Sunday, 08/04/2013
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Using Family Members to Augment Genetic Case-Control Studies of a Life-Threatening Disease
Lu Chen, University of Pennsylvania; Jinbo Chen, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Clarice R. Weinberg, National Institute of Environmental Health
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A Hidden Markov Model for Nonignorable Nonmonotone Missing Longitudinal Data for Medical Studies of Quality of Life
Andrea Troxel, Univ of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Kaijun Liao, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
2:05 PM
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How Stable Are Top Choices Over Time? An Investigation into Preferences Among Popular Baby Names in the United States
Srinath Sampath, The Ohio State University; Joseph S Verducci, The Ohio State University
2:05 PM
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Empirical Likelihood Ratio Confidence Intervals for Conditional Survival Probabilities with Right-Censored Data
Tonya Riddlesworth, Tennessee Technological University; Jian-Jian Ren, University of Maryland at College Park
2:05 PM
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The Grenander Estimator Under Model Misspecification
Hanna Jankowski, York University; Jon Wellner, University of Washington
2:05 PM
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Comparing Automatic Modeling Procedures for TRAMO+ and X-13ARIMA-SEATS
Brian C. Monsell, U.S. Census Bureau
2:05 PM
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Robust Model Selection via Weighted Cross-Validation
Marianthi Markatou, SUNY, Buffalo; Claudio Agostinelli, Ca'Foscari University
2:05 PM
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Two-Factor Interaction Effect Detection for the Generalized Linear Models
Sier Han, IBM SPSS Predictive Analytics; Jing Shyr, IBM; Jane Chu, IBM
2:05 PM
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Robust Estimation of Distributional Mixed-Effects Model with Application to Tendon Fibrilogenesis Data
Tingting Zhan, Thomas Jefferson University; Inna Chervoneva, Thomas Jefferson University; Boris Iglewicz, Temple University
2:25 PM
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Empirical Likelihood and U-Statistics in Survival Analysis
Zhigang Zhang, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Yichuan Zhao, Georgia State University
2:25 PM
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Challenges in Estimation of Genetic Effects from Multiple Cases Family Studies
Roula Tsonaka, Leiden University Medical Center; Jeanine Houwing-Duistermaat, Leiden University Medical Center
2:30 PM
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Joint Inference of Baseline Hazard and Regression Coefficients in Cox-Like Models via Empirical Likelihood
Mai Zhou, Univ of Kentucky; Song Yang, NIH/NHLBI; Mi-Ok Kim, Cincinnati Children's Hospital
2:45 PM
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Joint Unified Confidence Region for the Parameters of Branching Processes with Immigration
Pin Ren; Anand Vidyashankar, George Mason University
2:50 PM
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Estimation and Prediction in Spatial Models with Block Composite Likelihoods
Ryan J. Parker, North Carolina State University; Jo Eidsvik, Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Ben Shaby, UC - Berkeley; Brian J. Reich, North Carolina State University; Matthew Wheeler, University of California, Santa Barbara; Jarad Niemi, Iowa State University
2:55 PM
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Comparing Maximum Likelihood Estimation with Generalized Prediction Problem Mean-Square Minimization Estimation on Time Series Data
Kevin Tolliver, U.S. Census Bureau; Tucker S. McElroy, U.S. Census Bureau
3:25 PM
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Likelihoods for Fixed-Rank Nomination Networks
Peter David Hoff, University of Washington
4:30 PM
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Joint Model Selection for Location and Dispersion Effects in Unreplicated Factorial Experiments
Thomas Loughin, Simon Fraser University; Andrew Henrey, Simon Fraser University
4:35 PM
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Fast community detection by pseudo-likelihood
Liza Levina , University of Michigan
4:55 PM
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Analysis of Panel Data Under a Markov Assumption with Covariate Measurement Error
Feng He, University of Waterloo; Grace Y Yi, University of Waterloo
5:05 PM
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Prediction Intervals for Generalized Linear Mixed Models
Chenghsueh Yang, University of California, Riverside; Daniel Jeske, University of California
5:20 PM
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A Semi-Local Likelihood Regression Method for Group Testing Data
Dewei Wang, Clemson University; Haiming Zhou, University of South Carolina; Karunarathna B. Kulasekera, University of Louisville
5:25 PM
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Monday, 08/05/2013
