BIOMETRICS1
Volume 62, Number 1, March, 2006

REGULAR ARTICLES

10
Bayesian Robust Inference for Differential Gene Expression in Microarrays with Multiple Samples
Raphael Gottardo, Adrian E. Raftery, Ka Yee Yeung, Roger E. Bumgarner

10
Bayesian Modeling of Differential Gene Expression
Alex Lewin, Sylvia Richardson, Clare Marshall, Anne Glazier, Tim Aitman

19
Statistical Methods for Expression Quantitative Trait Loci (eQTL) Mapping
C. M. Kendziorski, M. Chen, M. Yuan, H. Lan, A. D. Attie

28
Haplotype-Based Association Analysis in Cohort and Nested Case–Control Studies
Jinbo Chen, Nilanjan Chatterjee

36
Case–Control and Case-Only Designs with Genotype and Family History Data: Estimating Relative Risk, Residual Familial Aggregation, and Cumulative Risk
Nilanjan Chatterjee, Zeynep Kalaylioglu, Joanna H. Shih, Mitchell H. Gail

54
Estimating and Comparing the Distribution of Onset of Disease from Prevalence Case–Control Data
Emilia Bagiella

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A Hypothesis Test for the End of a Common Source Outbreak
Ron Brookmeyer, Xiaojun You

66
Incomplete Generalized U-Statistics for Food Risk Assessment
Patrice Bertail, Jessica Tressou

75
Seemingly Unrelated Measurement Error Models, with Application to Nutritional Epidemiology
Raymond J. Carroll, Douglas Midthune, Laurence S. Freedman, Victor Kipnis

85
A General Method for Dealing with Misclassification in Regression: The Misclassification SIMEX
Helmut Küchenhoff, Samuel M. Mwalili, Emmanuel Lesaffre

97
Site Occupancy Models with Heterogeneous Detection Probabilities
J. Andrew Royle

103
Construction of Resolvable Spatial Row–Column Designs
E. R. Williams, J. A. John, D. Whitaker

109
Structured Additive Regression for Categorical Space–Time Data: A Mixed Model Approach
Thomas Kneib, Ludwig Fahrmeir

119
Assessing Isotropy for Spatial Point Processes
Yongtao Guan, Michael Sherman, James A. Calvin

126
Tests for Independence between Marks and Points of a Marked Point Process
Yongtao Guan

142
An Extension of the Cormack–Jolly–Seber Model for Continuous Covariates with Application to Microtus pennsylvanicus
S. J. Bonner, C. J. Schwarz

150
Unbalanced Ranked Set Sampling for Estimating a Population Proportion
Haiying Chen, Elizabeth A. Stasny, Douglas A. Wolfe

159
Flexible Modeling via a Hybrid Estimation Scheme in Generalized Mixed Models for Longitudinal Data
Tze Leung Lai, Mei-Chiung Shih, Samuel Po-Shing Wong

168
A Hybrid Model for Nonignorable Dropout in Longitudinal Binary Responses
Kenneth J. Wilkins, Garrett M. Fitzmaurice

177
Semiparametric Models for Missing Covariate and Response Data in Regression Models
Qingxia Chen, Joseph G. Ibrahim

185
The Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test for Paired Comparisons of Clustered Data
Bernard Rosner, Robert J. Glynn, Mei-Ling T. Lee

193
A Geometric Approach to Comparing Treatments for Rapidly Fatal Diseases
Peter F. Thall, Leiko H. Wooten, Elizabeth J. Shpall

202
Additive Risk Models for Survival Data with High-Dimensional Covariates
Shuangge Ma, Michael R. Kosorok, Jason P. Fine

211
Factors Influencing Soay Sheep Survival: A Bayesian Analysis
R. King, S. P. Brooks, B. J. T. Morgan, T. Coulson

221
Combining Predictors for Classification Using the Area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve
Margaret Sullivan Pepe, Tianxi Cai, Gary Longton

230
Detecting Pulsatile Hormone Secretions Using Nonlinear Mixed Effects Partial Spline Models
Yu-Chieh Yang, Anna Liu, Yuedong Wang

