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Sunday, 08/01/2010
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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
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The Use and Misuse of Statistical Methods Reported in Clinical Cancer Research
Diane Liu, MD Anderson Cancer Center; J. Jack Lee, MD Anderson Cancer Center
2:20 PM
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Likelihood-Based Methods to Detect Maternal-Fetal Genotype Effects in Families
Janet Suzanne Sinsheimer, University of California, Los Angeles; Erica Childs, University of California, Los Angeles; Christina Palmer, University of California, Los Angeles; Kenneth Lange, University of California, Los Angeles
2:25 PM
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Better Learning About the MTD in Phase I Oncology Trial: A Case Study Implementing Bayesian Design Based on Continuous Reassessment Method
Inna Perevozskaya, Pfizer Inc.
2:25 PM
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Statistical Methods for Detecting Complex Genetic and Environmental Effects with Case-Control Mother-Child Pair Data
Jinbo Chen, University of Pennsylvania; Dongyu Lin, University of Pennsylvania
2:45 PM
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An Analysis of Alternate Variance Estimation Methods for the American Community Survey Group Quarters Sample
Don Keathley, U.S. Census Bureau
3:05 PM
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Divergence-Based Methods for Multivariate Association Studies
T.N. Sriram, The University of Georgia
3:05 PM
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Comparing Methods of Estimating Treatment Effects on a Continuous Outcome in Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trials: A Simulation Study
Rong Chu, McMaster University; Lehana Thabane, McMaster University; Jinhui Ma, McMaster University; Eleanor Pullenayegum , McMaster University; Anne Holbrook, McMaster University
3:20 PM
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Tests of Trend Between Disease Outcomes and Ordinal Covariates
Naomi Brownstein, The University of North Carolina
3:20 PM
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Methods for Detecting Interactions Between Genetic Polymorphisms and Prenatal Environment Exposure with a Mother-Child Design
Shuang Wang, Columbia University; Tian Zheng, Columbia University; Stephen Chanock, National Cancer Institute; Wieslaw Jedrychowski, Jagiellonian University; Frederica Perera, Columbia University
3:25 PM
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Comparison of the Effectiveness of Three Novel Statistical Methods for Biomarker Selection with Application to an HIV Infection Data Set
Bosny J. Pierre-Louis, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4:05 PM
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Methods for Optimizing the Overlap of Two Consecutive Surveys While Preserving First-Order Inclusion Probabilities
Ioana Schiopu Kratina, Statistics Canada ; Jean-Marc Fillion, Statistics Canada; Lenka Mach, Statistics Canada; Philip T. Reiss, New York University
4:05 PM
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A Foundation for Dynamic Graphical Data Analysis
Edward C. Chao, Data Numerica Institute, Inc.; Jianliang Jin, Annpro Analytic Technologies, Inc.
4:05 PM
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Methods of Finding the Initial Values of Parameters in the Maximum Likelihood Estimating Equations for a Logistic Regression Model and Comparison of Their Final Solutions
Hiya Banerjee, University of California, Riverside; Subir Ghosh, University of California, Riverside
4:20 PM
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Statistical Methods for Missing Partnership Data in HIV Transmission Research
Ayn Leslie-Cook, University of Washington
4:25 PM
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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
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Two-Stage Adaptive Design for Bioequivalence: Methods and Application
Yi-Lin Chiu, Abbott Global Pharmaceuticals Research and Development; Yannis Jemiai, Cytel Inc.; Charles Locke, Abbott Laboratories; Pralay Senchaudhuri, Cytel Inc.