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Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Multivariate Normal Parameters in the Presence of Left-Censored and Missing Data: A Pseudo-Likelihood Approach
Heather Hoffman, George Washington University; Robert E. Johnson, Vanderbilt University Department of Biostatistics
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Risk Assessment for Rare Events Using Logistic Model Averaging
Chun-Shu Chen, National Changhua University of Education; Jin-Hua Chen, Graduate Institute of Biostatistics, China Medical University; Meng-Fan Huang, National Changhua University of Education
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A Multivariate Semiparametric Model for Longitudinal Binary Data with Application in Sexually Transmitted Infection Research
Zhuokai Li, Indiana University School of Medicine; Hai Liu, Indiana University School of Medicine; Wanzhu Tu, Indiana University School of Medicine
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Local Likelihood-Based Estimation for Quantile Classification in the Logistic Regression Model
John Rice, University of Michigan; Jeremy Taylor, University of Michigan
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Using Proportional Odds Model of Ordinal Logistic Regression to Rate National Reporter Panel
Xuemei Pan
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Semiparametric Approach for Regression with Covariate Subject to Limit of Detection
Shengchun Kong; Bin Nan, University of Michigan
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Sample Size Calculations for Treatment and Biomarker Interactions
Scarlett Kazimer
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Search for Default Network Using Likelihood-Based Population Independent Component Analysis
Lei Huang, Johns Hopkins University; Shaojie Chen, The Johns Hopkins University; Huitong Qiu, The Johns Hopkins University; Ani Eloyan, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Ciprian M. Crainiceanu, The Johns Hopkins University; Brian Caffo, Johns Hopkins University
8:35 AM
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Binary Matrix Completion
Yaniv Plan, University of Michigan; Mark Davenport, Georgia Institute of Technology; Mary Wootters, University of Michigan; Ewout van den Berg, Stanford
9:05 AM
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Nonparametric Testing Methods for Treatment-Biomarker Interaction Based on Local Partial-Likelihood
Yicong Liu, Queen's University; Wenyu Jiang, Queen's University; Bingshu E. Chen, NCIC Clinical Trials Group and Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen's U
9:05 AM
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Homogeneity Test for Hidden Markov Models Using Penalized Composite Likelihood
Yi Huang; Jiahua Chen, Universithy of British Columbia
9:05 AM
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Parameterizing Individual-Level Models of Infectious Disease Spread Using Sampling-Based Likelihood Approximations
Rajat Malik, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Guelph; Rob Deardon, University of Guelph; Grace Pui Sze Kwong, Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph
9:05 AM
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Case-Wise Diagnostics for the Multinomial Log-Link Regression Model
Leigh Blizzard, University of Tasmania; David W. Hosmer, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Stephen J. Quinn, Flinders Clinical Effectiveness; Jana D. Canary, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania
9:05 AM
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A Unified Statistical Approach to Non-Negative Matrix Factorization and Probabilistic Latent Semantic Indexing
Karthik Devarajan, Fox Chase Cancer Center; Guoli Wang, SRA International Inc.; Nader Ebrahimi, Northern Illinois University
9:15 AM
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Likelihood-Based Finite Sample Inference Based on Synthetic Data
Bimal Sinha, UMBC
9:35 AM
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An Importance Sampling Approach for Exploring Likelihoods of Stochastic Differential Equations
Grant Schneider, OSU
9:50 AM
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Predicting Phenotypes of Arbitrary Related Individuals Using Penalized Maximum Likelihood Method
Xuesong Li, Oklahoma State University; Lan Zhu, Oklahoma State University
9:50 AM
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The Reactive Point Process Model and Its Application to Electrical Grid Reliability
Seyda Ertekin, MIT; Tyler H. McCormick, University of Washington, Seattle; Cynthia Rudin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10:35 AM
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Penalized Importance Sampling for Parameter Estimation in Stochastic Differential Equations for Two Chronic Wasting Disease Epidemics
Libo Sun, Colorado State University; Chihoon Lee, Colorado State University; Jennifer Hoeting, Colorado State University
10:50 AM
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Two Sample Comparisons for Non-Normal Data