239
Sensitivity in Metric Scaling and Analysis of Distance
W. J. Krzanowski

245
Distance-Based Tests for Homogeneity of Multivariate Dispersions
Marti J. Anderson

CONSULTANT'S FORUM

254
Random Changepoint Model for Joint Modeling of Cognitive Decline and Dementia
Hélène Jacqmin-Gadda, Daniel Commenges, Jean-François Dartigues

261
A Mixed-Effects Regression Model for Longitudinal Multivariate Ordinal Data
Li C. Liu, Donald Hedeker

269
A Model Framework for Mortality and Health Data Classified by Age, Area, and Time
Peter Congdon

279
Application of the Time-Dependent ROC Curves for Prognostic Accuracy with Multiple Biomarkers
Yingye Zheng, Tianxi Cai, Ziding Feng

288
Assessment of Agreement under Nonstandard Conditions Using Regression Models for Mean and Variance
Pankaj K. Choudhary, Hon Keung Tony Ng

READER REACTION

297
Quantification of the Prentice Criteria for Surrogate Endpoints
John O'Quigley, Philippe Flandre

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

301
Letter to the Editor of Biometrics
Chris Metcalfe

BOOK REVIEWS

302
Categorical Data Analysis Using the SAS System by M.E. Stokes, C.S. Davis and G.G. Koch
Walter Schill

303
A History of Epidemiologic Methods and Concepts edited by A. Morabia
Thomas Behrens

303
Advanced Excel® for Scientific Data Analysis by R. De Levie
Susanne May

304
Mixed Models. Theory and Applications by E. Demidenko
Annie Qu

305
Genetic Structure and Selection in Subdivided Populations by F. Rousset
Reinhard Bürger

306
Bayesian Approaches to Clinical Trials and Health-Care Evaluation by D.J. Spiegelhalter, K.R. Abrams and J.P. Miles
Tony Ades

307
Measurement Error and Misclassification in Statistics and Epidemiology: Impacts and Bayesian Adjustments by P. Gustafson
Jeffrey S. Buzas

308
A Primer of Ecological Statistics by H.J. Gotelli and A.M. Ellison
Olaf Berke

308
Diagnostic Checks in Time Series by W.K. Li
Rainer Dahlhaus

309
Exploring Multivariate Data with the Forward Search by A. Atkinson, M. Riani and A. Cerioli
Lutz Duembgen

309
Handbook of Beta Distribution and Its Applications edited by A.K. Gupta and S. Nadarajah
Samuel Kotz

310
BRIEF REPORTS BY THE EDITOR

311
Francis Galton. Pioneer of Heredity and Biometry by M. Bulmer

311
Statistics without Math by W.E. Magnusson and G. Mourao

311
Using R for Introductory Statistics by J. Verzani and An R and S-Plus Companion to Multivariate Analysis by B. S. Everitt

312
Data Mining—Next Generation Challenges and Future Directions edited by H. Kargupta, A. Joshi, K. Sivakumar and Y. Yesha

312
Survival Analysis: A Self-Learning Text by D.G. Kleinbaum and M. Klein

312
Essentials of Statistical Inference by G.A. Young and R.L. Smith

ABSTRACT TRANSLATIONS

313
REGULAR ARTICLES

320
CONSULTANT'S FORUM

321
READER REACTION

BIOMETRICS2
Volume 62, Number 2, June, 2006

REGULAR ARTICLES

323
Response Surface Designs for Experiments in Bioprocessing
Steven G. Gilmour

332
Sensitivity Analyses Comparing Outcomes Only Existing in a Subset Selected Post-Randomization, Conditional on Covariates, with Application to HIV Vaccine Trials
Bryan E. Shepherd, Peter B. Gilbert, Yannis Jemiai, Andrea Rotnitzky

343
Polydesigns and Causal Inference
Fan Li, Constantine E. Frangakis

352
A Potential Outcomes Approach to Developmental Toxicity Analyses
Michael R. Elliott, Marshall M. Joffe, Zhen Chen

361
Abundance-Based Similarity Indices and Their Estimation When There Are Unseen Species in Samples
Anne Chao, Robin L. Chazdon, Robert K. Colwell, Tsung-Jen Shen

