Biometrics

Putting Background Information About Relative Risks into Conjugate Prior Distributions
pp. 663-670(8)
Author: Greenland, Sander

Synthesis of Evidence from Epidemiological Studies with Interval-Censored Exposure Due to Grouping
pp. 671-680(10)
Authors: Cook, Richard J.; Brumback, Babette B.; Wigg, Melanie B.; Ryan, Louise M.

A Mixture Model for Occupational Exposure Mean Testing with a Limit of Detection
pp. 681-688(8)
Authors: Taylor, Douglas J.; Kupper, Lawrence L.; Rappaport, Stephen M.; Lyles, Robert H.

Thyroid Cancer Following Scalp Irradiation: A Reanalysis Accounting for Uncertainty in Dosimetry
pp. 689-697(9)
Authors: Schafer, Daniel W.; Lubin, Jay H.; Ron, Elaine; Stovall, Marilyn; Carroll, Raymond J.

Benchmark Dose Calculation from Epidemiological Data
pp. 698-706(9)
Authors: Budtz-Jørgensen, Esben; Keiding, Niels; Grandjean, Philippe

Capture–Recapture, Epidemiology, and List Mismatches: Several Lists
pp. 707-713(7)
Authors: Lee, Alan J.; Seber, George A. F.; Holden, Jennifer K.; Huakau, John T.

Analysis of Capture-Recapture Data with a Rasch-Type Model Allowing for Conditional Dependence and Multidimensionality
pp. 714-719(6)
Authors: Bartolucci, Francesco; Forcina, Antonio

On the Near-Singularity of Models for Animal Recovery Data
pp. 720-726(7)
Authors: Catchpole, E. A.; Kgosi, P. M.; Morgan, B. J. T.

Line Transect Sampling from a Curving Path
pp. 727-731(5)
Authors: Hiby, Lex; Krishna, M. B.

Measurement Errors in Line Transect Surveys Where Detectability Varies with Distance and Size
pp. 732-742(11)
Authors: Xi Chen, Song; Cowling, Ann

A Nonparametric Estimator of Species Overlap
pp. 743-749(7)
Authors: Yue, Jack C.; Clayton, Murray K.; Lin, Feng-Chang

Allele-Sharing Methods for Estimation of Population Size
pp. 750-756(7)
Author: Julius Skaug, Hans

A Bootstrap Assessment of Variability in Pedigree Reconstruction Based on Genetic Markers
pp. 757-763(7)
Author: Almudevar, Anthony

A Maximum Likelihood-Based Method for Mining Major Genes Affecting a Quantitative Character
pp. 764-768(5)
Authors: Wu, Rongling; Li, Bailian; Wu, Samuel S.; Casella, George

An Exact Test for the Association Between the Disease and Alleles at Highly Polymorphic Loci with Particular Interest in the Haplotype Analysis
pp. 769-778(10)
Authors: Hirotsu, Chihiro; Aoki, Satoshi; Inada, Toshiya; Kitao, Yoshie

A Bivariate Cure-Mixture Approach for Modeling Familial Association in Diseases
pp. 779-786(8)
Authors: Chatterjee, Nilanjan; Shih, Joanna

Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Two-Level Latent Variable Models with Mixed Continuous and Polytomous Data
pp. 787-794(8)
Authors: Lee, Sik-Yum; Shi, Jian-Qing

Linear Mixed Models with Flexible Distributions of Random Effects for Longitudinal Data
pp. 795-802(8)
Authors: Zhang, Daowen; Davidian, Marie

Errors-in-Variables in Joint Population Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Modeling
pp. 803-812(10)
Authors: Bennett, James; Wakefield, Jon

Pairwise Rank-Based Likelihood for Estimation and Inference on the Mixture Proportion
pp. 813-817(5)
Authors: Heller, Glenn; Qin, Jing

Omnibus Tests for Comparison of Competing Risks with Adjustment for Covariate Effects
pp. 818-828(11)
Authors: McKeague, Ian W.; Gilbert, Peter B.; Kanki, Phyllis J.