Luna Sun, Oregon State University; Alix I. Gitelman, Department of Statistics, Oregon State University
11:05 AM
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Variable Selection of Spatial Generalized Linear Models: A Penalized Quasi-Likelihood Approach
Wenning Feng, Michigan State University; Chae Young Lim, Michigan State; Tapabrata Maiti, Michigan State University
11:05 AM
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Estimation of Symmetry-Constrained Gaussian Graphical Models: Application to Clustered Dense Networks
Xin Gao, York University; Helene Massam, York University
11:25 AM
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Empirical Likelihood-Based Deviance Information Criterion
Teng Yin; Sanjay Chaudhuri, National Univ. of Singapore
11:50 AM
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Latent Supervised Learning
Susan Wei, UNC
11:55 AM
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Leave-K-Out Likelihood: Alternative for Selecting the Best Likelihood-Based Estimator in the Presence of Multiple Local Maximizers
Daeyoung Kim, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Byungtae Seo, Department of Statistics, Sungkyunkwan University
12:05 PM
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Estimation of Sparse Directed Acyclic Graphs Through a Penalized Likelihood
Sung Won Han, Hoffmann-La Roche / New York University; Hua Zhong, New York University; Gong Chen, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.; Belousov Anton, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.; Laurent Essioux, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
2:05 PM
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Dual-Likelihood Ratio Test for Type-I Censored Multiple Samples Under Semiparametric Density Ratio Models
Song Cai, University of British Columbia; Jiahua Chen, Universithy of British Columbia
2:05 PM
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Adjusting a Quantitative Trait for Medication Effects When the Medication Received Depends on the Trait
Yildiz Yilmaz, University of Toronto; Stefan Konigorski, University of Toronto; Shelley Bull, University of Toronto
2:05 PM
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Multiple Local Maxima in Restricted Likelihoods and Posterior Distributions for Mixed Linear Models
Lisa Henn, University of Minnesota; James Hodges, Univ of Minnesota
2:05 PM
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Estimation of Time-Varying Networks Using Latent Dynamics
Sandipan Roy, University of Michigan; Yves Atchade, Statistics Department, University of Michigan; George Michailidis, University of Michigan
2:20 PM
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An Alternative REML Estimation of Covariance Matrices in Linear Mixed Models
Erning Li, University of Iowa; Mohsen Pourahmadi, Texas A&M University
2:20 PM
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Better Confidence Limits for System Reliability
Wayne Nelson, Wayne Nelson Stat Consulting; J. Brian Hall, U.S. Army, Office of the Secretary of Defense
2:20 PM
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On the Asymptotic Behavior of the Pseudolikelihood Ratio Test Statistic with Boundary Problems in Semiparametric Models
Yong Chen, The University of Texas School of Public Health; Jing Ning, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Kung-Yee Liang, National Yang Ming University
2:35 PM
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Bias Correction for Covariance Parameter MLEs in GLMMs
Elizabeth Claassen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Christopher Gotwalt, SAS Institute; Walt W. Stroup, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2:35 PM
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Sufficient Statistic Selection for Dynamic Networks
Xizhen Cai, Pennsylvania State University; David Hunter, Pennsylvania State University
2:35 PM
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Lower Prediction and Tolerance Bounds in Accelerated Life Testing for the Rayleigh Distribution
Ananda Jayawardhana, Pittsburg State University; Yang Song, Department of Statistics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne
2:50 PM
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Independent Component Analysis via Nonparametric Maximum Likelihood
Richard Samworth, University of Cambridge; Ming Yuan, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2:55 PM
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Modeling Networks When Data Is Missing or Sampled
Mark Stephen Handcock, University of California - Los Angeles; Krista J. Gile, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Ian Fellows, University of California - Los Angeles
3:20 PM
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Inference for Treatment Effects in Clinical Trials with Nonrandom Dropouts
Shan Kang, University of Michigan; Roderick J. Little, University of Michigan
3:20 PM
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Tuesday, 08/06/2013
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Skewness of Maximum Likelihood Estimators in Beta Regression Model
