshua Tebbs, University of South Carolina


Gastrointestinal Side Effects in Postmenopausal Women Using Osteoporosis Therapy: One-Year Findings in the POSSIBLE U.S. Study
Guozhi Gao, Amgen Inc.; Claudine Woo, Amgen Inc.; Sally Wade, Wade Outcomes Research and Consulting; Marc Hochberg, University of Maryland


Classroom Derivation and Simulation: An Asymptotic Two-Sample Test for Comparing Population Medians
Vadim Y. Bichutskiy, California State University, East Bay; Joshua D. Kerr, California State University, East Bay; Eric A. Suess, California State University, East Bay


Transfer of Methods Supporting Biologics and Vaccines
Rong Liu, Merck & Co., Inc.; Timothy Schofield, GlaxoSmithKline; Jason Liao, Merck Research Laboratories


Analysis of Statistical Tests to Compare Cumulative Proportion of Responders for Pain Data in Clinical Trials
Song Wang, PPD, Inc.


Recent Development in Exact Inference for Categorical Data
Dar Shong Hwang, B.R.S.I.; James Lee, Daiichi Sankyo Pharma Development


Sequential Application of a Third-Order Test Design in Six Dimensions Incorporating an Orthogonality Constraint
William Line, DOES Institute; Mike Morton, DOES Institute; Norman Draper, University of Wisconsin-Madison


An Active Approach to Statistical Inference Using Randomiztion Methods
Todd Swanson, Hope College; Nathan Tintle, Hope College; Jill VanderStoep, Hope College; Vicki-Lynn Holmes, Hope College; Brooke Quisenberry, Hope College


Comparison of Power for ANCOVA Models Based on Central Tendency versus Nonparametric Analysis of Cumulative Responders for Clinical Trials with Continuous Response Endpoints
Kevin L. Lawson, PPD, Inc.


Methods for the Analysis of Cognitive Interviews
Johnny Blair, Abt Associates, Inc.; Pat Dean Brick, Westat
8:35 AM

Estimating the Agreement and Diagnostic Accuracy of Two Diagnostic Tests When One Test Is Conducted on Only a Subsample of Specimens
Hormuzd A. Katki, National Cancer Institute; Yan Li, The University of Texas at Arlington; Philip E. Castle, National Cancer Institute
8:35 AM

Generalized Score Test for Zero Mixture in Count Data
Wei-Wen Hsu, Michigan State University; David Todem, Michigan State University
8:35 AM

Sample Size and Power Considerations for Futility Trial Design: Buying Power vs. Spending Beta
Thomas Dobbins, Merck & Co., Inc.
8:50 AM

Massively Parallel Linear Modeling of Gene Expression Data
Walter Liggett, National Institute of Standards and Technology
8:50 AM

A Test for the Equality of Two Covariance Matrices When the Dimension Is Much Larger Than Two Sample Sizes
Jun Li, Iowa State University; Song X. Chen, Iowa State University/Peking University
8:50 AM

An Evaluation of Kan and Wang's Adjusted Box-Pierce Test Using Seasonal Time Series
Brian Carl Monsell, U.S. Census Bureau
8:55 AM

Randomized Experiments for Measuring Display Advertising Effectiveness
Taylan Yildiz, Google; Nicolas Remy, Google
9:05 AM

Exact Inferences of the Youden Index
Chin-Ying Lai, State University of New York at Buffalo; Enrique F. Schisterman, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Lili Tian, State University of New York at Buffalo
9:05 AM

The Undetectable Difference: An Experimental Look at the 'Problem' of p-Values
William M. Goodman, University of Ontario Institute of Technology
9:15 AM

Conditional Power and Predictive Power Approaches to Interim Monitoring in Equivalence Trials
Xiaojiang Zhan, Merck & Co., Inc.
9:20 AM

Multivariate Longitudinal Bayesian Imputation for Global Statistical Test, with Applications to Parkinson's Disease
Sheng Luo, The University of Texas School of Public Health; Andrew Lawson, Medical University of South Carolina; Jordan J. Elm, Medical University of South Carolina; Barbara C. Tilley, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
9:20 AM

Testing for Possible Climate Change--Caused Shifts in Forest Fire Ignitions
Charmaine Dean, Simon Fraser University; Douglas Woolford, Wilfrid Laurier University; Jiguo Cao, Simon Fraser University; David Martell, University of Toronto
9:25 AM

Robust Testing Strategy to Assess the Effect on Disease of Rare Variants in Large Genetic Regions
Iuliana Ionita-Laza, Columbia University
9:55 AM

Two-Stage Designs with Additional Futility Tests for Phase II Clinical Trials with Heterogeneous Patient Populations
Myron N. Chang, University of Florida; Sin-Ho Jung, Duke University
10:05 AM

A Weighted Average Likelihood Ratio Test with Application to RNAseq Data
Peng Liu, Iowa State University; Yaqing Si, Iowa State University
10:35 AM

A Practical Way to Standardize Test Scores in Some Clinical Measures
Liansheng Zhu, Hoffmann-La Roche
10:35 AM

Evaluation of the Innovations Implemented in the 2009 Canadian Census Test
Jean-Francois Rodrigue, Statistics Canada; Danielle Lebrasseur, Statistics Canada; Jennifer Taylor, Statistics Canada; Jean-Pierre Morin, Statistics Canada
10:35 AM

Nonparametric Weighted Log-Rank Tests for Comparing Multivariate Distributions
Xiaoru Wu, Columbia University; Zhiliang Ying, Columbia University; Tian Zheng, Columbia University
10:35 AM