372
Accommodating Unmodeled Heterogeneity in Double-Observer Distance Sampling Surveys
D. L. Borchers, J. L. Laake, C. Southwell, C. G. M. Paxton

379
Quadratic Inference Functions for Varying-Coefficient Models with Longitudinal Data
Annie Qu, Runze Li

392
The Analysis of Longitudinal Data Using Mixed Model L-Splines
Sue J. Welham, Brian R. Cullis, Michael G. Kenward, Robin Thompson

402
Structural Inference in Transition Measurement Error Models for Longitudinal Data
Wenqin Pan, Xihong Lin, Donglin Zeng

413
Hierarchical Bayesian Methods for Estimation of Parameters in a Longitudinal HIV Dynamic System
Yangxin Huang, Dacheng Liu, Hulin Wu

424
Pairwise Fitting of Mixed Models for the Joint Modeling of Multivariate Longitudinal Profiles
Steffen Fieuws, Geert Verbeke

432
Joint Models for Multivariate Longitudinal and Multivariate Survival Data
Yueh-Yun Chi, Joseph G. Ibrahim

446
Bayesian Covariance Selection in Generalized Linear Mixed Models
Bo Cai, David B. Dunson

458
Regression Analysis of Doubly Censored Failure Time Data with Frailty
Yang-Jin Kim

465
Spatial Event Cluster Detection Using a Compound Poisson Distribution
Rhonda J. Rosychuk, Carolyn Huston, Narasimha G. N. Prasad

471
Orthonormal Transform to Decompose the Variance of a Life-History Trait across a Phylogenetic Tree
S. Ollier, P. Couteron, D. Chessel

478
Effect of Misreported Family History on Mendelian Mutation Prediction Models
Hormuzd A. Katki

488
Family-Specific Approaches to the Analysis of Case–Control Family Data
J. M. Neuhaus, A. J. Scott, C. J. Wild

495
Stochastic Search Gene Suggestion: A Bayesian Hierarchical Model for Gene Mapping
Michael D. Swartz, Marek Kimmel, Peter Mueller, Christopher I. Amos

504
Identifying Genes Associated with a Quantitative Trait or Quantitative Trait Locus via Selective Transcriptional Profiling
Dong Wang, Dan Nettleton

515
A Bayesian Mixture Model for Partitioning Gene Expression Data
Chuan Zhou, Jon Wakefield

526
The Clustering of Regression Models Method with Applications in Gene Expression Data
Li-Xuan Qin, Steven G. Self

534
Functional Hierarchical Models for Identifying Genes with Different Time-Course Expression Profiles
F. Hong, H. Li

545
Nonparametric Inference for Local Extrema with Application to Oligonucleotide Microarray Data in Yeast Genome
Peter X.-K. Song, Xin Gao, Rui Liu, Wen Le

555
Robust Semiparametric Microarray Normalization and Significance Analysis
Shuangge Ma, Michael R. Kosorok, Jian Huang, Hehuang Xie, Liliana Manzella, Marcelo Bento Soares

562
Response-Adaptive Randomization for Clinical Trials with Continuous Outcomes
Lanju Zhang, William F. Rosenberger

570
Estimating Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratios and Their Confidence Intervals with Differentially Censored Data
Hongkun Wang, Hongwei Zhao

576
Nonparametric Statistical Methods for Cost-Effectiveness Analyses
Phillip Dinh, Xiao-Hua Zhou

589
Multiscale Processing of Mass Spectrometry Data
T. W. Randolph, Y. Yasui

CONSULTANT'S FORUM

598
Hospital Volume versus Outcome: An Unusual Example of Bivariate Association
Rebecca A. Betensky, Caprice K. Christian, Michael L. Gustafson, Jennifer Daley, Michael J. Zinner

605
A Novel Design for Estimating Relative Accuracy of Screening Tests When Complete Disease Verification Is Not Feasible
Todd A. Alonzo, John M. Kittelson

