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Sunday, 07/31/2016
A Self-Normalized Approach to a Unit Root Testing
Yeonwoo Rho, Michigan Technological University
2:20 PM

Multiple Testing of Local Maxima for Detection of Peaks on the Sphere, with Applications in Astronomy
Dan Cheng, University of California at San Diego; Armin Schwartzman, University of California at San Diego; Valentina Cammarota, University of Rome "Tor Vergata"; Domenico Marinucci, University of Rome "Tor Vergata"; Yabebal Fantaye, University of Rome "Tor Vergata"
2:30 PM

Frequentist and Bayesian Simulation Using a Random Coefficients Model to Establish Shelf-Life Specification Limits for a Drug Product
Richard Montes, Hospira, a Pfizer Company; David LeBlond, CMCStats
2:35 PM

Reliability Growth Test and Evaluation for Multistate Systems
Thomas Mazzuchi, The George Washington University
2:35 PM

Searching for Gene Sets with Mutually Exclusive Mutations
Paul Ginzberg, Imperial College London; Federico Giorgi, Columbia University; Andrea Califano, Columbia University
2:50 PM

Bayesian Joint Modeling of Response Times with Dynamic Latent Ability in Educational Testing
Abhisek Saha, University of Connecticut; Xiaojing Wang, University of Connecticut; Dipak Dey, University of Connecticut
4:05 PM

Removing Survey Questions Through Aggregation: Assessing the Balance Between Specificity, Accuracy, and Burden Through Cognitive Interviewing
Jennifer Crafts, Westat; Rachel Tesler, Westat; Brandon Kopp, Bureau of Labor Statistics; Erica Yu-Wright, Bureau of Labor Statistics; Laura Erhard, Bureau of Labor Statistics
4:05 PM

Multiple Imputation Framework to Estimate Causal Effect of Testing on Treatment Decision
Irina Bondarenko, University of Michigan; Yun Li, University of Michigan
4:05 PM

Small-Sample Methods for Cluster-Robust Variance Estimation and Hypothesis Testing in Fixed Effects Models
James Eric Pustejovsky, The University of Texas at Austin; Elizabeth Tipton, Columbia University
4:20 PM

Testing New Interview Protocols: Lessons Learned About Interviewers, Respondents, and Survey Content
Erica Yu, Bureau of Labor Statistics
4:25 PM

A Bayesian Framework for Diagnosis of E2-Antibody Using ELISA Tests Without a Gold Standard
Jingyang Zhang, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
5:05 PM

Topological Inference on Time-Varying Gaussian Graphical Models
Kean Ming Tan; Junwei Lu, Princeton; Han Liu, Princeton; Tong Zhang, Rutgers University
5:20 PM

Integrative Genomic Association Testing via Kernel Machine Mediation Analysis
Angela Hsiaohan Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Sihai Zhao, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
5:35 PM

Monday, 08/01/2016
Optimal Sample Size Determination for Adaptive Seamless Phase II/III Design
Zhongying Xu, University of Pittsburgh ; John A. Kellum, University of Pittsburgh; Gary M. Marsh, University of Pittsburgh ; Chung-Chou H. Chang, University of Pittsburgh


Testing for Interaction in Functional Varying-Coefficient Models
Merve Tekbudak, North Carolina State University


Unified Definition of Effect Size and Universal Labeling of Its Magnitude
Panduan An, Ohio University; Wei Lin, Ohio University


Testing the Sphericity of a Covariance Matrix When the Dimension Is Much Larger Than the Sample Size
Zeng Li, The University of Hong Kong


Location and Scale Parameters Testing by Empirical Likelihood Estimation
Ningning Wang, Jackson State University


More Efficient and Robust Permutation-Based Methods for Controlling the False Discovery Rate
Divya Nair; Christopher Corcoran, Utah State University; Pralay Senchaudhuri, Cytel; Alexandre Buer, Cytel; William Welbourn, Jr., Clinipace Worldwide


Measuring and Testing Mutual Multivariate Independence Based on Distance Covariance
Ze Jin, Cornell University; David Matteson, Cornell University