Probabilistic Index Models: Semiparametric Regression Models for P(Y < Y*)
Jan De Neve, Ghent University; Olivier Thas, Ghent University; Lieven Clement, Ghent University; Jean-Pierre Ottoy, Ghent University
10:35 AM

Performing Hypothesis Tests with Multiply Imputed Data
Xianchao Xie, Harvard University; Xiao-Li Meng, Harvard University
10:50 AM

Using Multiple Control Groups as Evidence About Unobserved Biases in an Observational Study of Mental Health Care Parity
Frank Yoon, Harvard Medical School; Haiden A. Huskamp, Harvard Medical School; Alisa B. Busch, Harvard Medical School; Sharon-Lise T. Normand, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health
10:55 AM

The Complexities of a Multivariate Power Analysis: Possible Finite Solutions to an Infinite Problem
Kathryn Mary Irvine, Montana State University; Daniel Sarr, Klamath Network - National Park Service; Eric Dinger, Klamath Network - National Park Service
10:55 AM

Statistical Methods for Detecting Rare Variants Associated with Disease Phenotypes Using Next-Generation Sequencing Data
Xihong Lin, Harvard School of Public Health
11:00 AM

A Case Study of Using a Genomic Assay to Predict the Benefit of Chemotherapy in Treating Breast Cancer: Testing, Prediction, and Study Planning
William E. Barlow, Cancer Research and Biostatistics (CRAB); Carl Yoshizawa, Genomic Health, Inc.
11:00 AM

Comparing the Cumulative False-Positive Risk of Screening Mammography Programs Using a Discrete Time Survival Model Allowing for Nonignorable Drop-Out
Rebecca Hubbard, Group Health Research Institute; Diana Miglioretti, Group Health Research Institute
11:05 AM

Doubly Constrained Factor Models: Estimation and Applications
Henghsiu Tsai, Academia Sinica; Ruey S. Tsay, The University of Chicago
11:05 AM

Computational Issues in Bayesian Design of Life Tests
Refik Soyer, The George Washington University
11:15 AM

Sample Size Requirement in Clustered Matched-Pair Design for Noninferiority Test
Jun-mo Nam, National Cancer Institute
11:20 AM

More on Arc Length Tests for Equivalent Autocovariances
Oscar Ferebee Tunno, Arkansas State University; Colin Gallagher, Clemson University ; Robert Lund, Clemson University
11:20 AM

Estimation and Hypothesis Testing in Submodels Using Fisher Estimating Functions
Ryan Janicki, U.S. Census Bureau
11:20 AM

Testing the Product of Slopes in Related Regressions
Christopher H. Morrell, Loyola University Maryland; Veena Shetty, MedStar Research Institute ; Terry Phillips, National Institute on Aging; Thiruma Arumugam, National Institute on Aging; Mark Mattson, National Institute on Aging; Ruiqian Wan, National Institute on Aging
11:35 AM

Preliminary Test Estimation Procedures in Nonlinear Regression Models with Toxicological Application
Changwon Lim, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Pranab Kumar Sen, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Shyamal D. Peddada, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
11:35 AM

Estimating the Number of Null Hypotheses in Multiple Testing
Vasyl Pihur, ASA
11:35 AM

An Extension of the Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test for Complex Sample Survey Data
Sundareshwaran Natarajan, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Stuart R. Lipsitz, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Debajyoti Sinha, Florida State University; Garrett Fitzmaurice, Harvard Medical School
11:35 AM

Multivariate Tobit Analysis of Test-Score Ceiling Effects
Yan Yang, Arizona State University
11:35 AM

Goodness-of-Fit Tests in Generalized Linear Mixed Models
Min Tang, University of Maryland; Eric V. Slud, University of Maryland; Ruth Pfeiffer, National Cancer Institute
12:05 PM

Improved Survival Modeling Using a Reduced Piecewise Exponential Approach
Gang Han, Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute; Michael J. Schell, Moffitt Cancer Center; Jongphil Kim, Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
12:05 PM

Bayesian Model Comparison in Cosmology with Population Monte Carlo
Christian Plessis Robert, Universite Paris-Dauphine
2:05 PM

Method of Balanced Adjustment in Testing Coprimary Endpoints
George Kordzakhia, FDA
2:05 PM

Evaluating Screening Tests for Chlamydia trachomatis in the Absence of a Gold Standard Test
Alula Hadgu, CDC; Liangliang Wang, The University of British Columbia; Nandini Dendukuri, McGill University
2:20 PM

Detecting a Cutoff Point for Predictive Biomarkers in Clinical Trials Using Contrast Tests
Jianliang Zhang, MedImmune
2:20 PM

Properties and Applications of a Graphical Self-Similarity Test
Rakhee Patel, University of California, Los Angeles
2:20 PM

Testing a Primary and a Secondary Endpoint in a Group Sequential Design
Ajit C. Tamhane, Northwestern University; Cyrus R. Mehta, Cytel Inc.; Lingyun Liu, Cytel Inc.
2:25 PM

Hypothesis Testing of Treatment Policies in Two-Stage Randomization Designs
Xiang Guo, sanofi-aventis (China); Anastasios Tsiatis, North Carolina State University
2:30 PM

On the Effect of Diagnostic Misclassification Bias on the Observed Spatial Pattern in Regional Count Data: A Simulation Study
Olaf Berke, University of Guelph
2:35 PM

How Effective Are Normality Tests at Detecting Violations of the Least Squares Regression Assumptions?
John H. Walker, Cal Poly; Jimmy A. Doi, Cal Poly; Hongyan Wang, Cal Poly
2:35 PM

Partition Testing for Efficacy with Multiple Endpoints, with Software
Jason C. Hsu, The Ohio State University; Yi Liu, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
2:45 PM