Tiago Magalhaes, University of Sao Paulo; Denise Botter, University of Sao Paulo; Monica Sandoval, University of Sao Paulo
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Estimating Nonhomogeneous Intensity Matrices in Continuous Time Multi-State Markov Models
Gerald Lebovic, St. Michael's Hospital; George Tomlinson, University Health Network; Patrick Brown, University of Toronto; James Stafford, University of Toronto
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Inference of Bioequivalence for Log-Normal Distributed Data with Unspecified Variances
Siyan Xu, Boston University; Steven Hua, Pfizer Research; Ronald Menton, Pfizer Inc.; Kerry Barker, Pfizer Inc.; Sandeep Menon, Pfizer Inc.; Ralph D'Agostino, Sr., Boston University; Mo Pei, Boston University
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Model-Based Methods for Missing Data in Surveys with Post-Stratification Information
Sahar Zangeneh, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Roderick J. Little, University of Michigan
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Monte Carlo Maximum Likelihood for the Two-Stage Hierarchical Model
Christina Knudson, University of Minnesota
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Quasi-Maximum Likelihood Estimation of GARCH Models with Heavy-Tailed Likelihoods
Dacheng Xiu, The University of Chicago; Jianqing Fan, Princeton University
8:35 AM
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Likelihood Inferences for Longitudinal Bivariate Multinomial Mixed Models
Bingrui Sun, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Brajendra Sutradhar, Memorial University of Newfoundland
8:35 AM
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Generalized Quasi-Likelihood Method in Quantile Regression for Longitudinal Data
Xiaoming Lu, Memorial Univ of Newfoundland
9:05 AM
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Maximum Likelihood Forest Canopy Profile Estimation
Paul Van Deusen, NCASI
9:15 AM
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Shape-Constrained Nonparametric Estimators of the Baseline Distribution in the Cox Proportional Hazards Model
Gabriela Nane; Hendrik Lopuhaa, Delft University of Technology
9:20 AM
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Extension of Within-Family Genetic Association to Polytomous Phenotypes and Two-Locus Models
Alexandre Bureau, Université Laval; Jordie Croteau, Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec; Thierry Duchesne, Université Laval
9:20 AM
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Analysis of Sequencing Studies Under Multivariate Trait-Dependent Sampling
Ran Tao, Department of Biostatistics, The University of North Carolina; Danyu Lin, Univ of North Carolina; Donglin Zeng, The University of North Carolina
9:35 AM
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A New Hybrid Estimation Method for the Generalized Pareto Distribution
Chunlin Wang, University of Waterloo; Gemai Chen, University of Calgary
9:50 AM
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Optimizing the Choice of Maximum Spatial Window Size in Spatial Scan Statistic
Li Zhu, National Cancer Institute; Junhee Han, Unversity of Arkansas
9:55 AM
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New Kernel Density Estimates and Their Empirical Likelihood Versions and Applications
ningning wang; Ibrahim Ahmad, Oklahoma state university
10:05 AM
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EM Algorithm and Likelihood Inference for Flexible Cure Rate Models with Weibull Lifetimes
Suvra Pal, McMaster University; Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan, McMaster University
10:05 AM
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Estimation of Logistic Regression Parameter with Partially Labeled Data
Keiji Takai, Kansai University
10:05 AM
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Educating Future Leaders in Statistics and Maximizing the Likelihood of Leadership: Perspectives from and on Women in Statistics
Sally Morton, University of Pittsburgh; Cynthia Clark, USDA; Sallie Ann Keller, University of Waterloo; Roy Welsch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Sylvia Sylvia Esterby, University of British Columbia; Kelly Zou, Pfizer Inc
10:35 AM
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A Model for Combining Case-Control and Cohort Studies in Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Tests
Yulun Liu, The University of Texas School of Public Health; Yong Chen, The University of Texas School of Public Health; Jing Ning, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Haitao Chu, University of Minnesota School of Public Health; Janice Cormier, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
10:35 AM
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The Estimation of Direct and Indirect Causal Effects in the Presence of Misclassified Binary Mediator
Linda Valeri, Harvard University; Tyler J VanderWeele, Harvard School of Public Health
10:35 AM
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Marginal Empirical Likelihood and Sure Independence Feature Screening