4:25 PM
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Confidence Distributions and a Unifying Framework for Meta-Analysis
Minge Xie, Rutgers University
4:30 PM
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Sequential Analytic Methods for Prospective Drug Safety Surveillance
Lingling Li, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
4:30 PM
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Multiscale Nonparametric Spectrum Estimation with Missing Observations
Thomas C.M. Lee, University of California, Davis; Zhengyuan Zhu, Iowa State University
4:45 PM
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Design of an Observational Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of IAP During Labor Against Early Onset Disease in Newborns
Donald B. Rubin, Harvard University; Stephanie J. Schrag, CDC; Elizabeth R. Zell, CDC
4:50 PM
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Bayesian Influence Methods with Missing Covariates in Survival Analysis
Diana Lam, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Joseph G. Ibrahim, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Hongtu Zhu, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
5:05 PM
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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
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Monday, 08/02/2010
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A Comparative Study of Variable Screening Methods: Univariate vs. Multivariate Screening
Cong Liu, The Ohio State University; Tao Shi, The Ohio State University; Yoonkyung Lee, The Ohio State University
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Power and Robustness of Nonparametric Covariate Adjustment Methods for Ordinal Data
Muhtarjan Osman, North Carolina State University; Wei Tian, Inspire Pharmaceuticals
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Methodology Used for Measuring Use of Electronic Medical Records in Physician Practices in 2008 and 2009 NAMCS
Iris Shimizu, National Center for Health Statistics
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Longitudinal Methods for Analysis of Tumor Burden Data
Ritwik Sinha, Bristol-Myers Squibb; Aparna B. Anderson, Bristol-Myers Squibb
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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.
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Analyzing Methods of Imputation
Scott Daniel Crawford, Texas A&M University
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A Simulation to Evaluate the Impact of Design on Model-Based Methods for National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Data Linked with Environmental Exposures
Jennifer Parker, National Center for Health Statistics; Lester Randolph Curtin, CDC; Van Parsons, National Center for Health Statistics
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Transfer of Methods Supporting Biologics and Vaccines
Rong Liu, Merck & Co., Inc.; Timothy Schofield, GlaxoSmithKline; Jason Liao, Merck Research Laboratories
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Controlling for Birth Cohort Effects in the Age-Based Cox Proportional Hazards Model
Misty Jena Hein, CDC/NIOSH; Mary Schubauer-Berigan, CDC/NIOSH; James Deddens, CDC/NIOSH/University of Cincinnati
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Survival Methods for Modeling the Time to Drop-Out in Pain Studies
Tilda Chuang, Abbott Laboratories; Wei Liu, Abbott Laboratories ; Sandeep Dutta, Abbott Laboratories
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Analysis of Multidimensional Profiles with Small Sample Sizes Using Nonparametric Methods and U-Scores
Margo Sidell, Tulane University; Leann Myers, Tulane University
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Competing Risks Methods in Safety Analysis of Oncology Clinical Trials
Sofia Paul, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation; Bingqing Zhou, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Samit Hirawat, Novartis Pharma; Glen Laird, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
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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
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Comparisons of Methods in Phase I Dose-Escalation Clinical Trial Designs
Liping Huang, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals
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Methods for Comparing Across-Target Sequences in Small-Scale qRT-PCR Experiments
Stuart W. Gardner, Iowa State University; Jack M. Gallup, Iowa State University; Max Morris, Iowa State University; F. Chris Minion, Iowa State University
8:35 AM
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Methods for the Analysis of Cognitive Interviews
Johnny Blair, Abt Associates, Inc.; Pat Dean Brick, Westat
8:35 AM
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Evaluating Imputation Methods and Software for Missing Vaccination Data in the National Immunization Survey
Taylor Lewis, National Center for Health Statistics; Meena Khare, National Center for Health Statistics
8:50 AM
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Statistical Models and Estimation Methods for Ordinal Longitudinal Data
Claudia Czado, Technische Universitaet Muenchen; Claudia Czado, Technische Universitaet Muenchen
9:05 AM
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Association Analysis of Untyped SNPs: Maximum Likelihood and Imputation Methods
Danyu Lin, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
9:25 AM
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Evaluation of Common Statistical Methods in Randomized Delayed-Start Design of Progression Disease Clinical Trials
