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Volume 55, issue 4, 1999

Genomic Control for Association Studies pp. 997-1004

B. Devlin and Kathryn Roeder

A New Approach to Modeling Daily Probabilities of Conception pp. 1005-1013

Patrick Royston and Alberto Ferreira

The Stratified Petersen Estimator with A Known Number of Unread Tags pp. 1014-1021

Carl J. Schwarz, Myra Andrews and Michael R. Link

Empirical Bayes Estimation of Random Effects Parameters in Mixed Effects Logistic Regression Models pp. 1022-1029

Thomas R. Ten Have and A. Russell Localio

Likelihood-Based Experimental Design for Estimation of Ed 50 pp. 1030-1037

Salomon Minkin and Kiran Kundhal

Empirical Bayes Estimation for Combinations of Multivariate Bioassays pp. 1038-1043

D. G. Chen, E. M. Carter, J. J. Hubert and P. T. Kim

Minimally Selected P and Other Tests for A Single Abrupt Changepoint in A Binary Sequence pp. 1044-1050

Aaron L. Halpern

Multitype Spatial Point Patterns with Hierarchical Interactions pp. 1051-1058

Harri HöUgmander and Aila SäUrkkä

Analysis of Experimental Data with Repeated Measurements pp. 1059-1063

Jenö Reiczigel

Improved Error Bounds for Genetic Distances from Dna Sequences pp. 1064-1070

Gráinne McGuire, Michael J. Prentice and Frank Wright

Bayesian Survival Analysis Using A Mars Model pp. 1071-1077

Bani K. Mallick, David G. T. Denison and Adrian F. M. Smith

Estimating Regression Parameters and Degree of Dependence for Multivariate Failure Time Data pp. 1078-1084

Cédric Mahé and Sylvie Chevret

Sequential Methods for Comparing Years of Life Saved in the Two-Sample Censored Data Problem pp. 1085-1092

Susan Murray and Anastasios A. Tsiatis

Confidence Bands for Cumulative Incidence Curves Under the Additive Risk Model pp. 1093-1100

Yu Shen and S. C. Cheng

Efficient Estimation of the Distribution of Quality-Adjusted Survival Time pp. 1101-1107

Hongwei Zhao and Anastasios A. Tsiatis

The Two-Sample Problem with Induced Dependent Censorship pp. 1108-1113

Yijian Huang

Normal Approximation Diagnostics for the Cox Model pp. 1114-1119

Chung-Chou H. Chang and Lisa A. Weissfeld

Fitting A Regression Model for Genotype-By-Environment Data on Heading Dates in Grasses by Methods for Nonlinear Mixed Models pp. 1120-1128

Hans-Peter Piepho

Ascertainment Bias in Rate Ratio Estimation from Case-Sibling Control Studies of Variable Age-At-Onset Diseases pp. 1129-1136

Bryan Langholz, Argyrios Ziogas, Duncan C. Thomas, Cheryl Faucett, Mark Huberman and Larry Goldstein

Two Approaches for Estimating Disease Prevalence from Population-Based Registries of Incidence and Total Mortality pp. 1137-1144

Mitchell H. Gail, Larry Kessler, Douglas Midthune and Steven Scoppa

Bayesian Inference for Prevalence in Longitudinal Two-Phase Studies pp. 1145-1150

Alaattin Erkanli, Refik Soyer and Elizabeth J. Costello

A Multivariate Test of Interaction for Use in Clinical Trials pp. 1151-1155

Dean A. Follmann and Michael A. Proschan

A Class of Permutation Tests for Stratified Survival Data pp. 1156-1161

Joanna H. Shih and Michael P. Fay

Hierarchical Proportional Hazards Regression Models for Highly Stratified Data pp. 1162-1170

Bradley P. Carlin and James S. Hodges

Properties of A Nonparametric Test for Early Comparison of Treatments in Clinical Trials in the Presence of Surrogate Endpoints pp. 1171-1176

E. S. Venkatraman and Colin B. Begg

Analysis of Covariance with Incomplete Data Via Semiparametric Model Transformations pp. 1177-1187

Matteo Grigoletto and Michael G. Akritas

Closed Testing Procedures for Group Sequential Clinical Trials with Multiple Endpoints pp. 1188-1192