Challenges of Testing DSM-5 in Routine Clinical Practice Settings
Eve K. Moscicki, American Psychiatric Association Foundation; Diana E. Clarke, American Psychiatric Association; Farifteh F. Duffy, American Psychiatric Association Foundation; Joyce C. West, American Psychiatric Association Foundation; William E. Narrow, St. Elizabeth's Hospital; Darrel A. Regier, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; S. Janet Kuramoto-Crawford, American Psychiatric Association Foundation
8:35 AM

Graphical Testing Procedure in a Hypothetical Seamless Phase II/III Oncology Study
Jiacheng Yuan, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals; Jonathan Siegel, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals; Daniel Haverstock, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals
8:35 AM

Conditional Power for Testing Equivalence of Two Proportions
Zejiang Yang, INC Research; Kalyan Ghosh, INC Research
8:35 AM

Sequential Multiple Testing for Variable Selection in High-Dimensional Linear Model
Xinping Cui, University of California at Riverside; Hailu Chen, University of California at Riverside
8:35 AM

Measuring and Testing Mutual Multivariate Independence Based on Distance Covariance
Ze Jin, Cornell University; David Matteson, Cornell University
8:50 AM

Testing the Sphericity of a Covariance Matrix When the Dimension Is Much Larger Than the Sample Size
Zeng Li, The University of Hong Kong
8:55 AM

Importance of Pilot Testing: Identifying Unique Challenges in DSM-5 Field Trials Design
Diana E. Clarke, American Psychiatric Association; Holly C. Wilcox, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Bernadette A. M. Cullen, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
9:00 AM

Location and Scale Parameters Testing by Empirical Likelihood Estimation
Ningning Wang, Jackson State University
9:05 AM

P-Value Overdose in Medical Research: Problems and Solutions
J. Jack Lee, MD Anderson Cancer Center
9:15 AM

Nonlocal Functional Priors for Nonparametric Bayesian Testing
Minsuk Shin, Texas A&M University; Valen E. Johnson, Texas A&M University; Anirban Bhattacharya, Texas A&M University
9:20 AM

Optimizing Graphical Multiple Testing Schemes in Late-Phase Drug Development
Eric Nantz, Eli Lilly and Company
9:35 AM

The Death of the P-Value: What's the Chance?
Philip Sedgwick, University of London
9:35 AM

Testing for Network Effects in Field Experiments: Examples from Legislative Studies
Sayali Phadke, Penn State University; Bruce A. Desmarais, Penn State University
9:50 AM

Singular Values, Association Between Asthma and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms, and Population Genetics
Marepalli Rao, University of Cincinnati; Michael B. Wathen, University of Cincinnati; Koffi B. Wima, University of Cincinnati; Mohammad Alfred Nobel Bhuiyan, University of Cincinnati
9:50 AM

Teaching Data Visualization to 100k Data Scientists: Lessons from Evidence-Based Data Analysis
Jeffrey Leek, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
9:55 AM

P, Sorry, D-Value
Eugene Demidenko, Dartmouth College
9:55 AM

Statistical Inference for High-Dimensional Linear Regression
Tony Cai, University of Pennsylvania; Zijian Guo, University of Pennsylvania
10:35 AM

A Two-Sample Test for High-Dimensional Covariance Matrices via Sparse Principal Component Analysis
Lingxue Zhu, Carnegie Mellon University; Jing Lei, Carnegie Mellon University; Bernie Devlin, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Kathryn Roeder, Carnegie Mellon University
10:35 AM

Is Gun Violence Contagious? Descriptive Spatio-Temporal Testing and Modeling with Large-Scale Point Process
Charles Loeffler, University of Pennsylvania; Seth Flaxman, University of Oxford; William Herlands, Carnegie Mellon University; Hannes Nickisch, Philips Research Hamburg
10:35 AM

A Geometric Approach to Confidence Regions and Bands for Functional Data
Hyunphil Choi, Penn State University; Matthew Reimherr, Penn State University
10:50 AM

Unified Definition of Effect Size and Universal Labeling of Its Magnitude
Panduan An, Ohio University; Wei Lin, Ohio University
10:55 AM

Specification Tests for Multiplicative Error Models
Indeewara Perera, Monash University; Mervyn Silvapulle, Monash University
11:05 AM

Structure Testing for Sparse High-Dimensional Graphical Models: Lower Bounds and Algorithms
Matey Neykov, Princeton; Junwei Lu, Princeton; Han Liu, Princeton
11:05 AM

