Qualification of Incompatibility of Conditional and Marginal Information
... 381
Barry C. Arnold, Enrique Castillo and José María Sarabia
Tests for Exponentiality Against Gamma Alternatives Using Normalized
Waiting Times ... 397
K. Muralidharan
On Exact Inference for Change in a Poisson Sequence ... 407
H. Boudjellaba, B. MacGibbon and P. Sawyer
Local Influence in Nonlinear Reproductive Dispersion Models ... 435
Nian-Sheng Tang, Bo-Cheng Wei and Xue-Ren Wang
On the Common Scale Parameter of Several Pareto Populations in Censored
Samples ... 451
Chun Jin and Abdulaziz Elfessi
A Graphical Technique for Detecting Influential Cases in Regression
Analysis ... 463
Baibing Li, Elaine B. Martin and A. Julian Morris
Bayesian Analysis of Gumbel Distributed Data ... 485
Richard A. Chechile
Estimation of the Offspring Distribution and the Mean Vector for a Bisexual
Galton-Watson Process ... 497
M. González, M. Molina and M. Mota
Estimating Parameters in Autoregressive Models in Non-Normal Situations:
Asymmetric Innovations ... 517
Aysen Akkaya and Moti L. Tiku
Induced Cores and Their Use in Robust Parametric Estimation ... 537
Zdenek Fabián
A Nonparametric Test of Changing Conditional Variances in Autoregressive
Time Series ... 557
Min Chen and Gemai Chen
Testing Model Specification in Seemingly Unrelated Regression Models
...579
Neil H. Timm and Ali A. Al-Subaihi
Equivalence Between Score and Weighted Tests for Survival Curves ...
591
E. Letón and P. Zuluaga
The Asymptotic Joint Distribution of the Yule-Walker Estimators of a
Casual Multidimensional AR Process ... 609
Byoung Seon Choi
The Analysis of Discrete Choice Experiments with Correlated Error Structure
... 615
George Montopoli and Donald A. Anderson
Assessing Familial Aggregation with an Ordinal Response ... 627
Amita K. Manatunga and John M. Williamson
Estimation Procedures for Categorical Survey Data with Nonignorable
Nonresponse ... 643
Anthony Y. C. Kuk, T. K. Mak and W. K. Li
Calculating the Optimal Sample Size for Binomial Populations ... 665
Athanassios Katsis
Selection of Sample Size for Discrete Feedback Dead-Band Control Schemes
... 679
Alberto Luceño
On the Prediction of Future Failures for a Repairable Equipment Subject
to Overhauls ... 691
Gianpaolo Pulcini
Smooth Quantile Processes from Right Censored Data and Construction
of Simulataneous Confidence Bands ... 707
Yanqing Sun, Shan Sun and Yuanan Diao
On Bayesian Predictive Moments of Next Record Value Using Three-Parameter
Gamma Priors ... 729
Ping-Hung Hsieh
Recurrence Relations for Single and Product Moments of Generalized Order
Statistics from Pareto, Generalized Pareto and Burr Distributions ... 739
Piotr Pawlas and Dominik Szynal
Exact Inference in Four-Parameter Generalized Gamma Distributions ...
747
Efthymios G. Tsionas
Test of Fit for the Inverse Gaussian and Gamma Distributions Under Censoring
... 757
K. Anaya and F. O'Reilly
Approximation to Optimal Stopping Rules for Gamma Random Variables with
Unknown Location and Scale Parameters ... 775
Juei-Chao Chen and Shen-Ming Lee
Erratum ... 785
Jeffrey T. Terpstra
Power Function for Inverse Gaussian Regression Models ... 787
Mammo Woldie, J. Leroy Folks and John P. Chandler
Regression Diagnostic Using Local Influence: A Review ... 799
M. Mercedes Suárez Rancel and Miguel A. Ganzález Sierra
Regression in the Bivariate Poisson Distribution ... 815
Subrahmaniam Kocherlakota and Kathleen Kocherlakota
An Approach to Optimization in Response Surface Methodology ... 827
José A. Díaz-García and Rogelio Ramos-Quiroga
Effect of Missing an Influential Covariate ... 837
Manisha Sane and A. V. Kharshikar
Posterior Analysis of the Multiplicative Heteroscedasticity Model ...