Bongin Yoo, Bristol-Myers Squibb; Thomas Kelleher, Bristol-Myers Squibb
9:35 AM
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Analysis of Untyped SNPs: Maximum Likelihood and Single Imputation Methods
Yijuan Hu, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Danyu Lin, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
9:50 AM
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Penalized Estimation of Sparse High-Dimensional--Directed Acyclic Graphs
George Michailidis, University of Michigan
10:35 AM
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The Evolution of NHANES Content and Data Collection Methods
Vicki L. Burt, CDC/NCHS; Clifford Leroy Johnson, National Center for Health Statistics
10:35 AM
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Do Comparison Group Methods Replicate Experimental Impact Estimates in an Education Setting? A Charter School Evaluation Example
Kenneth Fortson, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.; Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.; Philip Gleason, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.; Emma Ernst, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
10:35 AM
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A Novel Approach for Evaluating Alerting Methods in Biosurveillance
Jian Xing, CDC; Soyoun Park, SRA International; Howard Burkom, The Johns Hopkins University
10:55 AM
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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
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Contributions to Survey Methods
Margaret Devers Carroll, National Center for Health Statistics; Lester Randolph Curtin, CDC
11:15 AM
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Using Bayesian Predictive Distributions to Identify Outbreaks of Influenza-Like Illness
Owen Devine, CDC; Howard Burkom, The Johns Hopkins University
11:15 AM
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Beyond a National Study: Moving the NHANES Experience to New Applications
Lester Randolph Curtin, CDC
11:35 AM
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Data Augmentation Strategies for the Bayesian Spatial Probit Regression Model
Candace Berrett, The Ohio State University; Catherine Calder, The Ohio State University
11:35 AM
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Kernel-Machine Methods for Gene Mapping of Complex Traits
Michael Epstein, Emory University
2:05 PM
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Prediction via Sparse Kernel PCA
Tianxi Cai, Harvard School of Public Health
2:35 PM
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Methods for Spatially Varying Measurement Error in Air Pollution Epidemiology
Stacey E. Alexeeff, Harvard School of Public Health; Alexandros Gryparis, Harvard School of Public Health; Joel Schwartz, Harvard School of Public Health; Brent A. Coull, Harvard School of Public Health
2:35 PM
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Comparison of Methods for g X g Interaction for Quantitative Traits in Case-Control Association Studies
Raymond George Hoffmann, Medical College of Wisconsin; Thomas J. Hoffmann, University of California, San Francisco; Pippa Simpson, Medical College of Wisconsin; Soumitra Ghosh, Medical College of Wisconsin
2:35 PM
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LNRE Methods in Estimating Impressions in Search Engine Results
Carrie Grimes, Google; Meeyoung Park, Google
2:35 PM
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An Assessment of Imputation Methods for the USDA's Agricultural Resource Management Survey
Sujit Kumar Ghosh, North Carolina State University; Barry Goodwin, North Carolina State University; Joshua D. Habiger, National Agricultural Statistics Service/National Institute of Statistical Sciences; Timothy Paul Keller, National Agricultural Statistics Service; Darcy Miller, National Agricultural Statistics Service; Michael Robbins, National Institute of Statistical Sciences; Kirk White, National Agricultural Statistics Service
2:45 PM
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The Netflix Prize Story: Methods and Madness
Chris Volinsky, AT&T Labs - Research; Robert Bell, AT&T Labs - Research
2:55 PM
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Understanding Diffusion of Innovative Treatments for Kidney Cancer Using Trees
Mousumi Banerjee, University of Michigan
3:05 PM
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Using Copula Methods to Create Synthetic Data Sets for Agricultural Applications
Timothy Paul Keller, National Agricultural Statistics Service; Darcy Miller, National Agricultural Statistics Service
3:05 PM
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Evaluation of Methods for Dealing with Outcome Missing Data in Random Controlled Trials
Breda Munoz, RTI International; Virginia M. Lesser, Oregon State University; James Hersey, RTI International
3:05 PM
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Variable Importance Estimation in a Kaiser Permanente Database
Sherri Rose, University of California, Berkeley; Bruce Fireman, Kaiser Permanente; Mark J. Van der Laan, University of California, Berkeley
3:05 PM
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Statisticians: 3, Computer Scientists: 35
David Purdy, University of California, Berkeley
3:20 PM
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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
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Adaptations That Should Not Raise Objections, but Probably Will
Michael Proschan, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
3:25 PM
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Tuesday, 08/03/2010