Jinyuan Chang, Peking University; Cheng Yong Tang, University of Colorado Denver; Yichao Wu, NC State University
10:35 AM
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On Desiderata for Score-Based Likelihood Ratios for Forensic Evidence
Christopher Saunders, South Dakota State University; John J. Miller, George Mason University
10:35 AM
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A Robust Likelihood Ratio Test for Testing Equal Means in the Presence of Unequal Variance
Achut Adhikari, University of Northern Colorado
10:45 AM
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On the Birnbaum Argument for the Strong Likelihood Principle
Deborah Mayo, Virginia Tech
10:50 AM
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Modeling Left-Truncated and Right-Censored Survival Data with Longitudinal Covariates
Yu-Ru Su, National Cheng Kung Univeristy; Jane-Ling Wang, UC Davis
11:05 AM
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Determining the Predictors for Negative HIV Outcomes Under a Suppressive ART Regime
Mireille Schnitzer, Harvard School of Public Health; Judith J. Lok, Harvard School of Public Health; Ronald J. Bosch, Harvard School of Public Health
11:15 AM
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Joint Structure Selection and Estimation in Time-Varying Coefficient Cox Model
Wei Xiao, North Carolina State University; Wenbin Lu, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University
11:35 AM
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Optimal Split-Plot Designs for Fixed-Effect and Variance-Component Estimation
Peter Goos, University of Antwerp; Kalliopi Mylona, University of Southampton; Bradley A. Jones, JMP Division of SAS Institute Inc.
11:50 AM
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Evaluating Treatment Effectiveness Under Model Misspecification: A Comparison of Targeted Maximum Likelihood Estimation with Bias-Corrected Matching
Noemi Kreif, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Susan Gruber, Harvard School of Public Health; Rosalba Radice, Birkbeck, University of London; Richard Grieve, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Jasjeet S. Sekhon, University of California, Berkeley
11:55 AM
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Likelihood-Based Analysis of Longitudinal Data from Outcome-Dependent Sampling Designs
John Neuhaus, University of California, San Francisco; Alastair Scott, University of Auckland; Chris J. Wild, University of Auckland; Yannan Jiang, University of Auckland; Charles McCulloch, University of California, San Francisco
2:05 PM
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Computing Confidence Intervals for Log-Concave Densities
Mahdis Azadbakhsh, York University; Hanna Jankowski, York University; Xin Gao, York University
2:05 PM
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Bayesian Nonparametric Spectral Density Estimation
Ori Rosen, Univ of Texas at El Paso; Sally Wood, Melbourne Business School; Robert Kohn, University of New South Wales
2:05 PM
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Quasi-Likelihood-Based Focused Information Criterion and Frequentist Model Averaging for Longitudinal Data
Hui Yang; Guohua Zou, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Hua Liang, University of Rochester
2:20 PM
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Maximum Likelihood Estimation of a Directed Acyclic Gaussian Graph
Yiping Yuan, University of Minnesota; Xiaotong Shen, University of Minnesota; Wei Pan, University of Minnesota
2:30 PM
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Small Sample Behavior of Generalized Linear Mixed Models with Complex Experiments
Julie Couton, University of Nebraska; Walt W. Stroup, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2:35 PM
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A GLR Control Chart for Monitoring the Process Mean with Sequential Sampling
Yiming Peng, Virginia Tech; Marion Reynolds, Virginia Tech
2:50 PM
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Selecting the Number of Communities in Stochastic Blockmodels
Diego Franco Saldana, Columbia University; Yi Yu, University of Cambridge; Yang Feng, Columbia University
2:50 PM
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A GLR Chart for Monitoring a Proportion with Autocorrelation
Ning Wang, Virginia Tech; Marion Reynolds, Virginia Tech
3:05 PM
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Nonparametric Inference About a Density's Mode via the Log-Concave Shape Constraint
Charles Doss, University of Washington; Jon Wellner, University of Washington
3:05 PM
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A Penalized Likelihood Approach for Selection Model with Nonignorable Missing Data
Chi-hong Tseng, UCLA; Robert Elashoff, UCLA; Gang Li, University of California at Los Angeles
3:05 PM
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On MCMC Procedure for Bayesian Empirical Likelihood
Sanjay Chaudhuri, National Univ. of Singapore; Teng Yin
3:05 PM
