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Volume 38, issue 12, 2011

Analysis of count data with covariate dependence in both mean and variance pp. 2683-2694

M. J. Faddy and D. M. Smith

Weighted inverse Gaussian -- a versatile lifetime model pp. 2695-2708

Ramesh C. Gupta and Debasis Kundu

Comparison between method of moments and entropy regularization algorithm applied to parameter estimation for mixed-Weibull distribution pp. 2709-2722

Wen-Liang Hung and Yen-Chang Chang

Power of the likelihood ratio test for models of DNA base substitution pp. 2723-2737

G. B. Cybis, S. R.C. Lopes and H. P. Pinheiro

Cost-efficient designs based on linearly associated biomarkers pp. 2739-2750

Chang-Xing Ma, Albert Vexler, Enrique F. Schisterman and Lili Tian

Local standardized incidence ratio estimates and comparison with other mapping methods for small geographical areas using Slovenian breast cancer data pp. 2751-2761

Tina Žagar, Vesna Zadnik and Maja Primic Žakelj

Analysis of clustered spatially correlated binary data using autologistic model and Bayesian method with an application to dental caries of 3--5-year-old children pp. 2763-2774

Solaiman Afroughi, Soghrat Faghihzadeh, Majid Jafari Khaledi, Mehdi Ghandehari Motlagh and Ebrahim Hajizadeh

Multilevel IRT models for the university teaching evaluation pp. 2775-2791

Silvia Bacci and Valeria Caviezel

Extreme value and cluster analysis of European daily temperature series pp. 2793-2804

Manuel G. Scotto, Susana M. Barbosa and Andr�s M. Alonso

Bayesian confidence interval for the risk ratio in a correlated 2 × 2 table with structural zero pp. 2805-2817

Peng Bai, Wen Gan and Lei Shi

Modeling wind energy flux by a Birnbaum--Saunders distribution with an unknown shift parameter pp. 2819-2838

V�ctor Leiva, Emilia Athayde, Cecilia Azevedo and Carolina Marchant

On the improvement of one-sided S control charts pp. 2839-2858

Athanasios C. Rakitzis and Demetrios L. Antzoulakos

Shared frailty model for recurrent event data with multiple causes pp. 2859-2868

P. G. Sankaran and P. Anisha

Adaptive normal reference bandwidth based on quantile for kernel density estimation pp. 2869-2880

Jin Zhang

Testing for covariate balance using quantile regression and resampling methods pp. 2881-2899

Martin Huber

Robust likelihood inferences for multivariate correlated data pp. 2901-2910

Chien-Hung Chen and Tsung-Shan Tsou

The adaptive accelerated biased coin design for phase I clinical trials pp. 2911-2924

Nan Jia and Thomas M. Braun

Comparison of treatment regimes with adjustment for auxiliary variables pp. 2925-2938

Xinyu Tang and Abdus S. Wahed

Cross-validating fit and predictive accuracy of nonlinear quantile regressions pp. 2939-2954

Harry Haupt, Kathrin Kagerer and Joachim Schnurbus

Some applications of nonlinear and non-Gaussian state--space modelling by means of hidden Markov models pp. 2955-2970

Roland Langrock

Maximum likelihood estimation in Dagum distribution with censored samples pp. 2971-2985

Filippo Domma, Sabrina Giordano and Mariangela Zenga

Multiple testing problems in pharmaceutical statistics pp. 2987-2987

Isaac Dialsingh

Frailty Models in Survival Analysis pp. 2988-2989

Alex Karagrigoriou

Random Phenomena: Fundamentals of Probability and Statistics for Engineers pp. 2989-2990

Pieter Bastiaan Ober

Bayesian Nonparametrics pp. 2990-2990

Han Lin Shang

Advising on Research Methods: A Consultant's Companion pp. 2991-2991

Yves Laberge

Non-Parametric Econometrics pp. 2992-2992

Han Lin Shang

Data Analysis Using SAS ENTERPRISE GUIDE pp. 2993-2993

Kassim S. Mwitondi

Introduction to Time-Series Modelling pp. 2993-2994

Philippe Castagliola

Interpreting Economic and Social Data pp. 2994-2995

Kassim S. Mwitondi

Volume 38, issue 11, 2011

Modeling longitudinal binomial responses: implications from two dueling paradigms pp. 2373-2390

