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Salt Palace Convention Center = “CC”, Grand America = “GA”

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209 Mon, 7/30/07, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-Exhibit Hall D
Contributed Poster Presentations - Contributed - Poster Presentations
Section on Statistics in Epidemiology, Section on Government Statistics, Section on Health Policy Statistics, Section on Statistics and the Environment, Section on Survey Research Methods, Social Statistics Section, Section on Statistical Computing
Chair(s): Dongseok Choi, Oregon Health & Science University
Poster Topic: Applications and case studies:
61: Modeling Tilletia Indica Infection on Wheat Using Nonlinear Mixed Models with a Sharp Turning PointZhongwen Tang, Kansas State University; Shie-Shien Yang, Kansas State University; Karen Garrett, Kansas State University; I. Sharma, Punjab Agriculture University; R. L. Bowden, U.S. Department of Agriculture
62: Waiting Time Distributions of SleepAnna Mnatsakanova, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; James Slaven, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; John M. Violanti, State University of New York at Buffalo; Bryan J. Vila, Washington State University; Cecil M. Burchfiel, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Michael Andrew, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Poster Topic: Categorical, multivariate analysis:
63: A Goodness-of-Fit Test of Logistic Regression ModelYing Liu, Kansas State University
64: Categorization of Sleep Patterns with Derived Actigraph VariablesJames Slaven, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Michael Andrew, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; John M. Violanti, State University of New York at Buffalo; Bryan J. Vila, Washington State University; Cecil M. Burchfiel, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Poster Topic: Data mining and knowledge discovery, machine learning:
65: Logistic Regression, Classification Tree, and Boosted Regression: A Comparison of Models in the Prediction of Pregnancy-Induced HypertensionPaul Kolm, Christiana Care Health System; Deborah Ehrenthal, Christiana Care Health System; Claudine Jurkovitz, Christiana Care Health System; Matthew Hoffman, Christiana Care Health System; James Bowen, Christiana Care Health System
66: Use of Data Mining To Determine Variable Significance and Inter-relationships in ModelsWilliam K. Sieber, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
67: An Empirical Evaluation of the Random Forests Classifier Models for Variable Selection in a Large-Scale Lung Cancer Case Control StudyQing Zhang, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; Christopher I. Amos, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
68: S-PLUS and R Package for Least Angle RegressionTim Hesterberg, Insightful Corporation
Poster Topic: Government statistics:
69: Model and Survey Performance Measurement by the RSESPJames Knaub, Energy Information Administration
Poster Topic: Health policy, epidemiology, public health:
70: Mixture Model Analysis of Age-Appropriate and Delayed Vaccination Andrew Baughman, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Charles E. Rose, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Kate M. Shaw, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Gustavo H. Dayan, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
71: Applying Propensity Score Calibration To Reduce Unmeasured Confounding BiasRachel Bittner, University of Washington; Jennifer Nelson, Group Health Center for Health Studies; Michael Jackson, Group Health Center for Health Studies; Noel Weiss, University of Washington; Lisa Jackson, Group Health Center for Health Studies
72: A Case Study of Time Scale for Use in Cox's Proportional Hazard ModelQimei He, Pacific Health Research Institute; Bradley Willcox, Pacific Health Research Institute; David J. Curb, Pacific Health Research Institute
73: Application of the Pattern-Mixture Latent Trajectory Model in an Epidemiological Study Hiroko Dodge, Oregon State University; Changyu Shen, Indiana University; Mary Ganguli, University of Pittsburgh
74: Parametric Time Dependent SIR ModelDi Shi, Riverdale Country School; Peter Gross, Riverdale Country School
75: The Association Between Anticyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibodies and Risk of Rheumatoid ArthritisLori B. Chibnik, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Lisa A. Mandl, Hospital for Special Surgery; Karen H. Costenbader, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Peter Schur, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Elizabeth W. Karlson, Brigham and Women's Hospital