Dei-In Tang and Nancy L. Geller

Design of Validation Studies for Estimating the Odds Ratio of Exposure–Disease Relationships When Exposure Is Misclassified pp. 1193-1201

Christina A. Holcroft and Donna Spiegelman

Test-Based Exact Confidence Intervals for the Difference of Two Binomial Proportions pp. 1202-1209

Ivan S. F. Chan and Zhongxin Zhang

Allometric Extension pp. 1210-1214

Stefania Bartoletti, Bernard D. Flury and Daan G. Nel

Statistical Inference for Serial Dilution Assay Data pp. 1215-1220

Mei-Ling Ting Lee and G. A. Whitmore

On the Equivalence of Meta-Analysis Using Literature and Using Individual Patient Data pp. 1221-1223

T Mathew and Kenneth Nordstrom

Validating Marker-Based Incidence Estimates in Repeatedly Screened Populations pp. 1224-1227

Glen A. Satten, Robert Janssen, Michael P. Busch and Somnath Datta

Estimating the Extent of Tracking in Interval-Censored Chain-Of-Events Data pp. 1228-1231

Glen A. Satten

Latent Model for Correlated Binary Data with Diagnostic Error pp. 1232-1235

Joanna H. Shih and Paul S. Albert

Nonparametric Identification of the Minimum Effective Dose pp. 1236-1240

Yuh-Ing Chen

An Exact Test for All-Way Interaction in A 2 -super-M Contingency Table: Application to Interval Capture–Recapture Estimation of Population Size pp. 1241-1246

Ronald R. Regal and Ernest B. Hook

Binary Regression for Risks in Excess of Subject-Specific Thresholds pp. 1247-1251

Heping Zhang and Daniel Zelterman

A Mover–Stayer Model for Longitudinal Marker Data pp. 1252-1257

Paul S. Albert

Rank-Based Tests for Dose Finding in Nonmonotonic Dose–Response Settings pp. 1258-1262

Yuh-Ing Chen

Estimating Equations for Removal Data Analysis pp. 1263-1268

You-Gan Wang

The Variance for the Disequilibrium Coefficient in the Individual Hardy–Weinberg Test pp. 1269-1272

John J. Chen and GlenysM Thomson

On the Use of Historical Control Data for Trend Test in Carcinogenicity Studies pp. 1273-1276

Jianguo Sun

Multivariate Elliptically Contoured Distributions for Repeated Measurements pp. 1277-1280

J. K. Lindsey

Polyhazard Models for Lifetime Data pp. 1281-1285

Francisco Louzada-Neto

Adaptive Sample Size Calculations in Group Sequential Trials pp. 1286-1290

Walter Lehmacher and Gernot Wassmer

Small-Sample Confidence Regions in Exponential Families pp. 1291-1294

John E. Kolassa and Martin A. Tanner

Model Choice and Influential Cases for Survival Studies pp. 1295-1299

Wen Hsiang Wei and Ju Shiang Su

Multiple Comparison of Entropies with Application to Dinosaur Biodiversity pp. 1300-1305

Kathleen S. Fritsch and Jason C. Hsu

A Hierarchical Bayesian Model to Predict the Duration of Immunity to Haemophilus Influenzas Type B pp. 1306-1313

Kari Auranen, Martin Eichner, Helena Käyhty, Aino K. Takala and Elja Arjas

A Comment on Optimal Allocations for Bioequivalence Studies pp. 1314-1315

Stephen Senn and Andrew P. Grieve

Book Reviews pp. 1318-1322

C. D. Kemp and A. W. Kemp

Volume 55, issue 3, 1999

Likelihood Ratios for Evaluating DNA Evidence When the Suspect is Found Through a Database Search pp. 671-677

Anders Stockmarr

Simulated Likelihood Methods for Complex Double-Platform Line Transect Surveys pp. 678-687

Tore Schweder, Hans J. Skaug, Mette Langaas and Xeni K. Dimakos

Marginally Specified Logistic-Normal Models for Longitudinal Binary Data pp. 688-698