A Matching Coalescent with Application to Testing Model Adequacy with Heteroscedastic Variances
James Neill, Kansas State University; Forrest Miller, Kansas State University
11:20 AM

Testing High-Dimensional Differential Matrices, with Applications to Detecting Schizophrenia Genes
Kathryn Roeder, Carnegie Mellon University; Lingxue Zhu, Carnegie Mellon University; Jing Lei, Carnegie Mellon University
11:25 AM

Testing Mutual Independence in High Dimension via Distance Covariance
SHUN YAO, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Xianyang Zhang, Texas A&M University; Xiaofeng Shao, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
11:35 AM

Some Properties of the One Group Prior for Sparse High-Dimensional Models
Jean-Bernard Salomond
11:55 AM

More Efficient and Robust Permutation-Based Methods for Controlling the False Discovery Rate
Divya Nair; Christopher Corcoran, Utah State University; Pralay Senchaudhuri, Cytel; Alexandre Buer, Cytel; William Welbourn, Jr., Clinipace Worldwide
12:05 PM

Clusters Beat Trend!? Testing Feature Hierarchy in Statistical Graphics
Susan VanderPlas, Nebraska Public Power District; Heike Hofmann, Iowa State University
2:05 PM

Bayesian Multiple Testing Under Sparsity for Polynomial-Tailed Distributions
Xueying Tang, University of Florida; Ke Li, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics; Malay GHosh, University of Florida
2:05 PM

Testing for Differentially Expressed Pathways from Within-Subject Matched Pairs of RNA-Seq Data Sets
Grant Schissler, Statistics GIDP; Walter W. Piegorsch, University of Arizona; Yves A. Lussier, University of Arizona
2:20 PM

Differentially Private Statistical Inference and Hypothesis Testing
Vishesh Karwa, Carnegie Mellon University
2:25 PM

A Bayesian Generalized CAR Model for Correlated Signal Detection
Andrew Brown, Clemson University; Gauri S. Datta, University of Georgia; Nicole A. Lazar, University of Georgia
2:25 PM

Region-Level Differential Methylation Testing with Smoothed Functional Principal Component Analysis
Mohamed Milad; Gayla R. Olbricht, Missouri University of Science and Technology
2:35 PM

Keeping the 'T' in LGBT: Testing and Implementing Gender Identity Questions in the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Matt Jans, University of California at Los Angeles; David Grant, University of California at Los Angeles; Royce Park, University of California at Los Angeles; Ninez Ponce, University of California at Los Angeles; Jody Herman, The Williams Institute; Bianca D. M. Wilson, The Williams Institute; Gary Gates, The Williams Institute; Sue Holtby, Public Health Institute; Nicole Lordi, Public Health Institute; Joe Viana, University of California at Los Angeles
2:45 PM

Hypothesis Testing for Multilayer Network Data
Jun Li, Boston University; Eric D. Kolaczyk, Boston University
3:05 PM

The Impact of Exposure Measurement Error in Mediation Analyses for Environmental Epigenetic Studies
Linda Valeri, Harvard; Brent Coull, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
3:05 PM

Massive Significance Testing in Genetic Epidemiology Amid Replicability Crisis
Dmitri Zaykin, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Olga A. Vsevolozhskaya, University of Kentucky
3:35 PM

Tuesday, 08/02/2016
A Score Statistic for Testing Variance Components in the Shared Random Effects Setting with Applications to a Complex Mouse Study
James Xenakis, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Fei Zou, University of Florida


Regularized Efficient Score Estimation and Testing Approach in Low-Dimensional and High-Dimensional GLM
Lixi Yu, University of Iowa; Jian Huang, University of Iowa


Hypothesis Testing and Prediction of the Self-Triggering Cox Model for Recurrent Event Data
Jung In Kim; Jason Fine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Feng-Chang Lin, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


Finding Minimum Effective Dose With Multiple Testing Procedures
Lucy Kerns, Youngstown State University; Flora Opoku Asantewaa, Youngstown State University


Adjusting Published Estimates for Exploratory Biases Using the Truncated Normal Distribution
Travis Loux, Saint Louis University; Orlando Davy, Saint Louis University