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Estimating a Three-Level Contextual Effects Model Given Error-Prone Measures of Contextual Variables and Missing Data
Yongyun Shin, Virginia Commonwealth University
3:20 PM
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Likelihood Ratio Tests in Two Gamma Populations for Equality of Shape Parameters
Ram Tripathi, Univ of Texas At San Antonio; Jerome P. Keating, The University of Texas at San Antonio
3:20 PM
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Optimal Estimation for the Functional Cox Model
Simeng Qu, Purdue University; Xiao Wang, Purdue University
3:35 PM
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Wednesday, 08/07/2013
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Inference in the Presence of Likelihood Monotonicity for Polytomous and Logistic Regression
John Kolassa, Rutgers University
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Biclustering with the EM Algorithm
Prabhani Kuruppumullage Don, Penn State University; Bruce G. Lindsay, The Pennsylvania State University; Francesca Chiaromonte, Penn State University
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Maximum Likelihood Selection Skew-Normal Factor Analysis
Beverly Gaucher, Texas A&M University
8:35 AM
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Statistical Modeling of Differential Splicing with RNA-Seq
Hui Jiang, University of Michigan; Yang Shi, University of Michigan; Julia Salzman, Stanford University
8:35 AM
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Statistical Analysis of Serial Dilution Assays Using Estimating Functions and Data Cloning
Subhash Lele, University of Alberta
8:35 AM
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Empirical Likelihood Confidence Band for Functional Parameter
Saswata Sahoo, North Carolina State University; Soumendra N. Lahiri, North Carolina State University
8:50 AM
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Variable Selection in Complex High-Dimensional Data Based on Principal Fitted Components
Moumita Karmakar, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Kofi Placid Adragni, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
8:50 AM
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An ANOVA Test for Parameter Estimability Using Data Cloning
Dave Campbell, Simon Fraser University; Subhash Lele, University of Alberta
8:55 AM
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Time Series Data with Semi-Reflective Boundaries: Single-Pass and Iterative Methods
Jeffrey D. Dawson, The University of Iowa; Amy M. Johnson, Univ of Iowa
9:05 AM
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Estimation of Linear Functionals with Side Information
Shan Wang, Indiana University-Purdue University; Lingnan Li, Indiana University-Purdue University; Hanxiang Peng, Indiana University-Purdue University
9:05 AM
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Lasso-Type Penalized Maximum Likelihood Factor Analysis
Kei Hirose, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University; Michio Yamamoto, Osaka University
9:05 AM
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Assessing Parameter Identifiability in Phylogenetic Models Using Data Cloning
José Miguel Ponciano, University of Florida
9:15 AM
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Inferential Procedures for Populations of Images
Maximillian Chen, Cornell University; Martin T Wells, Cornell University
9:20 AM
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Maximum-Likelihood Estimation of Marginally Specified Joint Models for the Mean and the Correlation for Clustered Binary Outcomes
Bahjat Qaqish, UNCCH
9:20 AM
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Likelihood Inference in Small-Area Estimation Using P-Spline and Time Series Models
Farhad Shokoohi, University of Manitoba; Mahmoud Torabi, University of Manitoba
9:35 AM
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Empirical Likelihood for Testing Functions Constraint with Functional Data
Honglang Wang, Michigan State University; Ping-Shou Zhong, Michigan State University; Yuehua Cui, Michigan State University
9:35 AM
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Analysis of Multivariate Disease Classification Data in the Presence of Partially Missing Disease Traits
Jingang Miao, Texas A&M University; Samiran Sinha, Texas A&M University; Suojin Wang, Texas A&M University; Ryan Diver, American Cancer Society; Susan Gapstur, American Cancer Society
9:50 AM
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Semiparametric Robust Methods for Biomarker Discovery Among Potential Confounders: A Marriage of Targeted Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Limma
Sara Kherad-Pajouh, University of California, Berkeley; Alan Hubbard, UC Berkeley; Cliona M. McHale, University of California at Berkeley; Luoping Zhang , University of California at Berkeley; Martyn T. Smith, University of California at Berkeley
9:50 AM
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Likelihood-Based Population Viability Analysis in the Presence of Observation Error
Khurram Nadeem, University of Alberta; Subhash Lele, University of Alberta