H. Zhang, Y. Xia, R. Chen, D. Gunzler, W. Tang and Xin Tu

Smooth estimation of mean and dispersion function in extended generalized additive models with application to Italian induced abortion data pp. 2391-2411

I. Gijbels and I. Prosdocimi

Disaggregate-level estimates of indebtedness in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India: an application of small-area estimation technique pp. 2413-2432

Hukum Chandra, Nicola Salvati and U. C. Sud

Comparison of Bayesian models for production efficiency pp. 2433-2443

Ricardo Ehlers

Partial logistic relevance vector machines in survival analysis pp. 2445-2458

Nicola Lama, Patrizia Boracchi and Elia Biganzoli

A modified economic-statistical design of the T-super-2 control chart with variable sample sizes and control limits pp. 2459-2469

Asghar Seif, Alireza Faraz, C�dric Heuchenne, Erwin Saniga and M. B. Moghadam

A new space--time multivariate approach for environmental data analysis pp. 2471-2483

Sandra De Iaco

Sensitivity analysis of linear time-invariant compartmental models with steady-state constraint pp. 2485-2509

Suzan Gazioğlu and E. Marian Scott

Mixture models with an improper component pp. 2511-2521

N. T. Longford and Pierpaolo D'Urso

Detecting multiple change points in piecewise constant hazard functions pp. 2523-2532

Melody S. Goodman, Yi Li and Ram C. Tiwari

Statistical learning theory for fitting multimodal distribution to rainfall data: an application pp. 2533-2545

Himadri Ghosh and Prajneshu

A graphical test for local self-similarity in univariate data pp. 2547-2562

Rakhee Dinubhai Patel and Frederic Paik Schoenberg

How are journal impact, prestige and article influence related? An application to neuroscience pp. 2563-2573

Chia-Lin Chang, Michael McAleer and Les Oxley

A single-featured EWMA- X control chart for detecting shifts in process mean and standard deviation pp. 2575-2596

Chi-Shuan Liu and Fang-Chih Tien

Alternative modeling techniques for the quantal response data in mixture experiments pp. 2597-2616

Kadri Ulas Akay and Müjgan Tez

The widespread misinterpretation of p -values as error probabilities pp. 2617-2626

Raymond Hubbard

Joint analysis of occurrence and time to stability after entrance into the Italian labour market: an approach based on a Bayesian cure model with structured stochastic search variable selection pp. 2627-2646

Alessio Farcomeni, Alessandra Nardi and Elena Fabrizi

Adaptive tangent distance classifier on recognition of handwritten digits pp. 2647-2659

Shuen-Lin Jeng and Yu-Te Liu

Knowledge extraction from a large on-line survey: a case study for a higher education corporate marketing pp. 2661-2679

K. Fernández-Aguirre, M. I. Landaluce-Calvo, A. Mart�n-Arroyuelos and J. I. Modroño-Herrán

On the planning and design of sample surveys pp. 2681-2681

Ron Kenett

Volume 38, issue 10, 2011

Robustness of the EWMA control chart for individual observations pp. 2071-2087

S. W. Human, P. Kritzinger and S. Chakraborti

Assessing the adequacy of Weibull survival models: a simulated envelope approach pp. 2089-2097

Yun Zhao, Andy Lee, Kelvin Yau and Geoffrey McLachlan

Multivariate Bayesian discrimination for varietal authentication of Chilean red wine pp. 2099-2109

Luis Gutierrez, Fernando Quintana, Dietrich von Baer and Claudia Mardones

A weighted test of internal symmetry pp. 2111-2118

Thomas Smith and Cornelius McKenna

Studying the dependence between ordinal-nominal categorical variables via orthogonal polynomials pp. 2119-2132

Rosaria Lombardo, Eric Beh and Antonello D'Ambra

Features and performance of some outlier detection methods pp. 2133-2149

G. Barbato, E. M. Barini, G. Genta and R. Levi

Nonlinear models of disability and age applied to census data pp. 2151-2163

I. Albarran, P. J. Alonso and J. M. Marin

Optimal exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) plans for detecting seasonal epidemics when faced with non-homogeneous negative binomial counts pp. 2165-2181

R. S. Sparks, T. Keighley and D. Muscatello

Multivariate singular spectrum analysis for forecasting revisions to real-time data pp. 2183-2211