Potential Problems with Tian, Cai, Pfeffer, Piankov, Cremieux, and Wei's Exact Stratified Analysis of Rosiglitazone Cardiovascular Deaths
Fraser Smith, FDA/CDER
2:50 PM

Correcting for Misclassification in Testing Differences in Group Means Using Validation Data
Chengxing Lu, Merck Research Laboratories; Robert H. Lyles, Emory University; Hung-Mo Lin, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2:50 PM

Applications of Assignment Algorithms to Nonparametric Tests for Homogeneity
David Michael Ruth, United States Navy; Robert Koyak, Naval Postgraduate School
2:50 PM

An Orthogonal Transformed Aggregation Statistic to Test Gene Regulation with Prespecified Gene Sets or Pathways
Shuyan (Sabrina) Wan, Merck Research Laboratories; Nanshi Sha, Columbia University; Peggy Wong, Merck Research Laboratories
2:50 PM

Direct Inference Requiring Only a Touch of Bayes
Ralph G. O'Brien, Case Western Reserve University
2:50 PM

Complete and Incomplete Bayesian Models for Financial Time Series
John Geweke, University of Technology, Sydney
2:55 PM

Testing Conditional Monotonicity in the Absence of Smoothness
Miguel A. Delgado, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid; Juan Carlos Escanciano, Indiana University
2:55 PM

Choice of Multiple Comparison Procedure in Two Pivotal Clinical Trials for Approval of a New Pharmaceutical Product: Power and Aesthetics
Brian L. Wiens, Alcon Laboratories, Inc.; Alex Dmitrienko, Eli Lilly and Company
3:05 PM

Performance Characteristic of Sequential Probability Ratio Test (SPRT) for Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) Review in Drug-Eluting Stent Clinical Trials
Yun Lu, Boston Scientific Corporation; Huyuan Yang, Boston Scientific Corporation
3:05 PM

Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Test Characteristics in the Absence of a Gold Standard Reference Test
Nandini Dendukuri, McGill University; Ian Schiller, McGill University; Lawrence Joseph, McGill University; Madhukar Pai, McGill University
3:05 PM

A Review of Statistical Methods for Testing Genetic Anticipation: Looking for an Answer in Lynch Syndrome
Philip Boonstra, University of Michigan; Bhramar Mukherjee, University of Michigan; Stephen Gruber, University of Michigan
3:20 PM

Adaptations That Should Not Raise Objections, but Probably Will
Michael Proschan, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
3:25 PM

Improving the Performance of the Generalized Score Tests in Longitudinal Studies with Missing Data
Kumar B. Rajan, Rush Institute for Healthy Aging ; Carlos F. Mendes de Leon , Rush Institute for Healthy Aging
3:35 PM

Exact Test of Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium in Multi-Allelic Case via Markov Base
Marepalli B. Rao, University of Cincinnati; Subramaniam Venkatesan, University of Cincinnati; Subramanyam Kasala, University of North Carolina Wilmington
3:35 PM

Estimating Incremental Value in Marker Combinations Using a Two-Stage Study Design
Aasthaa Bansal, University of Washington; Margaret Sullivan Pepe, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
3:35 PM

Tuesday, 08/03/2010
A New Method for the Comparison of Survival Distributions
Xun Lin, Pfizer Global Research and Development; Qiang Xu, FDA


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


Quality Control for Meteorological Data Collected by University of South Alabama Mesonet Weather Stations
Madhuri S. Mulekar, University of South Alabama; Sytske Kimball, University of South Alabama


Permutation Tests for Random Effects in Linear Mixed Models
Oliver Lee, University of Michigan


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.


Testing for Monotonic Changes in Multivariate Gene Expression Distributions
Heng Wang, Iowa State University; Dan Nettleton, Iowa State University


Testing for Differences in Concentration Parameters Among Several Populations of Angular Variables
Curtis Miller, The University of Kansas; Mary Christman, University of Florida


Segmenting Nonstationary Time Series via Quantile Autoregressions
Ming Zhong, University of California, Davis


On Semiparametric Exponential Tilt Regression Models
Alan Huang, The University of Chicago; Paul J. Rathouz, The University of Chicago


Integrated Test Information
S. McKay Curtis, University of Washington; Paul K. Crane, University of Washington


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


Hierarchical Testing Procedures for Secondary Endpoints in Clinical Trials
Thomas Kelleher, Bristol-Myers Squibb


Accurate Approximations for the Distribution of Tests of Symmetry
John E. Kolassa, Rutgers University


Analyzing Gene Expression Data Using a Self-Contained Gene Set Enrichment Analysis Method
Jiawei Liu, Georgia State University


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.


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


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


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


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


Simultaneous Multiple Comparisons with a Control Using Medians and Permutation Tests
Scott Richter, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Melinda McCann, Oklahoma State University


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


An Improved Test of Latent-Variable Model Misspecification in Structural Measurement Error Models for Group Testing Data
Xianzheng Huang, University of South Carolina
8:35 AM

Limit Theory for Comparing Overfit Models Out-of-Sample
Gray Calhoun, Iowa State University
8:35 AM

Nonlinear Varying Coefficient Models
Esra Kurum, Penn State; Yang (Rick) Wang, Freddie Mac; Runze Li, Penn State; Damla Senturk, Penn State
8:35 AM

Testing for Gene-Environment and Gene-Gene Interactions Under Monotonicity Constraints
Summer S. Han, National Cancer Institute; Philip S. Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute; Nilanjan Chatterjee, National Cancer Institute
8:35 AM

A Proposed Goodness-of-Fit Test for the Assumptions of a Poisson Process
Bob McQuaid, Pepperdine University; Kellie Keeling, University of Denver; Robert Pavur, University of North Texas
8:35 AM