Patrick J. Heagerty

Approximate Standard Errors in Semiparametric Models pp. 699-703

Maria Durban, Christine A. Hackett and I. D. Currie

Kriging with Nonparametric Variance Function Estimation pp. 704-710

J. D. Opsomer, D. Ruppert, M. P. Wand, U. Holst and O. Hössjer

Estimation of the Correlation Between Nutrient Intake Measures Under Restricted Sampling pp. 711-717

C. Y. Wang, Garnet L. Anderson and Ross L. Prentice

Using Pooled Exposure Assessment to Improve Efficiency in Case-Control Studies pp. 718-726

Clarice R. Weinberg and David M. Umbach

Bayesian Inference for Small-Sample Capture-Recapture Data pp. 727-731

V. Chavez-Demoulin

Valid Inference in Random Effects Meta-Analysis pp. 732-737

Dean A. Follmann and Michael A. Proschan

Modeling a Poisson Forest in Variable Elevations: A Nonparametric Bayesian Approach pp. 738-745

Juha Heikkinen and Elja Arjas

Treatment Comparisons Based on Two-Dimensional Safety and Efficacy Alternatives in Oncology Trials pp. 746-753

Peter F. Thall and Su-Chun Chengt

Estimation in Independent Observer Line Transect Surveys for Clustered Populations pp. 754-759

Song Chen

Likelihood Models for Clustered Binary and Continuous Out comes: Application to Developmental Toxicology pp. 760-768

Meredith M. Regan and Paul J. Catalano

Local Bandwidth Selection for Kernel Estimation of Population Densities with Line Transect Sampling pp. 769-773

Patrick D. Gerard and William R. Schucany

Using a Mixed Effects Model to Estimate Geographic Variation in Cancer Rates pp. 774-781

Gene A. Pennello, Susan S. Devesa and Mitchell H. Gail

A Simple Permutation-Type Method for Testing Circular Uniformity with Correlated Angular Measurements pp. 782-791

Dean A. Follmann and Michael A. Proschan

Efficiency of Estimating Vaccine Efficacy for Susceptibility and Infectiousness: Randomization by Individual Versus Household pp. 792-798

Susmita Datta, M. Elizabeth Halloran and Ira M. Longini

A Condition for Designing Bus-Route Type Access Site Surveys to Estimate Recreational Fishing Effort pp. 799-804

Song Chen and Jodie L. Woolcock

A Marginal Mixed Baseline Hazards Model for Multivariate Failure Time Data pp. 805-812

Limin X. Clegg, Jianwen Cai and Pranab K. Sen

Modeling Clustered, Discrete, or Grouped Time Survival Data with Covariates pp. 813-819

Eric A. Ross and Dirk Moore

Highly Resistant Regression and Object Matching pp. 820-825

Ian L. Dryden and Gary Walker

Fitting the log-F Accelerated Failure Time Model with Incomplete Covariate Data pp. 826-833

Meehyung Cho and Nathaniel Schenker

Testing for Age-at-Onset Anticipation with Affected Parent-Child Pairs pp. 834-838

Daniel Rabinowitz and Qiong Yang

Estimating Equations for a Latent Transit ion Model with Multiple Discrete Indicators pp. 839-845

Beth A. Reboussin, Kung-Yee Liang and David M. Reboussin

Statistical Quality Control of Variety Trial Data pp. 846-852

Jukka Öfversten

Modification of Sample Size in Group Sequential Clinical Trials pp. 853-857

Lu Chi, H. M. James Hung and Sue-Jane Wang

A Bayesian Hierarchical Approach for Combining Case-Control and Prospective Studies pp. 858-866

Peter Muller, Giovanni Parmigiani, Joellen Schildkraut and Luca Tardella

Dual Screening pp. 867-873

Wesley O. Johnson and Larry M. Pearson

A Unifying Family of Group Sequential Test Designs pp. 874-882

John M. Kittelson and Scott S. Emerson

Efficiency Robust Tests for Survival or Ordered Categorical Data pp. 883-886

Louise M. Ryan, Boris Freidlin, Marvin J. Podgor and Joseph L. Gastwirth

A Penalized Likelihood Approach for a Progressive Three-State Model with Censored and Truncated Data: Application to AIDS pp. 887-890

Pierre Joly and Daniel Commenges

Standard Errors of Heritabilities for Forage Breeding Nurseries pp. 891-895

Daniel Real and Ian L. Gordon

Assessing Distributions of Estimated Drug Shelf Lives in Stability Analysis pp. 896-899