Sequential Ordinal Modeling with Applications to Survival Data
pp. 829-836(8)
Authors: Albert, James H.; Chib, Siddhartha

Maximum of the Weighted Kaplan-Meier Tests with Application to Cancer Prevention and Screening Trials
pp. 837-843(7)
Authors: Shen, Yu; Cai, Jianwen

A Semiparametric Approach for the Two-Sample Comparison of Survival Times with Long-Term Survivors
pp. 844-852(9)
Authors: Broët, Philippe; Rycke, Yann; Tubert-Bitter, Pascale; Lellouch, Joseph; Asselain, Bernard; Moreau, Thierry

Accelerated Hazards Regression Model and Its Adequacy for Censored Survival Data
pp. 853-860(8)
Author: Qing Chen, Ying

Testing Equality of Survival Functions of Quality-Adjusted Lifetime
pp. 861-867(7)
Authors: Zhao, Hongwei; Tsiatis, Anastasios A.

Quality-Adjusted Survival Estimation with Periodic Observations
pp. 868-874(7)
Authors: Chen, Pai-Lien; Sen, Pranab K.

A Semiparametric Estimate of Treatment Effects with Censored Data
pp. 875-885(11)
Authors: Xu, Ronghui; Harrington, David P.

Adaptive Group Sequential Designs for Clinical Trials: Combining the Advantages of Adaptive and of Classical Group Sequential Approaches
pp. 886-891(6)
Authors: Müller, Hans-Helge; Schäfer, Helmut

Monitoring Clinical Trials with Multiple Arms
pp. 892-898(7)
Author: Hellmich, Martin

Compliance Subsampling Designs for Comparative Research: Estimation and Optimal Planning
pp. 899-908(10)
Authors: Frangakis, Constantine E.; Baker, Stuart G.

Optimal Adaptive Designs for Binary Response Trials
pp. 909-913(5)
Authors: Rosenberger, William F.; Stallard, Nigel; Ivanova, Anastasia; Harper, Cherice N.; Ricks, Michelle L.

Dose-Finding Based on Feasibility and Toxicity in T-cell Infusion Trials
pp. 914-921(8)
Authors: Thall, Peter F.; Sung, Hsi-Guang; Choudhury, Aniruddha

Statistical Decoding of Potent Pools Based on Chemical Structure
pp. 922-930(9)
Authors: Zhu, Lei; Hughes-Oliver, Jacqueline M.; Young, S. Stanley

Modeling Concordance Correlation via GEE to Evaluate Reproducibility
pp. 931-940(10)
Authors: Barnhart, Huiman X.; Williamson, John M.

An Exact Trend Test for Correlated Binary Data
pp. 941-948(8)
Authors: Corcoran, Chris; Ryan, Louise; Senchaudhuri, Pralay; Mehta, Cyrus; Patel, Nitin; Molenberghs, Geert

Autoregressive Spatial Smoothing and Temporal Spline Smoothing for Mapping Rates
pp. 949-956(8)
Authors: MacNab, Ying C.; Dean, C. B.

Ranked Set Sampling with Unequal Samples
pp. 957-962(6)
Author: Bhoj, Dinesh S.

On Small-Sample Confidence Intervals for Parameters in Discrete Distributions
pp. 963-971(9)
Authors: Agresti, Alan; Min, Yongyi

A Simple Algorithm for Designing Group Sequential Clinical Trials
pp. 972-974(3)
Author: Schoenfeld, David A.

To the Editor of Biometrics
pp. 975-975(1)

To the Editor of Biometrics
pp. 976-978(3)

The authors replied as follows:
pp. 976-976(1)

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pp. 978-980(3)

Editor's Note:
pp. 980-980(1)

To the Editor of Biometrics:
pp. 980-980(1)

Book Reviews
pp. 982-990(9)
Author: Ridout, M. S.