Nonparametric Tests for Conditional Independence Using Conditional Distributions
Taoufik Bouezmarni, McGill University; Roch Roy, Université de Montréal; Abderrahim Taamouti, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
8:50 AM

Some Thoughts on an Introductory Statistics Course
Andrew Neath, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
8:50 AM

Remarks on the Test of Multivariate Normality by Union Intersection Principle
Chun-Chao Wang, National Taipei University; Yi-Ting Hwang, National Taipei University
8:50 AM

Analysis Strategies for Pooled Nucleic Acid Testing to Identify Antiretroviral Treatment Failure During HIV Infection
Susanne May, University of Washington; Tanya Granston, University of Washington; Davey Smith, University of California, San Diego
8:55 AM

Modeling Threshold Conditional Heteroscedasticity with Regime-Dependent Skewness and Kurtosis
Wai Keung Li, The University of Hong Kong
9:05 AM

Group Testing in Heterogeneous Populations Using Halving Algorithms
Michael S. Black, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Christopher R. Bilder, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Joshua Tebbs, University of South Carolina
9:15 AM

Framing Specific Hypotheses: What's the Alternative?
Daniel Theodore Kaplan, Macalester College
9:20 AM

Exploiting Interaction Information in Detecting Loci That Influence Complex Diseases
Kuang-Fu Cheng, China Medical University; Jen-Yu Lee, National Central University, Taiwan; Jin-Hua Chen, China Medical University
9:20 AM

Propensity Score Matching in Randomized Clinical Trials
Zhenzhen Xu, University of Michigan; John David Kalbfleisch, University of Michigan
9:20 AM

A Graphical Approach to Multiple Test Procedures for Adaptive Phase II/III Clinical Trials
Martin Posch, Medical University of Vienna
9:25 AM

On Testing a General Linear Hypothesis Under Heteroscedasticity and Its Application
Hubert Janpeing Chen, National Cheng Kung University
9:50 AM

Robust Inference in Predictive Regressions
Paulo M.M. Rodrigues, Banco de Portugal; Antonio Rubia, University of Alicante
9:50 AM

Correcting for Bias in Estimating Proportions Using Group Testing
Graham Hepworth, The University of Melbourne; Ray Watson, The University of Melbourne
9:55 AM

Integrative Statistical Methodology for Metabolomics
Francoise Seillier-Moiseiwitsch, Georgetown University Medical Center; Valeriy Korostyshevskiy, Georgetown University Medical Center; Paul Kennedy, Georgetown University Medical Center
9:55 AM

Random Delayed Effects and the Power of the Unweighted Log-Rank Test in Survival Trials
Jonathan Siegel, Bristol-Myers Squibb
10:35 AM

Optimal Estimation and Testing in Econometrics
Werner Ploberger, Washington University in St. Louis
10:35 AM

Asymptotic Properties of Logrank and Stratified Logrank Tests on Highly Stratified Time-to-Event Data
Yabing Mai, Merck Research Laboratories; Sherry Liu, Merck Research Laboratories; Tinghui Yu, Binghamton University
10:50 AM

Permutation MANOVA for Functional Linear Models and Regionalized Follow-Up Tests
Mark C. Greenwood, Montana State University
10:55 AM

Permutation Test for Comparing Zero-Inflated Continuous Distributions
Jixiang Wu, South Dakota State University; Lei Zhang, Mississippi State Department of Health; William Johnson, Pennington Biomedical Research Center
11:05 AM

Nonparametric Tests for Right-Censored Data with Biased Sampling
Yu Shen, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Jing Ning, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Jing Qin, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
11:15 AM

Adaptive Designs with Sensitive Subgroup Selection
Yan Daniel Zhao, Eli Lilly and Company; Alex Dmitrienko, Eli Lilly and Company
11:15 AM

An Alternative to the Peto Analysis for Two-Year Carcinogenicity Studies and to Tarone's Test for Trend on Censored Survival Data
Arthur Roth, Private consultant
11:35 AM

A Doubly Robust Estimator in Comparing Predictive Values for Diagnostic Tests Under Missing at Random
Yoonjin Cho, GlaxoSmithKline
11:35 AM

Bayes Multiple Decision Functions
Wensong Wu, University of South Carolina; Edsel A. Pena, University of South Carolina
11:50 AM

Nonparametric Test of Conditional Quantile Independence with an Application to Banks' Systemic Risk
Milan Nedeljkovic, University of Warwick
12:05 PM

A Hybrid Geometric Select-and-Test Design Based on Treatment Failure Time and Toxicity
Peter F. Thall, MD Anderson Cancer Center
2:05 PM

An Improved Method for Testing Two Families of Endpoints
Haihong Li, Vertex Pharmaceuticals; Abdul J. Sankoh, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
2:05 PM

A Novel Rank Rest for a Time-to-Event Outcome That Incorporates Information on a Surrogate Event
Pamela A. Shaw, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Michael P. Fay, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
2:05 PM

Beyond T-Test: Statistical Consulting for Bench Scientists in the Era of Translational Research
Wei-Ting Hwang, University of Pennsylvania
2:05 PM

Functional Coefficient Autoregressive Models for Nonlinear Time Series
Alireza Tahai, Mississippi State University; Mehrzad Netadj, Mississippi State University
2:05 PM

Shrinkage Nonparametric Estimation of Median Survival Time from Censored Data
Mohammad Hossein Rahbar, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Weiwei Wang, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Jing Ning, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
2:05 PM

A Simple Panel Stationarity Test in the Presence of Cross-Sectional Dependence
Kaddour Hadri, Queen's University Belfast
2:20 PM