Yanqing Sun, Shein-Chung Chow, Gang Li and Keh-Wei Chen

Estimating Equations for Parameters in Stochastic Growth Models from Tag–Recapture Data pp. 900-903

You-Gan Wang

Estimation of Population Size Based on Additive Hazards Models for Continuous-Time Recapture Experiments pp. 904-908

Paul S. F. Yip, Yong Zhou, D. Y. Lin and Xiang-Zhong Fang

Regression Analysis of Doubly Censored Failure Time Data with Applications to AIDS Studies pp. 909-914

Jianguo Sun, Qiming Liao and Marcello Pagano

A Mixed Model for Two-State Markov Processes Under Panel Observation pp. 915-920

Richard J. Cook

Exact Inference for Growth Curves with Intraclass Correlation Structure pp. 921-924

Samaradasa Weerahandi and Vance W. Berger

Optimal Designs When the Variance Is A Function of the Mean pp. 925-929

Holger Dette and Weng Kee Wong

Modeling Daily and Subdaily Cycles in Rat Sleep Data pp. 930-935

Peihua Qiu, Rick Chappell, William Obermeyer and Ruth Benca

Modeling a Categorical Variable Allowing Arbitrarily Many Category Choices pp. 936-943

Alan Agresti and I-Ming Liu

Prediction Using Partly Conditional Time-Varying Coefficients Regression Models pp. 944-950

Margaret Sullivan Pepe, Patrick Heagerty and Robert Whitaker

An Application of Isotonic Longitudinal Marginal Regression to Monitoring the Healing Process pp. 951-956

Ludwig Fahrmeir, Christian Gieger and Christian Heumann

Relating the Classical Covariance Adjustment Techniques of Multivariate Growth Curve Models to Modern Univariate Mixed Effects Models pp. 957-964

Susan K. Mikulich, Gary O. Zerbe, Richard H. Jones and Thomas J. Crowley

Modeling Tumor Onset and Multiplicity Using Transition Models with Latent Variables pp. 965-970

D. B. Dunson and J. K. Haseman

Decision Theoretic Designs for Phase II Clinical Trials with Multiple Outcomes pp. 971-977

Nigel Stallard, Peter F. Thall and John Whitehead

Selection Models and Pattern-Mixture Models for Incomplete Data with Covariates pp. 978-983

Bart Michiels, Geert Molenberghs and Stuart R. Lipsitz

Estimating Equations with Nonignorably Missing Response Data pp. 984-989

You-Gan Wang

Letter to the Editor of Biometrics pp. 990-991

Sander Greenland, D. Y. Lin, R. A. Kronmal and B. M. Psaty

Book Reviews pp. 992-996

C. D. Kemp and A. W. Kemp

Volume 55, issue 2, 1999

Evolution and Biometry pp. 333-337

Susan R. Wilson

Matrix Methods for Estimating Odds Ratios with Misclassified Exposure Data: Extensions and Comparisons pp. 338-344

Mary J. Morrissey and Donna Spiegelman

Nonparametric Estimation of a Delay Distribution Based on Left-Censored and Right-Truncated Data pp. 345-349

Jisheng Cui

Optimal Diversity-Dependent Contributions of Genotypes to Mixtures pp. 350-354

Run-Peng Wei and Francis C. Yeh

A Multiplicative-Epistatic Model for Analyzing Interspecific Differences in Outcrossing Species pp. 355-365

Wu Rongling and Bailian Li

A Goodness-of-fit Test for Capture-Recapture Model M t Under Closure pp. 366-375

Thomas R. Stanley and Kenneth P. Burnham

A Study of Deleterious Gene Structure in Plants Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo pp. 376-386

Jae Kyun Lee, Martin Lascoux, Michael A. Newton and Erik V. Nrdheim

Estimation of the Size of an Open Population from Capture-Recapture Data Using Weighted Martingale Methods pp. 387-395