76: Monte Carlo Sensitivity Analysis of Smoking as an Unmeasured Confounder in an Investigation of the Association Between Occupation and Lung Cancer MortalityJia Li, Constella Group, LLC; Toni Alterman, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
77: A New Measure of Excess Longevity in FamiliesKenneth Boucher, Huntsman Cancer Institute; Richard A. Kerber, Huntsman Cancer Institute
78: A Study on the Effect of Preferred Drug Lists in Medicaid on the Overall Medical ExpenseJoseph Richardson, Auburn University; Mark Carpenter, Auburn University; Victoria Jordan, Auburn University
79: Evaluating SEER-Medicare Linked Database Completeness for Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer — Jonathan Mahnken, The University of Kansas Medical Center; John Keighley, The University of Kansas Medical Center; Matthew Mayo, The University of Kansas Medical Center
80: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Breast Cancer Early DetectionCharlotte H. Ahern, Rice University; Yu Shen, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
81: What Do We Know About the Effects of Substance Use on Labor Productivity? A Survey of Results and Related Methodological IssuesRichard Bryant, University of Missouri-Rolla; V. A. Samaranayake, University of Missouri-Rolla
82: School Social Support and Adolescent Depressiveness: Multilevel Analysis of Finnish School Health Promotion SurveyNoora Ellonen, University of Tampere
Poster Topic: Incomplete data analysis, imputation methods:
83: Bayesian Multiple Imputation and Maximum Likelihood Methods for Missing DataMin Sun, Sam Houston State University; Ferry Butar Butar, Sam Houston State University
85: A Comparison of Weighting Adjustment and Multiple Imputation Methods To Correct for Nonresponse Bias in a Longitudinal Group-Randomized Clinical Trial for DepressionLingqi Tang, University of California, Los Angeles; Naihua Duan, University of California, Los Angeles; Ruth Klap, University of California, Los Angeles; Thomas Belin, University of California, Los Angeles
Poster Topic: Linear models, GLMs, parametric methods:
86: Comparison of Modeling Approaches to Deriving Normative Values of Bone Mineral Density from NHANES IIIQing Wu, Tulane University; John Lefante, Tulane University; Jeanette Magnus, Tulane University; Janet Rice, Tulane University
Poster Topic: Longitudinal data, repeated measurements, and meta-analysis:
87: Assessing the Potential Impact of Missing Data in a Longitudinal Study with a Continuous OutcomeOwen Devine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Jorge Rosenthall, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Nyasha Skerrette, Emory University
88: Area Under the Curve and Other Summary Indicators of Repeated Waking Cortisol MeasurementsDesta Fekedulegn, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Michael Andrew, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Cecil M. Burchfiel, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; John M. Violanti, State University of New York at Buffalo; Tara A. Hartley, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Luenda E. Charles, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Diane B. Miller, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
89: On the Meta-Analysis of Incomplete Primary Study DataTodd Bodner, Portland State University
Poster Topic: Social and behavioral science:
90: Response and Nonresponse Pattern Analysis in Survey ResearchChong Ho Yu, Arizona State University; Samuel DiGangi, Arizona State University; Sandra Andrews, Arizona State University; Angel Jannasch-Pennell, Arizona State University
91: Standard Error Estimation in Latent Variable ModelYan Wang, Southern Methodist University; S. Lynne Stokes, Southern Methodist University; Andreas Oranje, Educational Testing Service
92: Nonlinear Random Coefficients Regression for Estimating an Interaction Term — Reid Landes, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Jeffrey A. Pitcock, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
93: Relationships Between Students' Science Achievement, Attitudes Toward Science, and Learning Through InquiryMan Hung, University of Utah
94: Evaluating a Multilevel Item Response Theory ModelThomas Schmitt, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Cindy M. Walker, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
95: Globalization and Chinese City System RestructuringXiulian Ma, The University of Utah
 

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