613
Empirical Likelihood Inference for the Area under the ROC Curve
Gengsheng Qin, Xiao-Hua Zhou

CORRESPONDENCE

623
The authors replied as follows:
Zhen Chen, David B. Dunson

623
Letter to the Editor of Biometrics
Robert Gray

BOOK REVIEWS

625
Interactive Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences Edited by P. Williams
Thomas Augustin, Carolin Strobl

626
Publication Bias in Meta-Analyses: Prevention, Assessment and Adjustments
Thomas Behrens

626
An Introduction to Bioinformatics Algorithms
Karin Bammann

627
Handbook of Epidemiology
Aaron Blair

628
Nonparametric and Semiparametric Models
Chris A. J. Klaassen

628
Models for Discrete Longitudinal Data
Andreas Karlsson

629
Nonlinear Time Series—Nonparametric and Parametric Methods
Jens-Peter Kreiss

630
Measurement Theory and Practice: The World through Qualification

631
Survival Analysis: Techniques for Censored and Truncated Data
Ingo Langner

632
Introduction to Rare Event Simulation
Peter J. Smith

632
Data Analysis Tools for DNA Microarrays
Achim Reineke

633
Resampling Methods for Dependent Data
Joerg Trommer

634
BRIEF REPORTS BY THE EDITOR
T. M. Loughin

634
Statistical Analysis of Medical Data Using SAS

ABSTRACT TRANSLATIONS

636
REGULAR ARTICLES

643
CONSULTANT'S FORUM

     BIOMETRICS3
Volume 62, Number 3, September, 2006

684
Semiparametric Estimation of Animal Abundance Using Capture–Recapture Data from Open Populations
Richard Huggins

691
Semiparametric Regression in Capture–Recapture Modeling
O. Gimenez, C. Crainiceanu, C. Barbraud, S. Jenouvrier, B. J. T. Morgan

699
The Jolly–Seber Model with Tag Loss
Laura Cowen, Carl J. Schwarz

706
Bayesian Estimation of Species Richness from Quadrat Sampling Data in the Presence of Prior Information
Jérôme A. Dupuis, Jean Joachim

713
Local Influence Diagnostics for Quasi-Likelihood and Lognormal Estimates of a Biological Reference Point from Some Fish Stock and Recruitment Models
N. G. Cadigan

721
A Statistical Test of the Hypothesis that Polyclonal Intestinal Tumors Arise by Random Collision of Initiated Clones
Michael A. Newton, Linda Clipson, Andrew T. Thliveris, Richard B. Halberg

728
Improving Estimates of Genetic Maps: A Maximum Likelihood Approach
William C. L. Stewart, Elizabeth A. Thompson

735
Parametric and Nonparametric FDR Estimation Revisited
Baolin Wu, Zhong Guan, Hongyu Zhao

745
Using Bivariate Models to Understand between- and within-Cluster Regression Coefficients, with Application to Twin Data
Lyle C. Gurrin, John B. Carlin, Jonathan A. C. Sterne, Gillian S. Dite, John L. Hopper

752
A General Approach for Two-Stage Analysis of Multilevel Clustered Non-Gaussian Data
Inna Chervoneva, Boris Iglewicz, Terry Hyslop

760
The Performance of Random Coefficient Regression in Accounting for Residual Confounding
Paul Gustafson, Sander Greenland

769
Case-Only Analysis of Treatment–Covariate Interactions in Clinical Trials
E. Vittinghoff, D. C. Bauer

777
Bayesian Dose-Finding in Phase I/II Clinical Trials Using Toxicity and Efficacy Odds Ratios
Guosheng Yin, Yisheng Li, Yuan Ji

785
Using Journal Impact Factors to Correct for the Publication Bias of Medical Studies
Rose Baker, Dan Jackson

793
Polynomial Spline Estimation and Inference of Proportional Hazards Regression Models with Flexible Relative Risk Form
Jianhua Z. Huang, Linxu Liu

803
Smoothing Spline-Based Score Tests for Proportional Hazards Models
Jiang Lin, Daowen Zhang, Marie Davidian

813
Regularized Estimation in the Accelerated Failure Time Model with High-Dimensional Covariates
Jian Huang, Shuangge Ma, Huiliang Xie