Kerry Patterson, Hossein Hassani, Saeed Heravi and Anatoly Zhigljavsky

A Bayesian analysis for the Block and Basu bivariate exponential distribution in the presence of covariates and censored data pp. 2213-2223

Carlos dos Santos and Jorge Alberto Achcar

How individual characteristics affect university students drop-out: a semiparametric mixed-effects model for an Italian case study pp. 2225-2239

Filippo Belloc, Antonello Maruotti and Lea Petrella

A segmented regime-switching model with its application to stock market indices pp. 2241-2252

Beibei Guo, Yuehua Wu, Hong Xie and Baiqi Miao

Analysing data from a cluster randomized trial (cRCT) in primary care: a case study pp. 2253-2269

Stephen Walters, C. Jane Morrell and Pauline Slade

A copula regression model for estimating firm efficiency in the insurance industry pp. 2271-2287

Peng Shi and Wei Zhang

A permutation test approach to the choice of size k for the nearest neighbors classifier pp. 2289-2302

Yinglei Lai, Baolin Wu and Hongyu Zhao

SPC for short-run multivariate autocorrelated processes pp. 2303-2312

A. Snoussi

A comparison of non-homogeneous Markov regression models with application to Alzheimer's disease progression pp. 2313-2326

R. A. Hubbard and X. H. Zhou

District-level poverty estimation: a proposed method pp. 2327-2343

Dipankor Coondoo, Amita Majumder and Somnath Chattopadhyay

Empirical likelihood ratio with doubly truncated data pp. 2345-2353

Pao-Sheng Shen

A linear model-based test for the heterogeneity of conditional correlations pp. 2355-2366

Gregory Wilding, Xueya Cai, Alan Hutson and Zhangsheng Yu

Basic statistics pp. 2367-2367

Pieter Bastiaan Ober

Bayesian computation with R pp. 2367-2368

Kassim Mwitondi

Picturing the uncertain world pp. 2368-2369

Andrey Kostenko

Dynamic linear models with R pp. 2369-2370

Han Lin Shang

Introductory time series with R pp. 2370-2371

Søren Feodor Nielsen

Volatility and time series econometrics: essays in honor of Robert Engle pp. 2371-2372

Long Kang

Volume 38, issue 9, 2011

Nonparametric test for the homogeneity of the overall variability pp. 1751-1768

Ashis SenGupta and Hon Keung Tony Ng

Spatio-temporal modelling using B-spline for disease mapping: analysis of childhood cancer trends pp. 1769-1781

Mahmoud Torabi and Rhonda J. Rosychuk

Discriminant analyses of peanut allergy severity scores pp. 1783-1799

O. Collignon, J.-M. Monnez, P. Vallois, F. Codreanu, J.-M. Renaudin, G. Kanny, M. Brulliard, B. E. Bihain, S. Jacquenet and D. Moneret-Vautrin

A Bayesian approach to estimating linear mixtures with unknown covariance structure pp. 1801-1817

Hannes Kazianka, Michael Mulyk and Jürgen Pilz

Fitting bivariate multilevel models to assess long-term changes in body mass index and cigarette smoking pp. 1819-1831

Folefac D. Atem, Ravi K. Sharma and Stewart J. Anderson

Analysis of ordered categorical data with score averaging: with applications to case-control genetic associations pp. 1833-1843

Qi Li, G. Zheng and R. Tiwari

Missing data techniques for multilevel data: implications of model misspecification pp. 1845-1865

Anne C. Black, Ofer Harel and D. Betsy McCoach

Simple moment-based inferences of generalized concordance correlation pp. 1867-1882

John J. Chen, Guangxiang Zhang, Chen Ji and George F. Steinhardt

The analysis of ordinal time-series data via a transition (Markov) model pp. 1883-1897

Kathryn Bartimote-Aufflick and Peter C. Thomson

A Bayesian approach to inference about a change point model with application to DNA copy number experimental data pp. 1899-1913

Jie Chen, Ayten Yiğiter and Kuang-Chao Chang

Inference for a binomial proportion in the presence of ties pp. 1915-1934

Paul H. Garthwaite and John R. Crawford

A non-stationary spatial generalized linear mixed model approach for studying plant diversity pp. 1935-1950