Richard M. Huggins and Paul S. F. Yip

Two-Stage Design of Quanta1 Response Studies pp. 396-402

R. R. Sitter and C. F. J. Wu

Repeated Probit Regression When Covariates Are Measured With Error pp. 403-409

Dean A. Follmann, Sally A. Hunsberger and Paul S. Albert

Population HIV-1 Dynamics In Vivo: Applicable Models and Inferential Tools for Virological Data from AIDS Clinical Trials pp. 410-418

Hulin Wu and A. Adam Ding

A Bayesian Approach to Ordering Gene Markers pp. 419-429

A. W. George, K. L. Mengersen and G. P. Davis

Symmetric Tests and Confidence Intervals for Survival Probabilities and Quantiles of Censored Survival Data pp. 430-436

Stuart Barber and Christopher Jennison

Optimum Experimental Designs for Multinomial Logistic Models pp. 437-444

Silvio S. Zocchi and Anthony C. Atkinson

Applying the Cox Proportional Hazards Model When the Change Time of a Binary Time-Varying Covariate Is Interval Censored pp. 445-451

William B. Goggins, Dianne M. Finkelstein and Alan M. Zaslavsky

Analysis of Infant Growth Curves Using Multivariate Adaptive Splines pp. 452-459

Heping Zhang

Adjusted Regression Trend Test for a Multicenter Clinical Trial pp. 460-462

Hui Quan and Thomas Capizzi

Finite Mixture Modeling with Mixture Outcomes Using the EM Algorithm pp. 463-469

Bengt Muthén and Kerby Shedden

An Empirical Comparison of Several Clustered Data Approaches Under Confounding Due to Cluster Effects in the Analysis of Complications of Coronary Angioplasty pp. 470-476

Jesse A. Berlin, Stephen E. Kimmel, Thomas R. Ten Have and Mary D. Sammel

A Bayesian Semiparametric Accelerated Failure Time Model pp. 477-483

Stephen Walker and Bani K. Mallick

Bayesian Design and Analysis of Active Control Clinical Trials pp. 484-487

Richard Simon

Generalized Estimating Equations for Ordinal Categorical Data: Arbitrary Patterns of Missing Responses and Missingness in a Key Covariate pp. 488-496

Alicia Y. Toledano and Constantine Gatsonis

Modeling Random Effects for Censored Data by a Multivariate Normal Regression Model pp. 497-506

John P. Klein, Corey Pelz and Mei-jie Zhang

Fitting Semi-Markov Models to Interval-Censored Data with Unknown Initiation Times pp. 507-513

Glen A. Satten and Maya R. Sternberg

Discrete-Time Nonparametric Estimation for Semi-Markov Models of Chain-of-Events Data Subject to Interval Censoring and Truncation pp. 514-522

Maya R. Sternberg and Glen A. Satten

New Residuals for Cox Regression and Their Application to Outlier Screening pp. 523-529

Alessandra Nardi and Michael Schemper

Locally Efficient Estimation of the Quality-Adjusted Lifetime Distribution with Right-Censored Data and Covariates pp. 530-536

Mark J. Laan and Alan Hubbard

Summarizing the Motion of Self-Propelled Cells: Applications to Sperm Motility pp. 537-543

D. B. Dunson, C. R. Weinberg, S. D. Perreault and R. E. Chapin

The Knox Method and Other Tests for Space-Time Interaction pp. 544-552

Martin Kulldorff and Ulf Hjalmars

Modeling Heterogeneity in Nest Survival Data pp. 553-559

Ranjini Natarajan and Charles E. McCulloch

Reduced Sensitivity to Hidden Bias at Upper Quantiles in Observational Studies with Dilated Treatment Effects pp. 560-564

Paul R. Rosenbaum

Stochastic Algorithms for Markov Models Estimation with Intermittent Missing Data pp. 565-573

Isabelle Deltour, Sylvia Richardson and Jean-Yves Le Hesran

Robust Regression for Clustered Data with Application to Binary Responses pp. 574-579

John S. Preisser and Bahjat F. Qaqish

A Global Goodness-of-Fit Statistic for Cox Regression Models pp. 580-584

Michael Parzen and Stuart R. Lipsitz

Bayesian Analysis and Model Selection for Interval-Censored Survival Data pp. 585-590

Debajyoti Sinha, Ming-Hui Chen and Sujit K. Ghosh

Monte Carlo EM for Missing Covariates in Parametric Regression Models pp. 591-596