821
Analysis of a Partially Observed Binary Covariate Process and a Censored Failure Time in the Presence of Truncation and Competing Risks
Lu Tian, Stephen Lagakos

829
Nonparametric Estimation of Stage Occupation Probabilities in a Multistage Model with Current Status Data
Somnath Datta, Rajeshwari Sundaram

838
Estimating the Distribution of a Renewal Process from Times at which Events from an Independent Process Are Detected
Ruiguang Song, John M. Karon, Edward White, Gary Goldbaum

847
Estimating Average Annual Percent Change for Disease Rates without Assuming Constant Change
Michael P. Fay, Ram C. Tiwari, Eric J. Feuer, Zhaohui Zou

855
Spatial Association between Speciated Fine Particles and Mortality
Montserrat Fuentes, Hae-Ryoung Song, Sujit K. Ghosh, David M. Holland, Jerry M. Davis

864
Coregionalized Single- and Multiresolution Spatially Varying Growth Curve Modeling with Application to Weed Growth
Sudipto Banerjee, Gregg A. Johnson

877
A Multivariate Two-Sample Mean Test for Small Sample Size and Missing Data
Yujun Wu, Marc G. Genton, Leonard A. Stefanski

CONSULTANT'S FORUM

886
Optimal Experimental Design for a Nonlinear Response in Environmental Toxicology
Stephen E. Wright, A. John Bailer

893
A Comparison of Eight Methods for the Dual-Endpoint Evaluation of Efficacy in a Proof-of-Concept HIV Vaccine Trial
Devan V. Mehrotra, Xiaoming Li, Peter B. Gilbert

901
Estimation of the Causal Effects on Survival of Two-Stage Nonrandomized Treatment Sequences for Recurrent Diseases
Xuelin Huang, Janice N. Cormier, Peter W. T. Pisters

910
A Sequential Stratification Method for Estimating the Effect of a Time-Dependent Experimental Treatment in Observational Studies
Douglas E. Schaubel, Robert A. Wolfe, Friedrich K. Port

918
Estimation of the Mean from Sums with Unknown Numbers of Summands
Ipe Ninan, Ottavio Arancio, Daniel Rabinowitz

921
Multivariate Extensions of McNemar's Test
Bernhard Klingenberg, Alan Agresti

READER REACTION

929
Approaches for Calculating Power for Case–Cohort Studies
Mimi Y. Kim, Xiaonan Xue, Yunling Du

933
The authors replied as follows:
Jianwen Cai, Donglin Zeng

934
On Identifiability in Capture–Recapture Models
Hajo Holzmann, Axel Munk, Walter Zucchini

936
The author replied as follows:
William A. Link

BOOK REVIEWS

940
Advanced Distance Sampling: Estimating Abundance of Biological Populations Edited by S. T. Buckland, D. R. Anderson, K. P. Burnham, J. L. Laake, D. L. Borchers, and L. Thomas
Russell Alpizar-Jara

941
Flowgraph Models for Multistate Time-to-Event Data
Per Kragh Andersen

942
Spatial Analysis: A Guide for Ecologists
Trevor Bailey

943
Statistical Models: Theory and Practice
Karin Bammann

943
Handbook of Statistics 21: Stochastic Processes: Modelling and Simulation
Ludwig Fahrmeir

944
Statistical Methods in Molecular Evolution
Dan Graur, Dror Berel

944
Modeling Longitudinal Data
Ralitza Gueorguieva

945
Bioequivalence and Statistics in Clinical Pharmacology
Dieter Hauschke

946
The Nature of Scientific Evidence: Statistical, Philosophical and Empirical Considerations
Andreas Karlsson

947
Cognition and Chance—The Psychology of Probabilistic Reasoning
Uwe Mortensen

948
Applied Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference from Incomplete-Data Perspectives
Susanne Rässler