Anandamayee Majumdar, Corinna Gries and Jason Walker

Homogeneity tests among groups for microsatellite data pp. 1951-1962

Tatiana B. Bordin, Hildete P. Pinheiro and Alu�sio Pinheiro

A Bayesian hierarchical approach to dual response surface modelling pp. 1963-1975

Younan Chen and Keying Ye

An approach to setting up a national customer satisfaction index: the Jordan case study pp. 1977-1993

Amjad Al-Nasser, Mohammad Al-Rawwash and Anas S. Alakhras

Spatio-temporal modeling and prediction of CO concentrations in Tehran city pp. 1995-2007

Firoozeh Rivaz, Mohsen Mohammadzadeh and Majid Jafari Khaledi

An extension of parametric ROC analysis for calculating diagnostic accuracy when underlying distributions are mixture of Gaussian pp. 2009-2022

Karimollah Hajian-Tilaki, James A. Hanley and Vahid Nassiri

On the probability distribution of economic growth pp. 2023-2041

Pär Stockhammar and Lars-Erik Öller

Model selection using information criteria under a new estimation method: least squares ratio pp. 2043-2050

Eylem Deniz, Oguz Akbilgic and J. Andrew Howe

Applying neural network Poisson regression to predict cognitive score changes pp. 2051-2062

Nader Fallah, Arnold Mitnitski and Kenneth Rockwood

Statistical issues in studying the relative importance of body mass index, waist circumference, waist hip ratio and waist stature ratio to predict type 2 diabetes pp. 2063-2070

Bhamidipati Narasimha Murthy, Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala, Radhakrishnan Ezhil, Prabhdeep Kaur and Ramachandra Sudha

Volume 38, issue 8, 2011

Revealing age-specific past and future unrelated costs of pneumococcal infections by flexible generalized estimating equations pp. 1533-1547

An Creemers, Marc Aerts, Niel Hens, Ziv Shkedy, Frank De Smet and Philippe Beutels

Taylor linearization sampling errors and design effects for poverty measures and other complex statistics pp. 1549-1576

Vijay Verma and Gianni Betti

Likelihood-based approach for analysis of longitudinal nominal data using marginalized random effects models pp. 1577-1590

Keunbaik Lee, Sanggil Kang, Xuefeng Liu and Daekwan Seo

Do large firms overly use stock-based incentive compensation? pp. 1591-1606

Leon Li and Shang-En Shine Yu

Diagnostic plots in beta-regression models pp. 1607-1622

Li-Chu Chien

A sequential conditional probability ratio test procedure for comparing diagnostic tests pp. 1623-1632

Liansheng Tang, Ming Tan and Xiao-Hua Zhou

Influence analysis in skew-Birnbaum--Saunders regression models and applications pp. 1633-1649

Lucia Santana, Filidor Vilca and V�ctor Leiva

Non-mixture cure correlated frailty models in Bayesian approach pp. 1651-1663

Mitra Rahimzadeh, Ebrahim Hajizadeh and Farzad Eskandari

A flexible parametric survival model which allows a bathtub-shaped hazard rate function pp. 1665-1680

William J. Reed

A Monte Carlo simulation study on partially adaptive estimators of linear regression models pp. 1681-1699

Yeliz Mert Kantar, Ilhan Usta and Şükrü Acıtaş

Optimization of a product performance using mixture experiments including process variables pp. 1701-1715

L.H.A. Dal Bello and A. F.C. Vieira

Double generalized linear model for tissue culture proportion data: a Bayesian perspective pp. 1717-1731

Afrânio M.C. Vieira, Roseli A. Leandro, Clarice G.B. Dem�trio and Geert Molenberghs

A joint modeling approach for spatial earthquake risk variations pp. 1733-1741

Chun-Shu Chen and Hong-Ding Yang

SAS for data analysis pp. 1743-1744

Søren Feodor Nielsen

Time-series data analysis using EViews pp. 1744-1745

Long Kang

Synthetic CDOs modelling, valuation and risk management pp. 1745-1746

Kam Hamidieh

Probability, Markov chains, queues, and simulation pp. 1746-1746

Hassan S. Bakouch

Statement of Withdrawal: Statistical analysis of an endemic disease from a capture--recapture experiment pp. 1747-1747