Joseph G. Ibrahim, Ming-Hui Chen and Stuart R. Lipsitz

On Logit Confidence Intervals for the Odds Ratio with Small Samples pp. 597-602

Alan Agresti

Bayesian Monitoring of Event Rates with Censored Data pp. 603-607

Dean A. Follmann and Paul S. Albert

Analysis of Multistage Pooling Studies of Biological Specimens for Estimating Disease Incidence and Prevalence pp. 608-612

Ron Brookmeyer

SIMEX Variance Component Tests in Generalized Linear Mixed Measurement Error Models pp. 613-619

Xihong Lin and Raymond J. Carroll

Exact Tests of Goodness of Fit of Log-Linear Models for Rates pp. 620-624

John W. McDonald, Peter W. F. Smith and Jonathan J. Forster

Mixed Effects Models with Censored Data with Application to HIV RNA Levels pp. 625-629

James P. Hughes

Statistical Issues in a Metaregression Analysis of Randomized Trials: Impact on the Dietary Sodium Intake and Blood Pressure Relationship pp. 630-636

Celia M. T. Greenwood, Julian P. Midgley, Andrew G. Matthew and Alexander G. Logan

Multivariate Survival Analysis with Positive Stable Frailties pp. 637-644

Zuqiang Qiou, Nalini Ravishanker and Dipak K. Dey

Comparison of Several Independent Population Means When Their Samples Contain Log-Normal and Possibly Zero Observations pp. 645-651

Zhou Xiao-Hua and Wanzhu Tu

Predictive Margins with Survey Data pp. 652-659

Barry I. Graubard and Edward L. Korn

Memory in Coal Tits: An Alternative Model pp. 660-662

Martin S. Ridout

Modelling Ties in the Sign Test pp. 663-665

J. C. W. Rayner and D. J. Best

Book Reviews pp. 666-670

C. D. Kemp and A. W. Kemp

Volume 55, issue 1, 1999

Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference via Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods pp. 1-12

Bob Mau, Michael A. Newton and Bret Larget

Fundamentals of Survival Data pp. 13-22

Philip Hougaard

The Graft Versus Leukemia Effect after Bone Marrow Transplantation: A Case Study Using Structural Nested Failure Time Models pp. 23-28

Niels Keiding, Marusca Filiberti, Sille Esbjerg, James M. Robins and Niels Jacobsen

Hazard Models for Line Transect Surveys with Independent Observers pp. 29-36

Hans J. Skaug and Tore Schweder

A Model for Thermograms pp. 37-43

Stéphane Robin

Flexible Parametric Measurement Error Models pp. 44-54

Raymond J. Carroll, Kathryn Roeder and Larry Wasserman

Genetic Models with Reduced Penetrance Related to the Y Chromosome pp. 55-64

R. W. R. Darling and Tim Holt

Hypothesis Testing Under Mixture Models: Application to Genetic Linkage Analysis pp. 65-74

Kung-Yee Liang and Paul J. Rathouz

Use of Summary Measures to Adjust for Informative Missingness in Repeated Measures Data with Random Effects pp. 75-84

Margaret C. Wu and Dean A. Follmann

Mixed Effects Models with Bivariate and Univariate Association Parameters for Longitudinal Bivariate Binary Response Data pp. 85-93

Thomas R. Ten Have and Alfredo Morabia

Semiparametric Methods for Multiple Exposure Mismeasurement and a Bivariate Outcome in HIV Vaccine Trials pp. 94-101

Gregory T. Golm, M. Elizabeth Halloran and Ira M. Longini

An Estimation Method for the Semiparametric Mixed Effects Model pp. 102-110

Huageng Tao, Mari Palta, Brian S. Yandell and Michael A. Newton

Bias-Corrected Confidence Intervals for the Concentration Parameter in a Dilution Assay pp. 111-116

Jinping Wang and Sabyasachi Basu

A General Maximum Likelihood Analysis of Variance Components in Generalized Linear Models pp. 117-128

Murray Aitkin

Maximum Likelihood Analysis for Heteroscedastic One-Way Random Effects ANOVA in Interlaboratory Studies pp. 129-136