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Bayesian Methods for Copy Number Inference in Heterogeneous Cancers Using SNP Arrays
Christopher Yau, University of Oxford; Christopher C. Holmes, University of Oxford
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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
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Communicating Qualitative Research Findings to a Statistical Audience
Kathy Downey, Bureau of Labor Statistics
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A Comparison of Change Point Methods for Lymph Node Risk Factors in Three Cancers
Marianne Huebner, Mayo Clinic; Rui Qin, Mayo Clinic
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Methods in Analyzing Missing Data in Monitoring Populations
Michael Soma, U.S. Geological Survey; Doug Johnson, U.S. Geological Survey
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Likelihood-Based Evaluation of Normalization Methods
Sadhvi Khanna, The University of Arizona
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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
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Aligning Survey Estimates of Employment in Expanding and Contracting Establishments with Population Counts: Preliminary Issues and Methods
Michael Roosma, Bureau of Labor Statistics; Kenneth W. Robertson, Bureau of Labor Statistics; James Spletzer, Bureau of Labor Statistics
8:35 AM
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The Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS): Sample Design and Related Methods
William D. Kalsbeek, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; J. Michael Bowling, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Krishna M. Palipudi, CDC
8:35 AM
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A Practical Review of Variable Selection Methods
Zhen Zhang, Abbott Vascular
8:55 AM
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Nonparametric Bayesian Methods for Measurement Error Problem in Matched Case-Control Studies
Nels Johnson, Virginia Tech; Inyoung Kim, Virginia Tech
9:05 AM
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Analysis of Rolling Group Therapy Data Using Conditionally Autoregressive Priors
Susan Paddock, RAND Corporation; Sarah Hunter, RAND Corporation; Katherine Watkins, RAND Corporation; Daniel F. McCaffrey, RAND Corporation
9:15 AM
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Nonparametric Bayesian Estimation of an Unknown Dose
Bahman Shafii, University of Idaho; William James Price, University of Idaho
9:35 AM
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Statistical Methods for Ion Mobility Spectrometry: A New Dimension for Proteomics
Jeffrey R. Stanley, Texas A&M University
9:35 AM
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An Empirical Comparison of Constrained Optimization Methods for Benchmarking Economic Time Series
Irene Brown, U.S. Census Bureau
9:35 AM
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A Second Course in Statistics: Linear Statistical Models
David Gurney, Southeastern Louisiana University
9:35 AM
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Application of Small-Area Estimation Methods to Emergency Department Data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
Vladislav M. Beresovsky, National Center for Health Statistics; Cathy Burt, National Center for Health Statistics; Van Parsons, National Center for Health Statistics; Nathaniel Schenker, National Center for Health Statistics
9:35 AM
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Statistical Methods Used in Defense and Nondefense Applications
Alyson Wilson, Iowa State University; Steven Thompson, Simon Fraser University; Nozer Singpurwalla, The George Washington University; Aparna Hurzurbazar, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Robert Shumway, University of California, Davis; Max Morris, Iowa State University
10:35 AM
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A Comparison of Statistical Methods to Estimate Descriptive Statistics for Left-Censored Data
Maya Sternberg, CDC
10:35 AM
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Inference Methods in Functional Mixed Effects Models
David Degras, The University of Chicago
10:35 AM
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Permutation MANOVA for Functional Linear Models and Regionalized Follow-Up Tests
Mark C. Greenwood, Montana State University
10:55 AM
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An Empirical Comparison of Methods for Temporal Distribution and Interpolation
Baoline Chen, Bureau of Economic Analysis
11:15 AM
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Outlier Detection Methods for Improving Boosting
Waldyn Martinez Cid, The University of Alabama; J. Brian Gray, The University of Alabama
11:20 AM
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Concordance Measures: Estimation Methods and Potential Bias Due to Censoring
Norberto Pantoja, Harvard School of Public Health/FDA; Rebecca Betensky, Harvard School of Public Health
11:35 AM
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Assessment of Alternative Weighting Methods for the National Health Interview Survey
David Shaw, University of Maryland; Joe Fred Gonzalez, Jr., National Center for Health Statistics; Meena Khare, National Center for Health Statistics
11:50 AM
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An Experiment in Measuring Health Insurance Status and Type
Dianne Rucinski, Institute for Health Research and Policy
11:50 AM
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What If the 2020 Census Was the First Census: What Would We Do?
