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This is the preliminary program for the 2008 Joint Statistical
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| CE_14C | Mon, 8/4/08, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM | CC-204 |
| U-Statistics for Scoring Multivariate Data: From Sports to Genetics - Continuing Education - Course | ||
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| Instructor(s): Knut M. Wittkowski, The Rockefeller University, Tingting Song, The Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and Translational Science | ||
| We will extend commonly used u-statistics for univariate and censored data to multivariate data with innovative applications in sports, economics, sociology, biology, and medicine. The course consists of four parts: stratification as a means to improve McNemar-type tests for trio data in genetics ('TDT') and adapt them to various genetic models; history of u-statistics; how information about relationships between variables can be incorporated through transforming data, converting data into partial orderings, and combining partial orderings; and computational and statistical aspects of screening studies involving thousands of variables (SNP or gene-expression microarrays) and nonparametric "factor analyses." Demonstrations will be based on spreadsheets, functions from muStat (available from http://cran.r-project.org and http://csan.insightful.com), and web services available from http://muStat.rockefeller.edu. Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of statistics and programming. Recommended Textbook: Lehmann, E.L. (1975). Nonparametrics: Statistical Methods Based on Ranks. Holden-Day. | ||
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JSM 2008
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