Multiple Testing Problems with General Logical Restrictions in Clinical Trials
Alex Dmitrienko, Eli Lilly and Company; Ajit C. Tamhane, Northwestern University
2:20 PM

Detection of Parent-of-Origin Effects for Quantitative Traits in Complete and Incomplete Nuclear Families with Multiple Children
Feng He, The University of Hong Kong; Wing Kam Fung, The University of Hong Kong; Yue-Qing Hu, Nanjing Medical University; Ji-Yuan Zhou, Southern Medical University
2:20 PM

Nonparametric Test of Treatment Effects When Design Plans Are Combined
Yvonne M. Zubovic, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne; Chand Chauhan, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne
2:20 PM

Pointwise Testing of Functional Data
Shubing Wang, Merck & Co., Inc.; Jia Cao , Columbia University
2:20 PM

Nonparametric Methods for Longitudinal Data in Factorial Experiments with R: A New Package 'nparLD'
Kimihiro Noguchi, University of California, Davis; Frank Konietschke, Department of Medical Statistics; Yulia R. Gel, University of Waterloo; Edgar Brunner, University of Goettingen
2:20 PM

Gene Set Analysis with Correlated Gene Expressions
Qiaohao Zhu, University of Alberta; Keumhee Chough Carriere, University of Alberta
2:20 PM

Detection of Differentially Expressed Groups of Genes Using a Multivariate Test Statistic in a Partially Paired Microarray Data Set
Byung Soo Kim, Yonsei University; Johan Lim, Seoul National University; Jayeon Kim, Yonsei University; Sang-Cheol Kim, Yonsei University; Donghyeon Yu, Seoul National University; Kyunga Kim, Seoul National University
2:30 PM

Generalized Hypothesis Testing in Interim Treatment Selection with a Flexible Selection Margin
Yujun Wu, Sanofi-Aventis; Peng-Liang Zhao, sanofi-aventis
2:35 PM

Asymptotically Similar Unit Root Tests in the Presence of Autocorrelated Errors
Michalis Stamatogiannis, University of Groningen
2:35 PM

Bus Arrivals and Bunching: A Data-Collection and Analysis Project
Robert Adam Molnar, Bellarmine University
2:45 PM

A Test of Missing Completely at Random for Regression Data with Nonresponse
Gong Tang, University of Pittsburgh
2:45 PM

Checking the Short-Term and Long-Term Hazard Ratio Model for Survival Data
Song Yang, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Yichuan Zhao, Georgia State University
2:50 PM

Multiple Hypothesis Testing by Clustering of Gene Profiles
Leesa Francis Wockner, University of Queensland; Geoffrey J. McLachlan, University of Queensland; Ian Wood, University of Queensland
2:50 PM

Linear Mixed Model Selection for False Discovery Rate Control in Microarray Data Analysis
Cumhur Yusuf Demirkale, University of Florida; Dan Nettleton, Iowa State University; Tapabrata Maiti, Michigan State University
2:55 PM

A Gatekeeping Multiple Comparison Procedure Based on the Hommel Test for Clinical Trials with Hierarchically Ordered Objectives
Thomas Brechenmacher, Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.; Jane Xu, Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.; Alex Dmitrienko, Eli Lilly and Company; Ajit C. Tamhane, Northwestern University
3:05 PM

Interval Estimation in Two-Stage, Drop-the-Losers Clinical Trials with Flexible Treatment Selection
Dan Neal, University of Florida; George Casella, University of Florida; Mark Yang, University of Florida; Samuel S. Wu, University of Florida
3:05 PM

A Novel Method for Testing Association of Multiple Genetic Markers with a Multinomial Trait: Application to the Study of Genetic Contribution to Two Mechanisms for Prediabetes
Soonil Kwon, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Xiuqing Guo, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Mark O. Goodarzi, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Kent D. Taylor, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Jinrui Cui, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Y-D Chen, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Jerome I. Rotter, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Willa Hsueh, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
3:05 PM

An Extended Propensity Score Approach for the Analysis of Population-Based Genetic Association Studies
Huaqing Zhao, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Timothy R. Rebbeck, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Nandita Mitra, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
3:20 PM

Wednesday, 08/04/2010
Calculation of Sample Size for Testing the Performance of Disease Risk Prediction Models from Survival Analysis Based on Harrell's C Discrimination Index
Ching-Yu Huang, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan; Hsing-Yi Chang, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan; Wen-ling Liu, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan


Improved Portmanteau Diagnostic Test for Multivariate Time Series Using Monte-Carlo Techniques
Esam Mahdi, The University of Western Ontario; A. Ian McLeod, The University of Western Ontario


Optimal Design for Accelerated Degradation Tests for Wiener Degradation Processes with Time-Censoring
Ming-Yung Lee, Providence University; Jen Tang, Purdue University


Estimating accuracy of a diagnostic test with verification bias when the number of observed false negatives is small: a Monte Carlo approach
Li Deng, New England College of Optometry


Bayesian Goodness-of-Fit Test and Semiparametric Generalization with Measurement Data
Angela Schoergendorfer, University of Kentucky; Adam J. Branscum, University of Kentucky; Timothy Edward Hanson, University of Minnesota


Demonstrating Superiority of Test Drug to Putative Placebo in the Two-Arm Noninferiority Trial
Abdul J. Sankoh, Vertex Pharmaceuticals


Bayesian Extension of Fisher's Exact Test in the Presence of Missing Data
Heather Yan Lin, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Stuart R. Lipsitz, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Debajyoti Sinha, Florida State University; Garrett Fitzmaurice, Harvard Medical School; Stephen Lipshutlz, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; J. Jack Lee, MD Anderson Cancer Center