John E. Rolph, University of Southern California; Lawrence D. Brown, University of Pennsylvania; Joseph J. Salvo, New York City Department of City Planning; David A. Swanson, University of California, Riverside
2:05 PM
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The Central Limit Theorem in the Journal of Statistics Education
Juana Sanchez, University of California, Los Angeles; Nicolas Christou, University of California, Los Angeles; Ivo Dinov, University of California, Los Angeles
2:05 PM
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A Dynamic Approach for the Piecewise Exponential Model with Random Time Grid
Dipak K. Dey, University of Connecticut
2:05 PM
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Ask Good Questions
Patricia B. Humphrey, Georgia Southern University; John D. McKenzie, Jr., Babson College; Edward Mansfield, The University of Alabama; Tom Short, John Carroll University
2:05 PM
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Expanding the Domains and Methods for Creating Directional Cauchy Distributions
Tom Downs, Research Statistics, Inc.
2:05 PM
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Sampling and Weighting Issues in the National Immunization Survey Evaluation Study
Kimball Jonas, U.S. Census Bureau
2:05 PM
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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
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Partially Adaptive Estimation of Truncated Regression Models: A Comparison with Several Semiparametric Estimators
Patrick Ansel Turley, Brigham Young University; James B McDonald, Brigham Young University
2:35 PM
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Evaluating Statistical Methods to Establish Clinical Similarity of Two Biologics: A Real-Life Example
Lei Lei, Amgen Inc.
2:45 PM
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Principal Stratification Methods for Evaluating Immunological Surrogate Endpoints in a Vaccine Efficacy Trial
Peter Gilbert, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
2:45 PM
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Extension of Kaplan-Meier Methods in Longitudinal Observational Studies with Time-Varying Exposure
Stanley Xu, Kaiser Permanente Colorado; Susan Shetterly, Kaiser Permanente Colorado; David Powers, U.S. Census Bureau; Marsha Raebel, Kaiser Permanente Colorado; Michael Ho, Denver VA Medical Center; Thomas Tsai, Denver VA Medical Center; David Magid, Kaiser Permanente Colorado
3:05 PM
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Inferential Methods for Graphical Models
Saeid Yasamin, Stanford University
3:25 PM
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Wednesday, 08/04/2010
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Bayesian Methods in Genomics: Searching for Unity in Diverse Data Sources
Bhramar Mukherjee, University of Michigan; Debashis Ghosh, Pennsylvania State University
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gsDesign Explorer: Easy-to-Use Open Source GUI- and R-Based Group Sequential Design Software
Keaven M. Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories; William Constantine, REvolution Computing; Jason B. Clark, Merck Research Laboratories
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Comparison of Estimation Methods for Logistic Regression Models with Multiple Random Effects Between Statistical Packages
Yoonsang Kim, Institute of Health Research and Policy; Young-Ku Choi, Institute of Health Research and Policy; Sherry Emery, Institute of Health Research and Policy
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The History of Statistics: Teaching the Ancient Background of Modern Methods
Kirk Anderson, Grand Valley State University
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Methods and Diagnostic Tools for the Analysis of GC-MS Metabolomics Data
Tengfei Yin, Iowa State University; Michael Lawrence, Genentech; Marie Vendettuoli, Iowa State University; Suh-Yeon Choi, Iowa State University; Dianne Cook, Iowa State University; Heike Hofmann, Iowa State University
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Comparison of the Efficiency of Classification Methods
Rui Wang, The Ohio State University; Yoonkyung Lee, The Ohio State University
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Statistical Analysis of Data from Early Stage of Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1) 2009
Shenghai Zhang, Public Health Agency of Canada
8:35 AM
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The Effect of Weights and Sampling Plans on Price Index Estimates: a Simulation Study
Daniele Toninelli, University of Bergamo; Zdenek Patak, Statistics Canada
8:35 AM
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Statistical Methods for Estimating a Minimum
Shiyao Liu, Iowa State University; William Q. Meeker, Iowa State University
8:35 AM
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Bayesian and Frequentist Methods for Provider Profiling Using Risk-Adjusted Assessments of Medical Outcomes
Michael Joseph Racz, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences; Joseph Sedransk, Case Western Reserve University
8:35 AM
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Application of Left Truncation Survival Methods in a Large Disease Registry: A Case Study with Practical Implications