948
The Evaluation of Surrogate Endpoints
Hans C. van Houwelingen

949
Advanced Log-Linear Models Using SAS
Walter Schill

950
Nonparametric Monte-Carlo Tests and Their Applications
Dongsheng Tu

BIOMETRICS4
Volume 62, Number 4, December, 2006

Generalized Additive Modeling with Implicit Variable Selection by Likelihood-Based Boosting
Gerhard Tutz, Harald Binder
961–971

Variable Selection for Logistic Regression Using a Prediction-Focused Information Criterion
Gerda Claeskens, Christophe Croux, Johan Van Kerckhoven
972–979

A Goodness-of-Fit Test for Multinomial Logistic Regression
Jelle J. Goeman, Saskia le Cessie
980–985

A Generalized Response Surface Model with Varying Relative Potency for Assessing Drug Interaction
Maiying Kong, J. Jack Lee
986–995

Semiparametric Analysis of Zero-Inflated Count Data
K. F. Lam, Hongqi Xue, Yin Bun Cheung
996–1003

Semiparametric Analysis of Two-Level Bivariate Binary Data
Malay Naskar, Kalyan Das
1004–1013

A Nonlinear Model with Latent Process for Cognitive Evolution Using Multivariate Longitudinal Data
Cécile Proust, Hélène Jacqmin-Gadda, Jeremy M. G. Taylor, Julien Ganiayre, Daniel Commenges
1014–1024

Low-Rank Scale-Invariant Tensor Product Smooths for Generalized Additive Mixed Models
Simon N. Wood
1025–1036

Joint Modeling of Survival and Longitudinal Data: Likelihood Approach Revisited
Fushing Hsieh, Yi-Kuan Tseng, Jane-Ling Wang
1037–1043

Bayesian Semiparametric Dynamic Frailty Models for Multiple Event Time Data
Michael L. Pennell, David B. Dunson
1044–1052

Interval Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci for Time-to-Event Data with the Proportional Hazards Mixture Cure Model
Mengling Liu, Wenbin Lu, Yongzhao Shao
1053–1061

Feature-Specific Penalized Latent Class Analysis for Genomic Data
E. Andrés Houseman, Brent A. Coull, Rebecca A. Betensky
1062–1070

Quantifying Genomic Imprinting in the Presence of Linkage
Quentin Vincent, Alexandre Alcaïs, Andrea Alter, Erwin Schurr, Laurent Abel
1071–1080

A Method for Estimating Penetrance from Families Sampled for Linkage Analysis
Yuanjia Wang, Ruth Ottman, Daniel Rabinowitz
1081–1088

A Unified Approach for Simultaneous Gene Clustering and Differential Expression Identification
Ming Yuan, Christina Kendziorski
1089–1098

Shrunken p-Values for Assessing Differential Expression with Applications to Genomic Data Analysis
Debashis Ghosh
1099–1106

Fragment Length Distributions and Collision Probabilities for AFLP Markers
Gerrit Gort, Wim J. M. Koopman, Alfred Stein
1107–1115

Susceptibility of Biallelic Haplotype and Genotype Frequencies to Genotyping Error
Valentina Moskvina, Karl Michael Schmidt
1116–1123

Statistical Analysis for Haplotype-Based Matched Case–Control Studies
H. Zhang, G. Zheng, Z. Li
1124–1131

Optimization of Two-Stage Genetic Designs Where Data Are Combined Using an Accurate and Efficient Approximation for Pearson's Statistic
József Bukszár, Edwin J. C. G. van den Oord
1132–1137

Case-Cohort Designs and Analysis for Clustered Failure Time Data
Shou-En Lu, Joanna H. Shih
1138–1148

A Semiparametric Empirical Likelihood Method for Biased Sampling Schemes with Auxiliary Covariates
Xiaofei Wang, Haibo Zhou
1149–1160

Augmented Designs to Assess Immune Response in Vaccine Trials
Dean Follmann
1161–1169

Statistical Inference in a Stochastic Epidemic SEIR Model with Control Intervention: Ebola as a Case Study
Phenyo E. Lekone, Bärbel F. Finkenstädt
1170–1177

Measurement Error in a Random Walk Model with Applications to Population Dynamics
John Staudenmayer, John P. Buonaccorsi
1178–1189