Yinghui Wei and Peter Neal

Volume 38, issue 7, 2011

Powerful nonparametric statistics to compare k independent ROC curves pp. 1317-1332

Pablo Mart�nez-Camblor, Carlos Carleos and Norberto Corral

Likelihood testing populations modeled by autoregressive process subject to the limit of detection in applications to longitudinal biomedical data pp. 1333-1346

Albert Vexler, Jihnhee Yu and Alan D. Hutson

Testing for co-directional interactions using union--intersection and intersection--union methods pp. 1347-1358

Patrick D. Gerard and Julia L. Sharp

Measuring effect size: a robust heteroscedastic approach for two or more groups pp. 1359-1368

Rand R. Wilcox and Tian S. Tian

Normality testing: two new tests using L-moments pp. 1369-1379

Ardian Harri and Keith Coble

An empirical analysis of the volatility of the Japanese stock price index: a non-parametric approach pp. 1381-1394

Katsuyuki Takahashi and Isao Shoji

A general hazard model for lifetime data in the presence of cure rate pp. 1395-1405

Gleici Castro Perdoná and Francisco Louzada-Neto

Long-range dependence analysis of Internet traffic pp. 1407-1433

Cheolwoo Park, F�lix Hernández-Campos, Long Le, J. S. Marron, Juhyun Park, Vladas Pipiras, F. D. Smith, Richard L. Smith, Michele Trovero and Zhengyuan Zhu

Residuals for log-Burr XII regression models in survival analysis pp. 1435-1445

Giovana O. Silva, Edwin M.M. Ortega and Gilberto A. Paula

Two kinds of restricted modified estimators in linear regression model pp. 1447-1454

Yalian Li and Hu Yang

Multivariate temporal disaggregation with cross-sectional constraints pp. 1455-1466

Tommaso Proietti

Confidence interval procedures for proportions estimated by group testing with groups of unequal size adjusted for overdispersion pp. 1467-1482

Shih-Chia Liu, Kuo-Szu Chiang, Cheng-Hsiang Lin and Ting-Chin Deng

Comparing first hitting time and proportional hazards regression models pp. 1483-1492

D. Stogiannis, C. Caroni, C. E. Anagnostopoulos and I. K. Toumpoulis

A class of designs for Phase I cancer clinical trials combining Bayesian and likelihood approaches pp. 1493-1498

Zheng Su

The corrected VIF (CVIF) pp. 1499-1507

José Dias Curto and Jos� Castro Pinto

Tests of heteroscedasticity and correlation in multivariate t regression models with AR and ARMA errors pp. 1509-1531

Jin-Guan Lin, Li-Xing Zhu, Chun-Zheng Cao and Yong Li

Volume 38, issue 6, 2011

Bayesian latent variable model for mixed continuous and ordinal responses with possibility of missing responses pp. 1103-1116

E. Bahrami Samani and M. Ganjali

Testing the equality among distribution functions from independent and right censored samples via Cram�r--von Mises criterion pp. 1117-1131

Pablo Mart�nez-Camblor

Testing stochastic orders in tails of contingency tables pp. 1133-1149

Chi Tim Ng, Johan Lim and Kyu S. Hahn

Spatial--temporal model for wind speed in Lithuania pp. 1151-1168

Jūratė Šaltytė Benth and Laura Šaltytė

Elliptical safety region plots for C pk pp. 1169-1187

Malin Albing and Kerstin Vännman

Modeling attendance at Spanish professional football league pp. 1189-1206

Guillermo Villa, Isabel Molina and Roland Fried

Comparing diagnostic tests with missing data pp. 1207-1222

Frederico Z. Poleto, Julio M. Singer and Carlos Daniel Paulino

A modified bootstrap procedure for cluster sampling variance estimation of species richness pp. 1223-1238

Steen Magnussen and Ron McRoberts

The Poisson--exponential distribution: a Bayesian approach pp. 1239-1248

Francisco Louzada-Neto, Vicente G. Cancho and Gladys D.C. Barriga

Testing for qualitative interaction of multiple sources of informative dropout in longitudinal data pp. 1249-1264

Sara B. Crawford and John J. Hanfelt

Empirical likelihood for generalized partially linear varying-coefficient models pp. 1265-1275