Dave P. Miller, ICON Clinical Research; Aimee J. Foreman, ICON Clinical Research
8:35 AM
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Estimation of Minimum Mortality Rates and Excess Mortality from Regional Data
Ronald Gangnon, University of Wisconsin
8:50 AM
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Imputation Methods for Wave Nonresponse in Panel Surveys
Kyu-Seong Kim, University of Seoul
8:50 AM
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Sparse Semisupervised Methods for Predicting Patient Survival Probabilities with Large-Scale Biological Data
Karthik Devarajan, Fox Chase Cancer Center
8:50 AM
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Comparison of Variance Estimation Methods Using PPI Data
Andy Sadler, Bureau of Labor Statistics; Helen Chen, Bureau of Labor Statistics
9:05 AM
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Application of Methods for Assessing Risk-Benefit in Clinical Trials
Menghui Chen, Merck & Co., Inc.; Shailaja Suryawanshi, Merck & Co., Inc.
9:05 AM
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Functional Principal Component Analysis of Density Families with Categorical and Continuous Data on Canadian Entrant Manufacturing Firms
Kim P. Huynh, Indiana University; David T. Jacho-Chavez, Indiana University; Robert J. Petrunia, Lakehead University; Marcel Cristian Voia, Carleton University
9:05 AM
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Matching Methods for Estimating the Effect on Survival of a Time-Dependent Treatment
Douglas E. Schaubel, University of Michigan; Yun Li, University of Michigan
9:15 AM
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A Comparison of Two Methods for Analyzing Data from a Methodological Study of Paper-and-Pencil vs. Web-Based Survey Administration: Sample Survey and Group Randomized Trial
Maxine M. Denniston, CDC; Danice K. Eaton, CDC; Sherri L. Pals, CDC
9:15 AM
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Studying Simulated Mass Layoff Events and Employment/Unemployment Data with Factor Analysis, Multiple Regression, and Bayesian Methods
Zhe (Jason) Liu, Iowa State University; Mack Shelley, Iowa State University
9:20 AM
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Multivariate Imputation Methods for Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) Data
Sujit Kumar Ghosh, North Carolina State University; Michael Robbins, National Institute of Statistical Sciences; Joshua D. Habiger, National Agricultural Statistics Service/National Institute of Statistical Sciences; Darcy Miller, National Agricultural Statistics Service
10:35 AM
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Who Should I Vaccinate? Let Me Look Into My CART
Oliver Bautista, Merck & Co., Inc.
10:35 AM
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Empirical Evaluation of Methods for Predicting Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Canada
Michael Otterstatter, Public Health Agency of Canada; Lin Xie, Public Health Agency of Canada
10:35 AM
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Nonlinear Methods for Tube and Curve Fitting of Diffusion Tensor Imaging Data
Brian Scott Caffo, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Jeff Goldsmith, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Ciprian Crainiceanu, The Johns Hopkins University; Daniel Reich, National Institutes of Health
10:55 AM
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Evaluation of Methods for Second-Stage Variance Estimation for the Drug Abuse Warning Network Survey
Rong Cai, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Kathy Poneleit, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
11:05 AM
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Comparison of Meta-Analytic Methods That Combine Direct and Indirect Evidence to Assess Dose Relationship
Qi Zhang, Eli Lilly and Company; Mary Nilsson, Eli Lilly and Company; Yoko Tanaka, Eli Lilly and Company; Brenda Crowe, Eli Lilly and Company; Xiaobi Huang, University of Michigan
11:20 AM
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Robustness of Nonparametric Bayesian Methods
Steven MacEachern, The Ohio State University; Antonio Lijoi, University of Pavia
11:35 AM
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A Symmetric, Entropy-Based, Relative and Quasi-Absolute Measure of Health Disparities: An Example Using Dental Caries in U.S. Children and Adolescents
Luisa N. Borrell, Lehman College - CUNY; Makram Talih, CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College
11:35 AM
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Hierarchical Gaussian Power Prior Models for Adaptive Incorporation of Historical Information in Clinical Trials
Bradley P. Carlin, University of Minnesota; Brian P. Hobbs, University of Minnesota; Daniel Sargent, Mayo Clinic; Sumithra Mandrekar, Mayo Clinic
2:05 PM
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Penalized Convex Minimization
Cun-Hui Zhang, Rutgers University
2:05 PM
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Independent Component Analysis of fMRI Data with Application to the Study of Functional Connectivity in Neurodegeneration
Dai Feng, Merck & Co., Inc.; Richard Baumgartner, Merck Research Laboratories; Alexandre Coimbra, Merck & Co., Inc.; Marie Holahan, Merck & Co., Inc.; Jacquelynn Cook, Merck & Co., Inc.; Donald Williams, Merck & Co., Inc.