Mark G. Vangel and Andrew L. Rukhin

Estimating Intraclass Correlation for Binary Data pp. 137-148

Martin S. Ridout, Clarice G. B. Demétrio and David Firth

Response Surfaces for Overdispersion in the Study of the Conditions for Fish Eggs Hatching pp. 149-155

J. K. Lindsey

Comparing the Performances of Diggle's Tests of Spatial Randomness for Small Samples with and without Edge-Effect Correction: Application to Ecological Data pp. 156-164

Jacques Gignoux, Camille Duby and Sébastian Barot

A Partial Ranking Method for Identifying Repeated Inclusion of Individuals in Anonymized HIV Infection Reports pp. 165-173

David Greenhalgh, Murray T. Doyle and Janet Mortimer

Discriminant Analysis of Event-Related Potential Curves Using Smoothed Principal Components pp. 174-181

Kim-Anh Do and Katherine Kirk

A Random Effects Model for Multivariate Failure Time Data from Multicenter Clinical Trials pp. 182-189

Jianwen Cai, Pranab K. Sen and Haibo Zhou

Statistical Inference for Self-Designing Clinical Trials with a One-Sided Hypothesis pp. 190-197

Yu Shen and Lloyd Fisher

Survival and Hazard Functions for Progressive Diseases Using Saddlepoint Approximations pp. 198-203

S. Huzurbazar and Aparna V. Huzurbazar

Adaptive Regression Splines in the Cox Model pp. 204-213

Michael LeBlanc and John Crowley

Likelihood Methods for Incomplete Longitudinal Binary Responses with Incomplete Categorical Covariates pp. 214-223

Stuart R. Lipsitz, Joseph G. Ibrahim and Garrett M. Fitzmaurice

Estimating the Size of a Transient Population pp. 224-230

R. D. Routledge, G. E. J. Smith, L. Sun, N. Dawe, E. Nygren and J. S. Sedinger

Robustness of Group Testing in the Estimation of Proportions pp. 231-237

M. Hung and William H. Swallow

Local EM Estimation of the Hazard Function for Interval-Censored Data pp. 238-245

Rebecca A. Betensky, Jane C. Lindsey, Louise M. Ryan and M. P. Wand

Approximate Monte Carlo Conditional Inference in Exponential Families pp. 246-251

John E. Kolassa and Martin A. Tanner

Poisson Regression with Missing Durations of Exposure pp. 252-257

Louise M. Ryan, D. Y. Lin, P. Arbogast, D. S. Siscovick and R. N. Lemaitre

Robustness of the Latent Variable Model for Correlated Binary Data pp. 258-263

Ming Tan, Yinsheng Qu and J. Sunil Rao

Unconditional Versions of Several Tests Commonly Used in the Analysis of Contingency Tables pp. 264-267

Boris Freidlin and Joseph L. Gastwirth

A Hierarchical Bayesian Model for Combining Multiple 2 × 2 Tables Using Conditional Likelihoods pp. 268-272

J. G. Liao

A Note on an Exact Test and Confidence Interval for Competition and Overlap Effects pp. 273-276

G. K. Shukla and G. S. V. Subrahmanyam

A Group Sequential Test for Survival Trials: An Alternative to Rank-Based Procedures pp. 277-283

Zhengqing Li

The Utility of Mixed-Form Likelihoods pp. 284-288

Richard J. Cook and Vernon T. Farewell

Power and Sample Size for Testing Homogeneity of Relative Risks in Prospective Studies pp. 289-293

Jun-Mo Nam

The Use of Mixed Logit Models to Reflect Heterogeneity in Capture-Recapture Studies pp. 294-301

Brent A. Coull and Alan Agresti

Analyzing k (2 × 2) Tables Under Cluster Sampling pp. 302-307

Melissa Dowd Begg

Regression Modeling of Ordinal Data with Nonzero Baselines pp. 308-316

Minge Xie and Douglas G. Simpson

Maximally Selected x-super-2 Statistics for k× 2 Tables pp. 317-320

Rebecca A. Betensky and Daniel Rabinowitz

Estimation of Offspring Production from a Limited Number of Stage-Structured Censuses pp. 321-325

Øyvind Bakke and Svein-Håkon Lorentsen

Book Reviews pp. 326-332

C. D. Kemp and A. W. Kemp