Zhensheng Huang

Comparison of estimation methods for the finite population mean in simple random sampling: symmetric super-populations pp. 1277-1288

Arzu Altin Yavuz and Birdal Senoglu

A two-step robust estimation of the process mean using M-estimator pp. 1289-1301

Hamid Shahriari, Orod Ahmadi and Amir H. Shokouhi

A Bayesian model for estimating the malaria transition probabilities considering individuals lost to follow-up pp. 1303-1309

Edson Zangiacomi Martinez, Davi Casale Aragon and Jorge Alberto Achcar

Time Series Analysis with Applications in R, Second edition pp. 1311-1312

John Pemberton

Introductory Statistics with R, second edition pp. 1312-1313

Jennifer H. Klapper

Guide to Teaching Statistics pp. 1313-1314

Miroslav M. Ristić

Credit Risk Management pp. 1314-1314

Boran Gazi

Modern Regression Methods pp. 1315-1315

Pieter Bastiaan Ober

Volume 38, issue 5, 2011

Influence diagnostics in Birnbaum--Saunders nonlinear regression models pp. 871-884

Artur J. Lemonte and Alexandre G. Patriota

A nonparametric test of symmetry based on the overlapping coefficient pp. 885-898

Hani M. Samawi, Amal Helu and Robert Vogel

A step-by-step algorithm for combining diagnostic tests pp. 899-911

Luis Mariano Esteban, Gerardo Sanz and Angel Borque

A mixture model for the detection of Neosporosis without a gold standard pp. 913-926

Andr�s Farall, Ricardo Maronna and Tomás Tetzlaff

Testing for variance changes in autoregressive models with unknown order pp. 927-936

Baisuo Jin, Mong-Na Lo Huang and Baiqi Miao

Evaluation of Laplace distribution-based ANOVA models applied to microarray data pp. 937-950

Suzy Van Sanden and Tomasz Burzykowski

Capturing the re-admission process: focus on time window pp. 951-960

Eren Demir and Thierry Chaussalet

A variable selection approach to monotonic regression with Bernstein polynomials pp. 961-976

S. McKay Curtis and Sujit K. Ghosh

Analysis of rounded exponential data pp. 977-986

Gunnar Taraldsen

Bayesian--frequentist hybrid model with application to the analysis of gene copy number changes pp. 987-1005

Ao Yuan, Guanjie Chen, Juan Xiong, Wenqing He, Wen Jin and Charles Rotimi

Modified minimum covariance determinant estimator and its application to outlier detection of chemical process data pp. 1007-1020

Guoqing Wu, Chao Chen and Xuefeng Yan

Classification with discrete and continuous variables via general mixed-data models pp. 1021-1032

A. R. de Leon, A. Soo and T. Williamson

The difference-sign runs length distribution in testing for serial independence pp. 1033-1043

Camillo Cammarota

On Bayesian sample size determination pp. 1045-1054

M. M. Nassar, S. M. Khamis and S. S. Radwan

Identifying predictors of violent behaviour among students using the conventional logistic and multilevel logistic models pp. 1055-1061

Bidemi Yusuf, Olayinka Omigbodun, Babatunde Adedokun and Odunayo Akinyemi

Leverage analysis for linear mixed models pp. 1063-1072

Juvêncio S. Nobre and Julio M. Singer

On an extension of the von Mises distribution due to Batschelet pp. 1073-1085

Arthur Pewsey, Kunio Shimizu and Rolando de la Cruz

D s -optimal designs for Kozak's tree taper model pp. 1087-1102

Leakemariam Berhe and Göran Arnoldsson

Volume 38, issue 4, 2011

Violent crime and incentives in the long-run: evidence from England and Wales pp. 647-660

George Saridakis

Effect of measurement error and autocorrelation on the X¯ chart pp. 661-673

Antonio F. B. Costa and Philippe Castagliola

Semiparametric analysis of transformation models with doubly censored data pp. 675-682

Pao-Sheng Shen

Tests for symmetry with right censoring pp. 683-693

Ehab F. Abd-Elfattah and Ronald W. Butler

Spatio-temporal functional regression on paleoecological data pp. 695-704

Liliane Bel, Avner Bar-Hen, R�my Petit and Rachid Cheddadi

Random change point models: investigating cognitive decline in the presence of missing data pp. 705-716