2:05 PM
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Robust Methods for Genomewide Analysis in Family Samples, with Application to the Framingham Heart Study
Josee Dupuis, Boston University School of Public Health
2:05 PM
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Regularization, Sparsity, and Rank Restrictions in High-Dimensional Regression
Alan Julian Izenman, Temple University
2:05 PM
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Novel Signal Processing-Based Methods for the Detection of Copy Number Changes in Human DNA
Catherine Stamoulis, Harvard Medical School; Rebecca Betensky, Harvard School of Public Health
2:05 PM
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Development of the Wisconsin Poverty Measure: Methods and Findings for 2008
Timothy Smeeding, Institute for Research on Poverty
2:25 PM
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Bayesian Clustering for Failure-Time Data
Gary Rosner, The Johns Hopkins University; Peter Mueller, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Fernando Quintana, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
2:25 PM
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Validity of Statistical and Computational Methods to Ascertain Causes of Death: Can They Outperform Physicians?
Christopher J.L. Murray, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation; Jeanette Kurian Birnbaum, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation; Abraham D. Flaxman, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation; Sean Green, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
2:45 PM
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Applying Alternative Variance Estimation Methods for Totals Under Raking in SOI's Corporate Sample
Valerie Testa, IRS; Kimberly Henry, IRS; Richard Valliant, University of Maryland
3:05 PM
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Assessment of normalization methods in microRNA profiling data and evaluation criteria on choosing the "right" methods
Hui Tang, Mayo Clinic; Jin Jen, Mayo Clinic; Riska Shaun, Mayo Clinic; Ping Yang, Mayo Clinic
3:05 PM
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Statistical Methods for a Phase II Oncology Trial with a GMI Endpoint
Stephanie Ann Kovalchik, University of California, Los Angeles; William Leonard Mietlowski, Novartis Oncology
3:20 PM
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Alternative Weight Trimming Methods to Estimate Totals in Single-Stage Sample Designs
Kimberly Henry, IRS
3:25 PM
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Bispectral-Based Methods for Clustering Nonlinear Time Series
Jane L. Harvill, Baylor University; Nalini Ravishanker, University of Connecticut; Bonnie Kathryn Ray, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
3:25 PM
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Evaluating the Need for Purging Listed Business Phone Numbers
Shaohua Sean Hu, CDC; Brian F. Head, RTI International; Lina Balluz, CDC
3:35 PM
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Predicting Patient Survival from Proteomic Profile Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry Data
Farida Mostajabi, University of Louisville; Susmita Datta, University of Louisville
3:35 PM
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Thursday, 08/05/2010
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Penalized Regression Methods for Ranking Variables by Effect Size, with Applications to Genetic Mapping Studies
Nam-Hee Choi, University of Michigan; Kerby Shedden, University of Michigan; Ji Zhu, University of Michigan
8:35 AM
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Comparison of Hauer's EB method, Causal Inference Methods, and a Full Bayesian Method for Estimating Countermeasure Effectiveness in Transportation Safety Studies
Courtney Bokenkroger, Midwest Research Institute
8:35 AM
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Using Weak and Strong Heredity to Generate Weighted Design Optimality Criteria for Response Surface Designs
Philip Turk, West Virginia University; John Borkowski, Montana State University; Boonorm Chomtee, Kasetsart University
8:50 AM
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New Tuning Methods for the Architecture of Neural Network Model with Application to Bankruptcy Prediction
Chulwoo Jeong, Sogang University; Myung Suk Kim, Sogang University;
8:50 AM
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A Review of Time-Dependent ROC Curve for Evaluating the Prognosis Capacity of Biomarkers and Semiparametric Regression Methods