9:55 AM
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A Composite Likelihood Method for Estimating Phylogenetic Tree from Dependent Loci
Arindam RoyChoudhury, Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University
10:55 AM
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Phylogenetic bias in the likelihood method caused by missing data
Xuhua Xia, University of Ottawa
11:15 AM
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Adjusting for Selection Bias in Single-Blinded Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials
Lieven Kennes, RWTH Aachen University
11:15 AM
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An Approach for Valid Matern-Like Covariance Functions on the Sphere
Jaehong Jeong, Texas A&M University; Mikyoung Jun, Texas A&M University
11:25 AM
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An Empirical Likelihood Approach to Testing of Uniformity and Symmetries on High-Dimensional Spheres
Lingnan Li, Indiana University-Purdue University; Shan Wang, Indiana University-Purdue University; Hanxiang Peng, Indiana University-Purdue University
11:35 AM
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Wavelet-Based Estimation for Stationary Gaussian Time Series
Wenjun Zheng, The Ohio State University
11:35 AM
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Saddlepoint-Based Bootstrap Inference for Spatial Dependence in the Lattice Process
Pratheepa Jeganathan, Texas Tech University; Alexandre Trindade, Texas Tech University; Robert Paige, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Missouri University of Science and Technology
12:05 PM
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A Non-Gaussian Family of State-Space Models with Exact Marginal Likelihood
Dani Gamerman, Instituto De Matematica-UFRJ; Glaura da Conceição Franco, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Thiago Rezende dos Santos, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
2:05 PM
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Identifiability and Estimation in Generalized Linear Models with Nonignorable Missing Data
Jiwei Zhao; Jun Shao, University of Wisconsin
2:05 PM
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Composite Partial Likelihood Estimation Under Length-Biased Sampling, with Application to a Prevalent Cohort Study of Dementia
Chiung-Yu Huang, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Jing Qin, National Institutes of Health, BRB
2:05 PM
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Nonparametric and Semiparametric Regression Analysis of Group Testing Samples
Mingyu Li, Celgene; Min-ge Xie, Rutgers University
2:20 PM
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Multiply Robust Estimator for a Population Mean with Incomplete Data
Peisong Han, University of Michigan; Lu Wang, Univeristy of Michigan
2:20 PM
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Statistical Prioritization of Sequence Variants
Lisa Joanna Strug, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto; Weili Li, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto
2:25 PM
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Robust Latent Class Analysis for Longitudinal Data
Kari Hart, Ursinus College; John J. Hanfelt, Emory University
2:35 PM
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Likelihood Approximation for Large Environmental Data Sets
Michael L Stein, The University of Chicago
3:05 PM
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Maximum Empirical Likelihood Estimation for Nonignorable Missing Data Problems
Jing Qin, National Institutes of Health, BRB; Zhong Guan, Indiana University South Bend
3:05 PM
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Confidence Interval of the Survival Probability Under the Cox Model
Shihong Zhu, University of Kentucky; Mai Zhou, Univ of Kentucky
3:20 PM
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From Fisher to Big Data: Continuities and Discontinuities
Peter Bickel, University of California - Berkeley
4:05 PM
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Thursday, 08/08/2013
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Shape-Constrained Nonparametric Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Interval-Censored Data
Clifford Anderson-Bergman, University of California, Irvine
8:35 AM
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Variable Selection and Prediction Using a Nested, Matched Case-Control Study: Application to Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia in Stroke Patients
Jing Qian, University of Massachusetts; Payabvash, Massachusetts General Hospital; Andre Kemmling, Massachusetts General Hospital; Michael Lev, Massachusetts General Hospital; Lee Schwamm, Massachusetts General Hospital; Rebecca A. Betensky, Harvard School of Public Health
8:55 AM
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Approximate Conditional Independence of Separated Subtrees and Phylogenetic Inference
Bret Larget, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison
8:55 AM
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Exploratory and Inferential Methods for Massive Data