G. Muniz Terrera, A. van den Hout and F. E. Matthews

A two-phase method for controlling Erlang-failure processes with high reliability pp. 717-734

Bi-Min Hsu and Ming-Hung Shu

Testing for heteroskedasticity in the tobit and probit models pp. 735-744

Darryl Holden

Structural equation models for area health outcomes with model selection pp. 745-767

Peter Congdon

Nonparametric-likelihood inference based on cost-effectively-sampled-data pp. 769-783

Albert Vexler, Shuling Liu and Enrique F. Schisterman

Confidence bands for the difference of two survival functions under the additive risk model pp. 785-797

Jimin Lee and Seunggeun Hyun

Temporal disaggregation and restricted forecasting of multiple population time series pp. 799-815

E. Silva, V. M. Guerrero and Daniel Peña

Bivariate transition model for analysing ordinal and nominal categorical responses: an application to the Labour Force Survey data pp. 817-832

Z. Rezaei Ghahroodi, M. Ganjali, F. Harandi and D. Berridge

Choosing appropriate covariance matrices in a nonparametric analysis of factorials in block designs pp. 833-850

A. Schörgendorfer, L. V. Madden and A. C. Bathke

Full Bayesian significance test for extremal distributions pp. 851-863

Diego F. de Bernardini and Laura L.R. Rifo

Statistics: A Very Short Introduction pp. 865-865

Miroslav M. Ristić

The Concise Encyclopedia of Statistics pp. 867-868

Andreas Rosenblad

Asymptotic Theory of Statistics and Probability pp. 869-869

Pieter Bastiaan Ober

Volume 38, issue 3, 2011

Testing the difference between two Kolmogorov--Smirnov values in the context of receiver operating characteristic curves pp. 437-450

Wojtek J. Krzanowski and David J. Hand

Weighted bagging: a modification of AdaBoost from the perspective of importance sampling pp. 451-463

Qingzhao Yu

Interval shrinkage estimators pp. 465-477

Vasyl Golosnoy and Roman Liesenfeld

A class of confidence intervals for sequential phase II clinical trials with binary outcome pp. 479-489

Shande Chen

Bootstrap study of parameter estimates for nonlinear Richards growth model through genetic algorithm pp. 491-500

Himadri Ghosh, M. A. Iquebal and Prajneshu

Design issues for population growth models pp. 501-512

J. López Fidalgo, I. M. Ortiz Rodr�guez and Weng Kee Wong

Influence diagnostics on the coefficient of variation of elliptically contoured distributions pp. 513-532

Marco Riquelme, V�ctor Leiva, Manuel Galea and Antonio Sanhueza

Comparison of the finite mixture of ARMA-GARCH, back propagation neural networks and support-vector machines in forecasting financial returns pp. 533-551

Altaf Hossain and Mohammed Nasser

Robustness of the EWMA and the combined X¯ --EWMA control charts with variable sampling intervals to non-normality pp. 553-570

Yu-Chang Lin and Chao-Yu Chou

Extending the Bradley--Terry model for paired comparisons to accommodate weights pp. 571-580

Nasir Abbas and Muhammad Aslam

Nonparametric mixture analysis of rock crab of the genus Leptograpsus pp. 581-589

Reza Pakyari

Bayesian parametric accelerated failure time spatial model and its application to prostate cancer pp. 591-603

Jiajia Zhang and Andrew B. Lawson

On the restricted almost unbiased estimators in linear regression pp. 605-617

Jianwen Xu and Hu Yang

A frailty modeling approach for parental effects in animal breeding pp. 619-629

Suely Ruiz Giolo and Clarice Garcia Borges Dem�trio

Nonparametric approach to rank global petroleum business opportunities pp. 631-646

R. K. Mishra and Zillur Rahman

Volume 38, issue 2, 2011

Marginal correlation from an extended random-effects model for repeated and overdispersed counts pp. 215-232

Tony Vangeneugden, Geert Molenberghs, Geert Verbeke and Clarice G.B. Dem�trio

A control chart based on sample ranges for monitoring the covariance matrix of the multivariate processes pp. 233-245

A. F.B. Costa and M. A.G. Machado

Assessing cumulative logit models via a score test in random effect models pp. 247-259