A Multivariate Control Chart Increases in Process Dispersion
Chia-Ling Yen, National Chiao Tung University; Jyh-Jen Horng Shiau, National Chiao Tung University
8:50 AM

Model Selection and Hypothesis Testing for Case-Control Genetic Association Studies
Jinfeng Xu, National University of Singapore; Gang Zheng, National Institutes of Health; Ao Yuan, Howard University
8:55 AM

Exact Distribution-Free Tests for Ordinal Data: Stochastic Inequalities and Kendall's Tau
Karl H. Schlag, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
8:55 AM

Tests of Goodness-of-Fit Based on Smooth Alternatives to the Quantile Function
Olivier Thas, Ghent University; John C.W. Rayner, University of Newcastle
8:55 AM

Testing Small Center Events in Multicenter Trials Using Survival Modeling
Usha Sita Govindarajulu, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Elizabeth J. Malloy, American University; James Dziura, Yale University
9:05 AM

Empty K-Means Skill-Set Profile Clustering in Educational Testing
Nema Dean, University of Glasgow; Rebecca Nugent, Carnegie Mellon University; Elizabeth Ayers, University of California, Berkeley
9:05 AM

Accelerated Reliability Testing in a Field Study
Maria Weese, Institute for Statistical Engineering; Steve Fox, Aera Energy, LLC; Mary Leitnaker, Institute for Statistical Engineering; Deanna Starbuck, Aera Energy, LLC
9:05 AM

Nonparametric Weighted Step Down Holm Method with Heteroscedastic Variables
Luigi Salmaso, University of Padova
9:15 AM

Distribution of the Number of False Discoveries in Large-Scale Family-Based Association Testing with Applications to SAPPHIRe Data
I-Shou Chang, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan
9:15 AM

Accuracy of Biomarker Testing and Its Impact on Targeted Therapy Validation
Meijuan Li, FDA; Estelle Russek-Cohen, FDA; Rong Tang, FDA
9:15 AM

Revealing Latent Quality Information Hidden Within Inspection Reports of Curtailed Tests
Tamar Gadrich, Ort Braude College; Emil Bashkansky, Ort Braude College
9:20 AM

On the Asymptotic Distribution of LRT When Parameters Lie on the Boundary
Bimal K. Sinha, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Leonid Kopylev, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
9:20 AM

Calculation of MAX Test p-Value with Geometric Characterization of 2x3 Table Tests
Ryo Yamada, Kyoto University
9:35 AM

An Asymptotically Distribution-Free Test to Assess Exchangeability of a Test Treatment and the Standard Treatment
Jiuzhou Wang, Cephalon Inc.; Steven Chung-Kuei Chang, Cephalon Inc.
9:35 AM

On the Distribution of Runs Scored and Batting Strategy in Test Cricket
Xin Shi, Manchester Metropolitan University
9:35 AM

Modifications of and Alternatives to the SMR in Evaluating Center-Specific Mortality
Kevin He, University of Michigan ; Douglas E. Schaubel, University of Michigan
9:35 AM

EM-Test for Finite Mixture Models
Jiahua Chen, The University of British Columbia; Pengfei Li, University of Alberta
9:55 AM

Multiple Decision Functions and High-Dimensional Failure Time Data
Edsel A. Pena, University of South Carolina; Joshua D. Habiger, National Agricultural Statistics Service/National Institute of Statistical Sciences; Wensong Wu, University of South Carolina
9:55 AM

Functional Analysis of Tracted-Based Diffusion Tensors
Hongtu Zhu, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Martin Styner, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; John H. Gilmore, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10:35 AM

On Two-Stage Adaptive Design
Gang Li, Johnson & Johnson; Yining Wang, Johnson & Johnson; Weichung J. Shih, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
10:35 AM

Multivariate t Linear Mixed Models with AR(p) Errors for Multiple Longitudinal Data
Wan-Lun Wang, National Central University, Taiwan; Tsai-Hung Fan, National Central University, Taiwan
10:50 AM

Law and Statistics of Combining Categories: Walmart and Employment Discrimination Cases
Albert J. Lee, Summit Consulting, LLC; Alan J. Salzberg, Analysis & Inference, Inc.
10:55 AM

An Adaptive Futility Monitoring Method with Time-Varying Conditional Power Boundary
Ying Zhang, The University of Iowa; William Clarke, The University of Iowa
10:55 AM

A Theory for Testing Hypotheses Under Covariate-Adaptive Randomization
Jun Shao, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Xinxin Yu, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Bob Zhong, Johnson & Johnson
10:55 AM

Testing the Order of Finite Mixture
Pengfei Li, University of Alberta; Jiahua Chen, The University of British Columbia
10:55 AM

Testing Clonality of Three and More Tumors Using Their Loss of Heterozygosity Profiles
Irina Ostrovnaya, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Colin Begg, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
11:05 AM

A Nonparametric Bayesian Approach to Biomarker Discovery
Peter Mueller, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Alejandro Jara, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
11:15 AM

Should I Use Gain Scores to Determine Treatment Effect from a Pretest-Posttest Design?: A Simulation Study
Michael Posner, Villanova University; AnneMichele Millar, Mount Saint Vincent University; Philip Yates, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
11:15 AM

Instructor Characteristics Associated with Student Appreciation of Statistics
Philip Yates, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Michael Posner, Villanova University
11:35 AM

Using Gaussian Stochastic Processes to Improve Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity Test
Amy Hoeksema, Iowa State University; Max Morris, Iowa State University
11:35 AM

Bayesian Semiparametric Models for Testing Single and Multiple Genetic Pathway Effects in Prostate Cancer
Sounak Chakraborty, University of Missouri-Columbia
11:50 AM

Properties of the Double Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test
Leah Jager, United States Naval Academy
11:50 AM