Naomi S. Altman, Pennsylvania State University; Wei Luo, Pennsylvania State University; Garvesh Raskutti, SAMSI
9:00 AM
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Oracally Efficient Estimation of ARMA Model in the Presence of Trend
Qin Shao, University of Toledo; Lijian Yang, Michigan State University
9:25 AM
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A Spline-Based Flexible Model for Comparing the Cumulative Effects of Time-Dependent Exposures on Survival Outcomes
Chenkun Wang, Indiana University
9:35 AM
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Maximum Likelihood Imputation
Paul T. von Hippel, The University of Texas
9:50 AM
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Weighted Pseudolikelihood for Analysis of Multiple Secondary Outcomes in Genetic Association Studies
Elizabeth Schifano, University of Connecticut; Tamar Sofer, Harvard School of Public Health; David C. Christiani, Harvard School of Public Health; Xihong Lin, Harvard School of Public Health
9:50 AM
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Power Comparisons for Testing Nested Models Using Limited-Information Statistics
Mark Reiser, Arizona State University
9:50 AM
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Subvector Inference in Local Regression
Ke-Li Xu, Texas A&M University
9:55 AM
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Multivariate Max-Stable Spatial Processes
Marc G. Genton, KAUST; Simone Padoan, Bocconi University of Milan; Huiyan Sang, TAMU
10:35 AM
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Calibration-Weighting Methods for Complex Surveys
Changbao Wu, University of Waterloo; Wilson Wen Lu, Acadia University
10:35 AM
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Joint Analysis of Repeatedly Observed Mixed Discrete and Continuous Outcomes via Copula Models
Beilei Wu, PAREXEL International; Alex de Leon, Univ of Calgary
10:35 AM
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A Note on Quantifying Measure of Belief in a Significance Testing Problem
Andrew Neath, SIU Edwardsville
10:50 AM
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Likelihood-Based Meta-Analysis: Conditional vs. Unconditional Approaches
Jingjing Yan, The Ohio State University; Eloise E. Kaizar, The Ohio State University; Steven MacEachern, Ohio State University
10:50 AM
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Likelihood-Based Methods for Exposure-Adjusted Incidence Data Analysis in Clinical Trials
Jing Xu, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
10:55 AM
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Implementing Gaussian Spatial Autoregressive Models for Massive Georeferenced Data Sets: An Example from Peru
Daniel A. Griffith, U. of Texas at Dallas
11:00 AM
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An Alternative Pseudolikelihood Method for Multivariate Random-Effects Meta-Analysis When the Within-Study Correlations Are Unknown
Chuan Hong, The University of Texas School of Public Health; Yong Chen, The University of Texas School of Public Health; Richard Riley, University of Birmingham
11:05 AM
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Robust Fitting of a Three-Parameter Weibull Model for Contaminated Survival Data with Optional Censoring
Jingjing Yang, Rice University; David Scott, Rice University
11:05 AM
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Multiple Imputation Methods for Multivariate One-Sided Tests with Missing Data
Tao Wang, Eli Lilly and Company; Lang Wu, The University of British Columbia
11:15 AM
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Confidence Interval Estimation for Sensitivity to the Early Disease Stage Based on Empirical Likelihood
Tuochuan Dong, State University of New York At Buffalo; Lili Tian, University at Buffalo
11:20 AM
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Scalable Maximum Likelihood Calculations for Gaussian Processes
Mihai Anitescu, Argonne National Laboratory; Michael L Stein, The University of Chicago; Jie Chen, Argonne National Laboratory
11:25 AM
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Joint Modeling of Survival Time and Longitudinal Outcomes with Flexible Random Effects
Jianwen Cai, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Jaeun Choi, Harvard Medical School; Donglin Zeng, The University of North Carolina; Andy Olshan, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
11:50 AM
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Statistical Models for Networks Resilient to Targeted Attacks
Jingfei Zhang, University of Illinois; Yuguo Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
11:50 AM
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Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Inference in DSGE Model with Possible Weak Identification
Linchun Chen, University of California, San Diego
11:50 AM
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Using Synthetic Tool Marks in a Likelihood Ratio Test for Forensic Comparisons
Amy Hoeksema
11:55 AM
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