Improving the Measure of Correlation in Time Series Goodness-of-Fit Testing
Thomas Fisher, Miami University; Michael Robbins, RAND Corporation


Multiple Testing Procedures Under Group Sequential Design
Aiying Chen, Temple University


Multifactor Online Testing
David M. Steinberg, Tel Aviv University; Tamar Haizler, Tel Aviv University
8:35 AM

The Covering Principle: A New Approach to Address Multiplicity in Hypothesis Testing
Huajiang Li, Allergan; Jihao Zhou, Allergan
8:35 AM

Hypothesis Testing for Detecting Changes Within a Barabási-Albert Network
Fairul Mohd-Zaid, Air Force Research Lab; Christine Schubert Kabban, Air Force Institute of Technology; Edward White, Air Force Institute of Technology; Richard Deckro, Air Force Institute of Technology
8:35 AM

Testing for No Effect in Nonparametric Regression with Survey Data
Yan Lu, University of New Mexico
8:35 AM

How Modern Statistical Techniques Have Influenced DoD Policy and Guidance
Kelly McGinnity, Institute for Defense Analyses
8:35 AM

FDR-Controlling Procedures for Testing a Priori--Ordered Hypotheses
Anjana Grandhi, Merck; Wenge Guo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Gavin Lynch, New Jersey Institute of Technology
8:50 AM

Testing Independence with High-Dimensional Correlated Samples
Xi Chen; Weidong Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
8:55 AM

Statistical Design for Online Experiments Across Desktops, Tablets, Smartphones (and Maybe Wearable Gadgets)
Peter Qian, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Soheil Sadeghi, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Neeraj Arora, University of Wisconsin - Madison
9:00 AM

Testing for Vector White Noise Using Maximum Cross Correlations
Jinyuan Chang, University of Melbourne; Qiwei Yao, London School of Economics; Wen Zhou, Colorado State University
9:15 AM

Kernel Machine Statistical Approaches to Genetic Association Testing in Longitudinal Studies
Zuoheng Wang, Yale University; Zhong Wang, Cornell University
9:15 AM

How NOT to Do A/B Testing
David Charles Draper, University of California at Santa Cruz
9:25 AM

A Statistical Approach for Testing Cross-Phenotype Effects of Rare Variants
Michael Epstein, Emory University School of Medicine
9:25 AM

Finding Minimum Effective Dose With Multiple Testing Procedures
Lucy Kerns, Youngstown State University; Flora Opoku Asantewaa, Youngstown State University
9:35 AM

Exact Multiple Testing Procedures for Categorical Data
Li He, Merck Research Laboratories; Joseph Heyse, Merck Research Laboratories
9:35 AM

Applications of Modern Statistical Techniques to Operational Testing
Matthew Avery
9:50 AM

Multiple Testing Procedures Under Group Sequential Design
Aiying Chen, Temple University
10:05 AM

Monitoring Newly Diagnosed HIV-Positive Persons from 61 CDC-Funded Health Department Jurisdictions in the United States, 2014: Measurement Issues and Possible Solutions
Guoshen Wang, CDC; Puja Seth, CDC; Argelia Figueroa, CDC; Samuel Dooley, CDC; Lisa Belcher, CDC
10:35 AM

Improving the Measure of Correlation in Time Series Goodness-of-Fit Testing
Thomas Fisher, Miami University; Michael Robbins, RAND Corporation
10:35 AM

The Effects on Diagnostic Accuracy of Repeated Testing and Decision Rule Design
Jeng Mah, Beckman Coulter Inc.
10:55 AM

Hypothesis Testing in High Dimensions with the Lasso
Ali Shojaie, University of Washington; Sen Zhao, University of Washington
11:05 AM

A More Practical Approach for the Benjamini-Hochberg FDR Controlling Procedure for Huge-Scale Testing Problems
Vered Madar, Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute
11:05 AM

A Bayesian Hypothesis-Testing Framework for Detecting Differentially Expressed Genes
Claudio Fuentes, Oregon State University; Luis Leon Novelo, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Sarah Emerson, Oregon State University
11:05 AM

Designing Test Information and Test Information in Design
David Jones, Harvard; Xiao-Li Meng, Harvard
11:15 AM

Quantifying Quality and Uncertainty in Forensic Pattern Matching
Lucas Mentch, North Carolina State University; Duy Thai, Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute
11:15 AM

