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Legend: = Applied Session, = Theme Session, = Presenter, Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers = “S”
Washington State Convention & Trade Center = “CC”, Grand Hyatt Seattle = “H”

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76 Sun, 8/6/06, 8:00 PM - 9:50 PM CC-Level 6 East Lobby
Contributed Poster Session with Opening Mixer: a Look at the Richness of Statistical Interests - Contributed - Posters
ENAR, Section on Statistical Computing, Section on Statistics in Epidemiology, Biometrics Section, Biopharmaceutical Section, Business and Economics Statistics Section, General Methodology, Section on Government Statistics, Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Social Statistics Section, Section on Survey Research Methods, Section on Statistical Education, Section on Statistics and the Environment
Organizer(s): Maura E. Stokes, SAS Institute, Inc.
Chair(s): Maura E. Stokes, SAS Institute, Inc.
Poster Topic: Bayesian statistics, hierarchical models:
01: A Bayesian Approach to Semicontinuous Longitudinal Data — Bing Han, The Pennsylvania State University; Wei Huang, Temple University
Poster Topic: Biometrics, biostatistics, epidemiology:
02: Survival Instantaneous Log-Odds Ratio from Empirical Functions — JungAh Jung, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation; J. Wanzer Drane, University of South Carolina
03: LTAS.NET: a NIOSH Life Table Analysis System for the Windows Environment — Mary Schubauer-Berigan, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; William R. Raudabaugh, Constella, Inc.; Avima Ruder, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Misty Hein, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Sharon R. Silver, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Patricia Laber, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Kathleen Waters, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Jinghui Liu, Westat; ; Kyle Steenland, Emory University
05: Epidemiology of Herpes Zoster (Shingles) — Peter Wollan, Olmsted Medical Center; Patricia Saddier, Merck Research Laboratories; Lina Sy, Merck Research Laboratories; Barbara P. Yawn, Olmsted Medical Center
Poster Topic: Business, financial, marketing statistics:
06: What We Know about Unsuccessful and Successful High-Risk R&D Projects and What We Can Learn from Them — Stephanie Shipp, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Poster Topic: Clinical trials, drug discovery:
07: Data Simulation Methodologies for Determining Sample Size Requirements To Test Gene-Drug Interactions in Genetically Pre-Screened Populations — Kimberly Lowe, University of Arizona College of Public Health; James Ranger-Moore, University of Arizona College of Public Health; Patricia Thompson, Arizona Cancer Center
Poster Topic: Computational statistics, numerical methods:
08: Wavelet-Based Functional Mixed Model Data Analysis: Computational Considerations — Richard Herrick, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center; Jeffrey S. Morris, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Poster Topic: Engineering and physical sciences, chemometrics:
09: Hierarchical Bayesian Calibration of Untested Devices — Reid Landes, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Poster Topic: Environmetrics, ecology, agriculture, wildlife management:
10: Strip Transect Sampling To Estimate Object Abundance in Homogeneous and Nonhomogeneous Poisson Fields: a Simulation Study of the Effects of Transect Width and Number — Timothy C. Coburn, Abilene Christian University; Sean A. McKenna, Sandia National Laboratories; Hirotaka Saito, University of California, Riverside; Orlando T. Garcia, Sandia National Laboratories
Poster Topic: General:
11: The Impact of Computer Programming Languages on Statistics — Morteza Marzjarani, Saginaw Valley State University
Poster Topic: Genetics, bioinformatics, computational biology:
12: Analyzing a Metabolomics Dataset — Teresa Norris
13: Inferring Quantitative Trait Loci Using a Bayesian Variable Selection Model and Markov Chain Monte Carlo Convergence Diagnostics — Daniel Shriner, The University of Alabama at Birmingham; Nengjun Yi, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
14: Estimating p-Values in Small Microarray Experiments — Hyuna Yang, The Jackson Lab; Gary Churchill, The Jackson Lab
15: Multivariate Simulation of Gene Expression Data — Rudolph Parrish, University of Louisville; Horace J. Spencer, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Poster Topic: Government statistics:
16: Treating Breaks in Time Series in the Current Employment Statistics State and Area Program — James White, Bureau of Labor Statistics; Kenneth Shipp, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Poster Topic: Linear models, GLMs, parametric methods:
17: On the Likelihood Ratio Test for the Numbers of Factors in Exploratory Factor Analysis — Kentaro Hayashi, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Peter M. Bentler, University of California, Los Angeles; Ke-Hai Yuan, University of Notre Dame
Poster Topic: Longitudinal data, repeated measurements, cluster data:
18: GEE Models for Longitudinal Analysis of Long-Term Occupational Radiation Exposures in Russian Nuclear Workers — Adina Soaita, University of Pittsburgh; Ada O. Youk, University of Pittsburgh; Richard Day, University of Pittsburgh; Tamara Azizova, Southern Ural Biophysics Institute; Niel Wald, University of Pittsburgh; Mike Kuniak, University of Pittsburgh; David M. Slaughter, University of Utah; Carol K. Redmond, University of Pittsburgh
19: Antioxidant Use Predicts Transitions to Amnestic MCI and Dementia — Marta Mendiondo, University of Kentucky; Richard J. Kryscio, University of Kentucky; Fred A. Schmitt, University of Kentucky
20: Structural Nested Mean Models for Assessing Time-Varying Effect Moderation: a Comparison of Two Estimation Methods — Daniel Almirall, University of Michigan
Poster Topic: Neuroscience, brain imaging:
21: Methods for Assessing Changes in the FMRI Visual Field Map after Surgery — Raymond G. Hoffmann, Medical College of Wisconsin; Paul Savarapian, Marquette University; Mary Jo Maciejewski, Medical College of Wisconsin; Edward A. DeYoe, Medical College of Wisconsin; Daniel Rowe, Medical College of Wisconsin
Poster Topic: Sampling and survey methodology:
22: Design-Based versus Model-Based Methods: a Comparative Study Using Longitudinal Survey Data — Sunita Ghosh, University of Saskatchewan; Punam Pahwa, University of Saskatchewan; Geert Molenberghs, Limburgs Universitair Centrum
23: Hierarchical Generalized Linear Models for Data from Complex Sampling Designs — Prabhu Bhagavatheeswaran, Southern Methodist University; Ian Harris, Southern Methodist University
Poster Topic: Social and behavioral science:
24: Mediation Analysis with Multilevel Data — Jungwha Lee, Institute for Health Research and Policy; Eisuke Segawa, Institute for Health Research and Policy; Sue Curry, University of Illinois at Chicago
Poster Topic: Spatial statistics, time series, spatio-temporal modeling:
25: The Application of the Kalman Filter to Nonstationary Time Series through Time Deformation — Zhu Wang, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Henry L. Gray, Southern Methodist University; Wayne A. Woodward, Southern Methodist University
Poster Topic: Teaching, training, consulting:
26: Is It Normal? A Simulation Study of Properties of Some Normality Tests — Daniel M. Sultana, California State University, East Bay; Charlyn J. Suarez, California State University, East Bay; Bruce E. Trumbo, California State University, East Bay; Eric A. Suess, California State University, East Bay
27: Classroom Simulation: False Indications of Ouliers in Boxplots of Normal Data — Bruce E. Trumbo, California State University, East Bay; Eric A. Suess, California State University, East Bay; Jacob Colvin, California State University, East Bay
 

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