Nan Hu, The University of Utah; Xiao-Hua Zhou, University of Washington
8:55 AM
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Dependent Exposure in a Matched Case-Control Study
Mark Delorey, CDC
9:05 AM
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Quantile Regression Methods for Doubly Censored Data from Registry Studies
Shuang Ji, Emory University; Limin Peng, Emory University; Yu Cheng, University of Pittsburgh; Huichuan Lai, University of Wisconsin
9:05 AM
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Simulation Study for Comparison and Evaluation of Differentially Expressed Gene-Detection Methods in mRNA-Seq
Sunghee Oh, Yale University ; Hongyu Zhao, Yale University; James P. Noonan, Yale University
9:20 AM
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Distance-Based Probability Distributions on Set Partitions for Bayesian Nonparametric Models
David Dahl, Texas A&M University; Ryan Day, University of the Pacific; Jerry Tsai, University of the Pacific
9:25 AM
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Issues to Consider in Selecting a Response-Adaptive Design for Dose-Finding Experiments
Nancy Flournoy, University of Missouri
9:25 AM
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Power and Sample Size Calculations for Drug Exposure Registries Using Exact Methods
Paul Schuette, FDA; Eugenio Andraca-Carrera, FDA; Matthew Jackson, FDA; Benjamin Neustifter, FDA
9:35 AM
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A Comparison of Rank-Based Methods for Mixed Models
John Kloke, Bucknell University; Joseph W. McKean, Western Michigan University; M. Mushqur Rashid, FDA
9:35 AM
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Bayesian Methods for Supercomputer Reliability Data
Sarah Michalak, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Todd Graves, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Lori Pritchett-Sheats, Los Alamos National Laboratory
10:35 AM
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CTDesignExplorer: An Action Queue--Based Open-Source Simulation Experiment Platform for Evaluating Clinical Trial Designs
Yuanyuan Wang, University of Pittsburgh; Roger Day, University of Pittsburgh; Daniel Normolle, University of Pittsburgh
10:50 AM
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Evaluation of Alternative Methods for Constructing Pediatric Growth Charts Based on the 2000 CDC Growth Charts
Rong Wei, National Center for Health Statistics; Lester Randolph Curtin, CDC
10:50 AM
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Bayesian Methods in Syndromic Surveillance
Jian Zou, National Institute of Statistical Sciences
10:55 AM
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Nonparametric Methods in Sensing the Deep Earth
Ping Ma, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10:55 AM
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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
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A Simulation Study to Evaluate Sample Size and Power for a Trial to Develop a Prediction Rule Using Machine Learning Methods
Radha Railkar, Merck & Co., Inc.; Matthew Wiener, Merck & Co., Inc.; Leonidas Carayannopoulos, Merck & Co., Inc.
11:20 AM
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An Empirical Bayes Approach for the National Agricultural Statistics Service's County Estimation Program
Michael E. Bellow, National Agricultural Statistics Service; Parthasarathi Lahiri , University of Maryland
11:25 AM
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Measuring Lethal Counterinsurgency Violence in Amritsar District, India Using a Referral-Based Sampling Technique
Romesh Silva, Benetech; Jeff Klingner, Benetech; Scott Weikart, Benetech
11:25 AM
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Adaptive Multiple Testing Procedures Controlling the Familywise Error Rate
Sanat K. Sarkar, Temple University
11:50 AM
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Unified Modeling Methods for Curve Predictors and Different Responses
Xiaohui Wang, The University of Texas-Pan American; Veera Baladandayuthapani, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Bani K. Mallick, Texas A&M University; Kim-Ahn Do, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Shubhankar Ray, Merck & Co., Inc.
11:50 AM
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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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