Kuo-Chin Lin

α-stable laws for noncoding regions in DNA sequences pp. 261-271

Nuno Crato, R. R. Linhares and S. R.C. Lopes

Estimation of hazard of death in vertically transmitted HIV-1-infected children for doubly censored failure times and fixed covariates pp. 273-285

T. Banerjee, G. Grover, T. Pensi and D. Banerjee

Multicollinearity and financial constraint in investment decisions: a Bayesian generalized ridge regression pp. 287-299

Aquiles E.G. Kalatzis, Camila F. Bassetto and Carlos Azzoni

The comparison of enterprise bankruptcy forecasting method pp. 301-308

Xu Xiaosi, Chen Ying and Haitao Zheng

Optimal design of accelerated degradation tests based on Wiener process models pp. 309-325

Heonsang Lim and Bong-Jin Yum

A multivariate descriptor method for change-point detection in nonlinear time series pp. 327-342

P. P. Balestrassi, A. P. Paiva, A. C. Zambroni de Souza, J. B. Turrioni and Elmira Popova

Local influence analysis for regression models with scale mixtures of skew-normal distributions pp. 343-368

C. B. Zeller, V. H. Lachos and F. E. Vilca-Labra

Time-varying vector autoregressive models with stochastic volatility pp. 369-382

Kostas Triantafyllopoulos

Detecting mean increases in Poisson INAR(1) processes with EWMA control charts pp. 383-398

Christian H. Weiß

Simultaneous semi-sequential testing of dual alternatives for pattern recognition pp. 399-419

Amitava Mukherjee and Barendra Purkait

Outlier identification and robust parameter estimation in a zero-inflated Poisson model pp. 421-430

Jun Yang, Min Xie and Thong Ngee Goh

BOOK REVIEW pp. 431-431

Andrew Robinson

BOOK REVIEW pp. 433-434

A. C. Brooms

BOOK REVIEW pp. 435-435

Kassim S. Mwitondi

Volume 38, issue 1, 2011

Editorial pp. 1-1

Robert Aykroyd

Non-stationary partition modeling of geostatistical data for malaria risk mapping pp. 3-13

Laura Gosoniu and Penelope Vounatsou

A unified approach of meta-analysis: application to an antecedent biomarker study in Alzheimer's disease pp. 15-27

Chengjie Xiong, Gerald van Belle, Kejun Zhu, J. Philip Miller and John Morris

Three-dimensional Bayesian image analysis and confocal microscopy pp. 29-46

Fahimah Al-Awadhi, Merrilee Hurn and Christopher Jennison

Generating multivariate continuous data via the notion of nearest neighbors pp. 47-55

Hakan Demirtas and Donald Hedeker

A flexible model for survival data with a cure rate: a Bayesian approach pp. 57-70

Vicente Cancho, Josemar Rodrigues and Mario de Castro

Fractional integration and impulse responses: a bivariate application to real output in the USA and four Scandinavian countries pp. 71-85

Guglielmo Maria Caporale and Luis Gil-Alana

Double-sampling control charts for attributes pp. 87-112

Aurelia De Araujo Rodrigues, Eugenio Kahn Epprecht and Maysa Sacramento De Magalhaes

A robust diagnostic plot for explanatory variables under model mis-specification pp. 113-126

Li-Chu Chien

Bayesian and likelihood inference for cure rates based on defective inverse Gaussian regression models pp. 127-144

Jeremy Balka, Anthony Desmond and Paul McNicholas

The use of variance components for the assessment of outcome measures in rheumatology pp. 145-159

E. J. Allen and V. T. Farewell

Comparison of normal probability plots and dot plots in judging the significance of effects in two level factorial designs pp. 161-174

Guillermo de Leon, Pere Grima and Xavier Tort-Martorell

Spatio-temporal analysis of a plant disease in a non-uniform crop: a Monte Carlo approach pp. 175-182

Bin Li, R. S. Sanderlin, Rebecca Melanson and Qingzhao Yu

Predicting rainy seasons: quantifying the beliefs of prophets pp. 183-193

J. A. A. Andrade and J. P. Gosling

Inflation uncertainty and economic growth: evidence from the LAD ARCH model pp. 195-206

Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah, Nor Aishah Hamzah and Shamsul Rijal Muhammad Sabri

Robustness without rank order statistics pp. 207-214

Paul Mielke, Kenneth Berry and Janis Johnston