A Closed Testing Procedure Based on Ordered Alternatives in Dose-Response Studies
Girish Aras, Amgen Inc.; Juan Li, Amgen Inc.
12:05 PM

Statistical Testing in Clinical Trial with Covariate Adaptive Randomization
H.M. James Hung, FDA; Sue-Jane Wang, FDA
2:05 PM

Fixed-Bandwidth Asymptotics for the Studentized Mean for Long and Negative Memory Time Series
Tucker Sprague McElroy, U.S. Census Bureau
2:05 PM

The Chi-Squared Test and Modifications: From 1900 to 2010
Vassilly Voinov, KIMEP
2:05 PM

Analysis of Long-Period Variable Stars with Nonparametric Tests for Trend Detection
Woncheol Jang, The University of Georgia; Cheolwoo Park, The University of Georgia; Jeongyoun Ahn, The University of Georgia; Martin Hendry, University of Glasgow
2:05 PM

Quarantine Inspection: How Risky a Business?
Andrew Robinson, ACERA/University of Melbourne; Mark Burgman, ACERA/University of Melbourne; Rob Cannon, DAFF
2:05 PM

Regulatory issues associated with the use of diagnostic test in a screening study
Kyunghee Kim Song, FDA/CDRH
2:05 PM

Empirical Likelihood for Estimating Equations with Censored Data
Mai Zhou, University of Kentucky
2:05 PM

Statistical and Clinical Characteristics of Composite Endpoint in Clinical Studies
Jeng Mah, Regulatory and Clinical Research Institute, Inc.
2:05 PM

Information Matrices in Estimating Function Approach: Test for Model Misspecification and Model Selection
Qian Zhou, Harvard School of Public Health; Peter Song, University of Michigan; Mary Thompson, University of Michigan
2:20 PM

Properties of Re-Randomization Tests in Clinical Trials with Adaptive Randomization
Stephen Lake, Genzyme Corporation; Cyrus R. Mehta, Cytel Inc.; L. J. Wei, Harvard University
2:35 PM

Exponential Failure-Time Mixture Model for Evaluating Efficacy in the Presence of a Biomarker: KRAS Validation
Kallappa M. Koti, FDA
2:35 PM

Marginal Analysis of Linear Model with Application to Testing for Resting Energy Expenditure Model
Junyi Zhang, Columbia University; ZiMian Wang, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital; Zhiliang Ying, Columbia University
2:35 PM

A Pilot Test of a Dual Frame Mail Survey of Recreational Marine Anglers
Nancy Mathiowetz, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Rob Andrews, NOAA; J. Michael Brick, Westat; Lynne Stokes, Southern Methodist University
2:45 PM

Evaluation and Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests
Bipasa Biswas, FDA/CDRH
2:45 PM

A Nonparametric Test for the Validation of Surrogate Endpoints
Xiaopeng Miao, Boston University School of Public Health; Yong-Cheng Wang, Biogen Idec; Ashis Gangopadhyay, Boston University
2:50 PM

Weighted Randomization Test for Multi-Arm Randomized Clinical Trials
Feifang Hu, University of Virginia
3:05 PM

Robust Transmission Disequilibrium Test for Family Trio Design
Min Yuan, Fudan University, China; Yaning Yang, University of Science and Technology of China; Xin Tian, National Institutes of Health; Gang Zheng, National Institutes of Health
3:05 PM

CUSUMs for Survival Outcomes with Dependent Censoring: Application to Monitoring Waitlist Mortality in Liver Transplant Programs
Jie (Rena) Sun, University of Michigan; John David Kalbfleisch, University of Michigan; Douglas E. Schaubel, University of Michigan
3:05 PM

Effect of Patient Allocation Schemes on the Power of a Test for Treatment Effect
Fanni Natanegara, Eli Lilly and Company; Christel Faes, Hasselt University; Geert Molenberghs, I-BioStat; Craig Mallinckrodt, Eli Lilly and Company
3:35 PM

Thursday, 08/05/2010
Estimating and Testing the Blocked Compound Symmetry Covariance Structure for Doubly Multivariate Data
Anuradha Roy, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Ricardo Leiva, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
8:35 AM

A Relative Measure of Effect Size for Paired Data Generalizing the Wilcoxon Matched-Pairs Signed-Ranks Test Statistic
Robert Gordon Newcombe, Cardiff University
8:35 AM

Sample Size Determination for Two-Stage Equivalence Test
Mi-Chia Ma, National Cheng Kung University; Shang-Bo Ye, National Cheng Kung University
8:35 AM

Issues in Cross-Cultural and Comparative Questionnaire Design, Pretesting, and Administration
Gordon Willis, National Cancer Institute
8:35 AM

Multivariate Nonparametric Two-Sample Tests for Mixed Outcomes
Denis Larocque, HEC Montreal; Jaakko Nevalainen, University of Turku; Hannu Oja, University of Tampere
8:35 AM

Performance of a Diagnostic Test: A Decision Analysis Perspective
Rama Lakshmi Vishnuvajjala, FDA/CDRH
8:35 AM

Voxelwise Analysis of Imaging Response to Therapy in Neurooncology
Mengye Guo, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Jeffrey Yap, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Annick D. Van den Abbeele, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Nancy U. Lin, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Armin Schwartzman, Harvard School of Public Health
8:35 AM

A Hybrid Method in Combining Treatment Effects from Matched and Unmatched Studies
Jinyoung Byun, The University of Texas School of Public Health; Dejian Lai, The University of Texas School of Public Health; Sheng Luo, The University of Texas School of Public Health; Robert Hardy, The University of Texas School of Public Health
9:05 AM

Testing the Equality of the Distribution Functions for Two Populations
Charles L. Dunn, Miami University
9:05 AM