Testing Separability of Functional Time Series
Panayiotis Constantinou, Penn State University; Piotr Kokoszka, Colorado State University; Matthew Reimherr, Penn State University
11:20 AM

Testing Low-Dimensional Coefficients in High-Dimensional Heteroscedastic Linear Models
Honglang Wang, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis; Ping-Shou Zhong, Michigan State University; Yuehua Cui, Michigan State University
11:20 AM

Adjusting Published Estimates for Exploratory Biases Using the Truncated Normal Distribution
Travis Loux, Saint Louis University; Orlando Davy, Saint Louis University
11:35 AM

Significance Testing Harms Replicability Only if Misused
Yoav Benjamini, Tel Aviv University
11:50 AM

Improving the Power of the Benjamini-Hochberg Procedure for Discrete Data
Sebastian Doehler, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences
11:50 AM

Testing-Based Measures for Finding Correspondence of Genomic Samples
Jingyi (Jessica) Li, University of California at Los Angeles
11:55 AM

Bayesian Nonparametric Multiple Testing for the Analysis of Microbiome Data
Michele Guindani
11:55 AM

Analysis Pipeline to Investigate Diversity and Dynamics of Next-Generation Sequencing--Based T Cell Repertoire Data
Li Zhang, University of California at San Francisco; Jason Cham, University of California at San Francisco; Nadeem Sheikh, Dendreon Corporation; Lawrence Fong, University of California at San Francisco
12:05 PM

Alternative Methods to Estimate Major Banks' Residential and Commercial Mortgage Loan Delinquency Rates for CCAR (Stress Testing) 'Baseline' Scenario
Vadim Melnitchouk, Metropolitan State University; Andrey Vashurin, University of Telecommunications
2:05 PM

Optimal Correlation Detection with Application to Colocalization Analysis in Dual-Channel Fluorescence Microscopic Imaging
Shulei Wang, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Jianqing Fan, Princeton; Ming Yuan, University of Wisconsin
2:25 PM

A Geometric Comparison of the Rejection Regions of Popular Tests in Genetic Epidemiology
Ian Barnett, Harvard; Xihong Lin, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Zhonghua Liu, Harvard
2:30 PM

A Two-Stage Approach to Differentiating Normal and Aberrant Behavior in Computer-Based Testing
Zhuoran Shang
2:35 PM

Computationally Efficient Nonparametric Testing
Guang Cheng, Purdue University; Zuofeng Shang, Binghamton University
2:55 PM

Nonparametric Hypothesis Testing of the Human Microbiome Using Evolutionary Trees
Martina Mincheva, Temple University; Hongzhe Li, University of Pennsylvania; Jun Chen, Mayo Clinic
3:35 PM

Wednesday, 08/03/2016
Advances in Mental Health Measurement
Robert Gibbons, The University of Chicago


Inference on Interval-Valued Data Regression by Measurement Error Models
Yaotong Cai, University of Georgia; Lynne Billard, University of Georgia


Online Experimentation: What It Is and Why It Is So Important
Peter Qian, University of Wisconsin - Madison


A Composite Likelihood Approach in Testing for Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium Using Family-Based Genetic Survey Data
Lingxiao Wang, Joint Program in Survey Methodology; Barry Graubard, National Cancer Institute; Yan Li, Joint Program in Survey Methodology


Hybrid-Network: A Bayesian Approach
Demba Fofana; Ebenezer Olusegun George, University of Memphis; Dale Bowman, University of Memphis


Multiple Testing Procedures for Adaptive Enrichment Designs: Combining Group Sequential and Reallocation Approaches
Michael Rosenblum, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Tianchen Qian, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Yu Du, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Huitong Qiu, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Aaron Fisher, The Johns Hopkins University
8:50 AM

Person-Fit Analysis for Computerized Adaptive Testing Using Change-Point Detection Methods
Sandip Sinharay, Educational Testing Service
9:05 AM

Sample Size Re-Estimation in a Two-Stage Cross-Over Trial for Testing for Average Bioequivalence
Byron Jones, Novartis Pharma; Will Maurer, Novartis Pharma AG; Ying Chen, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
9:20 AM