Multistage Evaluation of Measurement Error in a Reliability Study
Aiyi Liu, Enrique F. Schisterman, Chengqing Wu
1190–1196

Effects of Residual Smoothing on the Posterior of the Fixed Effects in Disease-Mapping Models
Brian J. Reich, James S. Hodges, Vesna Zadnik
1197–1206

Equivalence of Truncated Count Mixture Distributions and Mixtures of Truncated Count Distributions
Dankmar Böhning, Ronny Kuhnert
1207–1215

New Approximations to the Malthusian Parameter
M. S. Ridout, D. J. Cole, B. J. T. Morgan, L. J. Byrne, M. F. Tuite
1216–1223

Adaptive Web Sampling
Steven K. Thompson
1224–1234

Motor Unit Number Estimation—A Bayesian Approach
P. Gareth Ridall, Anthony N. Pettitt, Robert D. Henderson, Pamela A. McCombe
1235–1250

Extension of the Rank Sum Test for Clustered Data: Two-Group Comparisons with Group Membership Defined at the Subunit Level
Bernard Rosner, Robert J. Glynn, Mei-Ling T. Lee
1251–1259

CONSULTANT'S FORUM

A Simple Local Sensitivity Analysis Tool for Nonignorable Coarsening: Application to Dependent Censoring
Jiameng Zhang, Daniel F. Heitjan
1260–1268

BOOK REVIEWS

Branching Processes: Variation, Growth and Extinction of Populations Edited by P. Haccou, P. Jagers, and V. A. Vatutin
Søren Asmussen
1269–1270

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Solutions Using R and Bioconductor Edited by Gentleman, R., Carey, V., Huber, W., Irizarry, R., and Dudoit, S.
R. W. Doerge
1270–1271

Regression Methods in Biostatistics: Linear, Logistic, Survival, and Repeated Measures Models Edited by Vittinghoff, E., Glidden, D. V., Shiboski, S. C., and Mcculloch, C. E.
Michael Elliott
1271–1272

Statistics Explained: An Introductory Guide for Life Scientists Edited by Killup S.
Ken Gerow
1272–1272

Stereology for Statisticians Edited by Baddeley, A. and Vedel Jensen, E. B.
Graham Horgan
1272–1273

SAS® for Mixed Models, 2nd edition Edited by Littell, R. C., Milliken, G. A., Stroup, W. W., Wolfinger, R. D., and Schabenberger, O.
Thomas M. Loughin
1273–1274

Data Monitoring in Clinical Trials. A Case Studies Approach Edited by Demets, D. L., Furberg, C. D., and Friedman, L. M.
Iris Pigeot
1274–1275

Design of Experiments for Agriculture and the Natural Sciences, 2nd edition Edited by Hoshmand A. R.
Jeffrey S. Pontius
1275–1275

Statistical Demography and Forecasting Edited by Alho, J. M. and Spencer, B. D.
M. Ruiz Espejo, F. J. Montero
1275–1276

Handbook of Capture–Recapture Analysis Edited by Amstrup, S. C., Mcdonald, T. L., and Manly, B. F. J.
Brett K. Sandercock
1276–1277

Handbook of Statistics in Clinical Oncology, 2nd edition Edited by Crowley, J. and Ankerst, D. P.
Daniel Sargent, Sumithra Mandrekar, Ann Oberg
1277–1278

Extending the Linear Model with R: Generalized Linear, Mixed Effects and Nonparametric Regression Models Edited by Faraway J. J.
Haiyan Wang
1278–1278

Screening: Methods for Experimentation in Industry, Drug Discovery, and Genetics Edited by Dean, A. and Lewis, S.
1279–1279

 A Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using R Edited by Everitt, B. S. and Hothorn, T.
1279–1279

Handbook of Univariate and Multivariate Data Analyses and Interpretation with SPSS Edited by Ho R.
1279–1280

Cancer Bioinformatics: From Therapy Design to Treatment Edited by Nagl S.
1280–1280

ABSTRACT TRANSLATIONS

REGULAR ARTICLES
1282–1290

CONSULTANT'S FORUM
1290–1290