Dynamic Markov Bases
Adrian Dobra, University of Washington
9:05 AM

Inference with Transposable Data: Modeling the Effects of Row and Column Correlations
Genevera I. Allen, Stanford University; Rob Tibshirani, Stanford University
9:15 AM

Exact Sample Size Calculations for Noninferiority Trials with Binomial Endpoints
Cyrus R. Mehta, Cytel Inc.; Lingyun Liu, Cytel Inc.; Pralay Senchaudhuri, Cytel Inc.
9:20 AM

Optimal Design for Multifactor Life-Testing Experiments
Steven E. Rigdon, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Douglas C. Montgomery, Arizona State University; Rong Pan, Arizona State University; Connie M. Borror, Arizona State University West
9:20 AM

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

Heterogeneity in the Random-Effects Population
Chul Ahn, FDA/CDRH; Yunling Xu, FDA/CDRH
9:35 AM

A Mixed-Method Approach for Measurement Construction for Cross-National Studies
Kristen S. Miller, National Center for Health Statistics; Aaron Maitland, National Center for Health Statistics
9:35 AM

Test of Missing Data Mechanism
Keiji Takai, Kansai University
9:35 AM

Distributions for p-Values
Chang Yu, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Daniel Zelterman, Yale University
9:35 AM

A Conditional Test for Heteroassociation
Joseph Stephen Verducci, The Ohio State University
9:50 AM

A Moderated Lawley-Hotelling--Type Trace Test for High-Dimensional Longitudinal Data: Its Application in Detecting Temporal Patterns in Time Course Microarray Data
Jemila Seid Hamid, Dalla Lana School of Public Health; Joseph Beyene, Macmaster University; Dietrich von Rosen, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
9:50 AM

A Nonparametric Approach to Multiple Testing
Dr.Nasrine Bendjilali, University of California, San Francisco; Dr.Wei-Min Huang, Lehigh University
10:05 AM

Misclassified Ordinal Data in Case-Control Studies
Tzesan Lee, CDC/NCEH/EHHE
10:35 AM

Bayesian Estimation and Hypothesis Testing of AutoRegressive Models under a Reference Prior
Shawn Ni, University of Missouri; Dongchu Sun, University of Missouri
10:35 AM

Power Analyses for Negative Binomial Models with Application to Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trials
Mallikarjuna Rettiganti, The Ohio State University; Haikady Nagaraja, The Ohio State University
10:50 AM

Sequential Conditional Tests for an Increasing Trend in a Sequence of Binomial Proportions with Applications to Safety Signal Detection
Jie Chen, Abbott Laboratories
10:55 AM

An Evaluation of Housing Unit and Block Cluster Effects on Small-Area Census Coverage Variability in the 2006 Census Test
Donald Malec, U.S. Census Bureau
11:00 AM

Nonparametric Approaches to ROC Regression
Sean Devlin, University of Washington; Scott Emerson, University of Washington
11:05 AM

Permutation-Based Yet Computationally Parsimonious FDR Point and Confidence Interval Estimators
Joshua Millstein, Sage Bionetworks; Dmitri Volfson, iPierian; John R. Lamb, Pfizer Inc.; Hongyue Dai, Merck & Co., Inc.; Stephen H. Friend, Sage Bionetworks; Eric E. Schadt, Pacific Biosciences; Jonas Bergh, Karolinska Institute
11:05 AM

How to Analyze Ordinal Categorical Data: Some Simulation Results
George Zhang, Daiichi Sankyo Pharma Development
11:20 AM

Methods to Test Treatment-by-Site Interaction Using Mediated Moderation: An Application to the TORDIA Clinical Trial
Kaleab Abebe, University of Pittsburgh; Satish Iyengar, University of Pittsburgh; David A. Brent, University of Pittsburgh
11:20 AM

A False Important Discovery Approach to Testing Large Non-Null Effects
Wenguang Sun, North Carolina State University; Alexander McLain, National Institutes of Health
11:25 AM

Variations of and Types of Statistical Control for Multiplicity in Clinical Trials: The Academic Perspective
Joseph Massaro, Boston University; Ralph B. D'Agostino, Sr., Boston University
11:25 AM

Simulating the Characteristics of Populations at the Small-Area Level: New Validation Techniques for a Spatial Microsimulation Model in Australia
Azizur Rahman, University of Canberra; Ann Harding, National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling; Robert Tanton, National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling; Shuangzhe Liu, National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling
11:35 AM

Genome-Wide Detecting Differential Epigenetic/Genetic Changes Using Next-Gen Sequencing Data
Weichun Huang, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Nicole V. Jordan, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Amy N. Abell, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Gary L. Johnson, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Leping Li, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
11:35 AM

Testing Equality of Independent Component Analysis Profiles
Hui Huang, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Anindya Roy, University of Maryland Baltimore County
11:35 AM

Adaptive Multiple Testing Procedures Controlling the Familywise Error Rate
Sanat K. Sarkar, Temple University
11:50 AM

Point and Interval Estimations for Difference of Two Proportions in Incomplete Matched-Paired Data Using Expectation-Maximization Algorithm
Adeniyi J. Adewale, Merck & Co., Inc.; Benjamin B. John, EdgeServe LLC
11:50 AM

Optimal Sparse Segment Identification with Application in Copy Number Variation Analysis
Jessie Jeng, University of Pennsylvania; Tony Cai, University of Pennsylvania; Hongzhe Li, University of Pennsylvania
11:55 AM

Statistical Methods of Exon Resequencing for Detecting Associations with Rare Variants
Judy Zhong, Sage Bionetworks; Charles Kooperberg, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
12:05 PM




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