Generating Policy-Relevant Statistical Evidence in Sequentially Monitored Vaccine and Drug Safety Evaluations Using Electronic Health Record Data
Jennifer Clark Nelson, Group Health Research Institute; Andrea J. Cook , Group Health Research Institute; Robert Wellman, Group Health Research Institute; Ram Tiwari, FDA/CDER/OT/OB; Michael Nguyen, FDA; Estelle Russek-Cohen, FDA; Tracey Marsh, University of Washington; Azadeh Shoaibi, FDA; Denise Boudreau, Group Health Research Institute
9:25 AM

A Composite Likelihood Approach in Testing for Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium Using Family-Based Genetic Survey Data
Lingxiao Wang, Joint Program in Survey Methodology; Barry Graubard, National Cancer Institute; Yan Li, Joint Program in Survey Methodology
9:45 AM

Hybrid-Network: A Bayesian Approach
Demba Fofana; Ebenezer Olusegun George, University of Memphis; Dale Bowman, University of Memphis
9:45 AM

Test Based on Frobenius Norm Distance of Spectral Matrices for Presence of Structural Components
Anindya Roy, U.S. Census Bureau; Tucker McElroy, U.S. Census Bureau
9:55 AM

Unified Approach for Testing Nonconstant Variance in Linear Model
Jae Keun Yoo, Ewha Womans University
2:05 PM

Testing for Missing Always at Random and Row Exchangeability in Multivariate Data with Missing Values
Iavor Bojinov, Harvard; Natesh Pillai, Harvard; Donald B. Rubin, Harvard
2:05 PM

A New Approach to Multiple Testing, Results and Applications
Nasrine Bendjilali, Rowan University; Boualem Bendjilali, RVCC; Wei-Min Huang, Lehigh University
2:05 PM

Testing-Based Variable Selection for High-Dimensional Linear Models
Siliang Gong, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Kai Zhang, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Yufeng Liu, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2:20 PM

Testing Treatment Effect in Clinical Trials with Patient Dropout Using Latent Mixture Models
Fanhui Kong, FDA; Yeh-Fong Chen, FDA
2:20 PM

Confounder Adjustment in Multiple Hypotheses Testing
Jingshu Wang; Qingyuan Zhao, Stanford University
2:25 PM

Post-Hoc Edge Testing for the Graphical Lasso
Maxwell Jacob Grazier G'Sell, Carnegie Mellon University; William Fithian, University of California at Berkeley
2:30 PM

Applications of Statistical Techniques to Smoking Cessation Studies Using National Survey Data
Julia Soulakova, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Lisa Crockett, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
2:50 PM

New Nonparametric Tests of Fit on the Orthogonal Group
Amir Sepehri, Stanford University
2:50 PM

Bootstrapping Spectral Statistics in High Dimensions
Miles Lopes, University of California at Davis
2:55 PM

Efficient Sequential Design of Sensitivity Testing with Small Samples
C F Jeff Wu, Georgia Institute of Technology; Dianpeng Wang, Beijing Institute of Technology
2:55 PM

Testing of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Questions for the National Crime Victimization Survey
Jennifer Truman, Bureau of Justice Statistics
3:05 PM

Quick Multiple Monte Carlo Testing
Georg Hahn, Imperial College London; Axel Gandy, Imperial College London
3:20 PM

Thursday, 08/04/2016
The EM Algorithm for One-Shot Device Testing with Competing Risk Under Different Lifetimes Distributions
Hon Yiu So, McMaster University; Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan, McMaster University; Man Ho Ling, Hong Kong Institute of Education
8:35 AM

Dependence Discovery from Multimodal Data via Multiscale Graph Correlation
Cencheng Shen, Temple University; Carey Priebe, The Johns Hopkins University; Joshua Vogelstein, The Johns Hopkins University; Mauro Maggioni, Duke University
8:35 AM

Bayesian Method for Testing Differential Directed Acyclic Graphs
Hongmei Zhang, University of Memphis; Xianzheng Huang, University of South Carolina; Shengtong Han, The University of Chicago; Wilfried Karmaus, University of Memphis
8:50 AM

Statistical Testing in the Presence of Nonproportional Hazards
Amarjot Kaur, Merck; Yabing Mai, Merck Research Laboratories; Ziliang Li, MRL; Xia Xu, MRL; Wen-Chi Wu, MRL
8:50 AM

Testing for Differential Connectivity in High-Dimensional Networks
Sen Zhao, University of Washington; Ali Shojaie, University of Washington
9:00 AM

Testing Statistical Significance of Canonical Correlation Coefficients
Yunjin Choi, Stanford University; Robert Tibshirani, Stanford University; Jonathan Taylor, Stanford University
9:05 AM

On Some Aspects of Bayesian Multiple Testing and Decision Making
Emrah Gecili; Siva Sivaganesan, University of Cincinnati
9:20 AM

An Adaptible Generalization of Hotelling's T2 Test in High Dimension
Haoran Li; Debashis Paul, University of California at Davis; Alex Aue, University of California at Davis; Jie Peng, University of California at Davis; Pei Wang, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
9:20 AM

Estimating the Coefficient of Variation for Some Competing Acceleratory Life-Testing Models
Debaraj Sen, Concordia University; Krishna Saha, Central Connecticut State University; Sun Dong, Concordia University
9:20 AM

Two-Step Parsimonious Variable Selection for Right-Censored Survival Time Models
Anju Menon, University of Wyoming; A. Gregory DiRienzo
9:20 AM

Sharp Computational-Statistical Phase Transitions via Oracle Computational Model
Zhaoran Wang, Princeton; Quanquan Gu, University of Virginia; Han Liu, Princeton
9:35 AM

Subgroup Identification and Sample-Size Calculation for the Proportional Hazard Model
Suhyun Kang, North Carolina State University ; Wenbin Lu, North Carolina State University
9:35 AM

A Restricted Most Powerful Bayesian Test for Equality of Means in High Dimension via Random Projections
Roger Zoh, Texas A&M University; Abhra Sarkar, Duke University; Raymond Carroll, Texas A&M University; Bani K. Mallick, Texas A&M University
9:35 AM

AdaPT: A New Class of Ordered Testing Procedures
Lihua Lei, University of California at Berkeley; William Fithian, University of California at Berkeley
10:05 AM

Bayesian Approach to Design and Analysis of Composite Endpoints in Clinical Trials with Multiple Dependent Binary Outcomes
Boris G. Zaslavsky, FDA/CBER
10:35 AM

High-Dimensionality Effects on the Efficient Frontier
Rituparna Sen, Indian Statistical Institute
10:35 AM

False Discovery Rate Control for Identifying Simultaneous Signals
Sihai Zhao, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10:35 AM

Adaptive Sequential Model Selection
William Fithian, University of California at Berkeley; Jonathan Taylor, Stanford University; Robert Tibshirani, Stanford University; Ryan Tibshirani, Carnegie Mellon University
10:35 AM

SNP-Set Tests Using Generalized Berk-Jones Statistics in Genetic Association Studies
Ryan Sun, Harvard; Xihong Lin, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
10:35 AM

Weighted Dirichlet Process Mixture GARCH Model for Predicting Stock Price
Inyoung Kim, Virginia Tech; Peng Sun, Virginia Tech
10:50 AM

Model Selection Confidence Sets by Likelihood Ratio Testing
Chao Zheng; Davide Ferrari, University of Melbourne; Yuhong Yang, University of Minnesota
11:05 AM

Testing for Discrimination in Police Searches
Camelia Simoiu; Sam Corbett-Davies, Stanford University; Sharad Goel, Stanford University
11:15 AM

Bayesian Analysis of Testing General Hypotheses in Linear Models with Spherically Symmetric Errors
Min Wang, Michigan Technological University
11:20 AM

The Best of Two Worlds: Collaborative Assessment and Two-Stage Testing
Anne Michele Millar, Mount Saint Vincent University
11:35 AM

Semiparametric High-Dimensional Partial Linear Models: Estimation and Inference
Michael Levine, Purdue University; Lawrence D. Brown, University of Pennsylvania; Lie Wang, MIT
11:50 AM

HIV kit lot related shifts in RNA using external control samples: the Virology Quality Assurance Program
Daniel Zaccaro, RTI International; Amy Couzens, RTI International; Donald Brambilla, RTI International; Cheryl Jennings, Rush University Medical Center; James Bremer, Rush University Medical Center
11:50 AM

 
 
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