855
Hisashi Tanizaki and Xingyuan Zhang
Multi-Level Factorial Designs with Minimum Numbers of Level Changes
... 875
M. H. Chen and P. C. Wang
Nested Designs with Multivariate Measurement: An Illustration of the
Structural Approach to Random Effects Multivariate Analysis of Variance
... 887
Heng Li
Optimal Designs for Binomial Sampling Under a Mixture Hypothesis ...
897
Göran Arnoldsson
Optimality of Nonparametric Tests for Association Between Survival Time
and Continuous Covariates ... 913
Karen Leffondré, Joseph Lellouch, Catherine Com-Nougué
and Thierry Moreau
On the Likelihood Ratio Test for a Single Model Against the Mixture
of Two Known Densities ... 931
Hironori Takeuchi
On Convergence Theorems for Quantiles ...943
Jose M. González-Barrios and Raúl Rueda
Exact and Approximated Relations Between Negative Hypergeometric and
Negative Binomial Probabilities ... 957
F. López-Blázquez and B. Salamanca-Miño
Quality Improvement from Disassembly-Reassembly Experiments ... 969
Yisrael Parmet and David M. Steinberg
Letter to the Editor ... 987
Samuel Kotz and Saralees Nadarajah
Response to the Letter to the Editor ... 989
E. Gómez, M. A. Gómez-Villegas and J. M. Marín
Nonnormal Regression: Part I, Skew Distributions ... 993
M. Qamarul Islam, Moti L. Tiku and F. Yildirim
Non-Normal Regression: Part II Symmetric Distributions ... 1021
Moti L. Tiku, M. Qamarul Islam and A. Sevtap Selcuk
Long-Range Dependent Common Factor Models: A Bayesian Approach ... 1047
Nan-Jung Hsu, Bonnie K. Ray and F. Jay Breidt
Multi-Frequential Periodogram Analysis and the Detection of Periodic
Components in Time Series ... 1063
Pierre Dutilleul
The Symmetric Footrule ... 1099
Ibrahim A. Salama, Dana Quade and Ezz H. Abdelfatteh
Explicit Bayesian Solution for Incomplete Pre-Post Test Problems Using
Inverse Bayes Formulae ... 1111
Ming Tan, Guo-Liang Tian and Xiaping Xiong
Csiszar Divergence from Constant Failure Rate Model for Grouped Data
... 1131
Bhaskar Bhattacharya
Bayesian Classification of ARMA Sources with Unknown Order ... 1143
Samir M. Shaarawy, Ahmed L. Daif and Alyaa R. Zahran
Bounds on Bivariate Distribution Functions with Given Margins and Measures
of Association ... 1155
Roger B. Nelson, José Juan Quesada-Molina, José Antonio
Rodríguez-Lallena and Manuel Úbeda-Flores
A Central Limit Theorem for Testing Exponentiality ...1163
L. C. Zhao and H. Zhang
The Examination and Analysis of Residuals for Some Biased Estimators
in Linear Regression ... 1171
Fikri Akdeniz
On System Reliability Under Stress-Strength Modeling ... 1185
Anup Dewanji and Tummala S. Rao
Regression Diagnostics for the Least Absolute Deviations and the Minimax
Methods ... 1197
Enrique Castillo, Ali S. Hadi and Beatriz Lacruz
A Simple Variable Selection Technique for Nonlinear Models ... 1227
Gianluigi Rech, Timo Teräsvirta and Rolf Tschernig
Kernel Estimation of Residual Entropy ... 1243
F. Belzunce, A. Guillamon, J. Navarro and J.M. Ruiz
A Note on Asymptotic Efficiency of a Regression Coefficient Parameter
Under Ordinal Logistic Regression Model ... 1257
Jong-Hyeon Jeong
Local Polynomial Regression Estimation with Correlated Errors ... 1271
M. Francisco-Fernandez and J. M. Vilar-Fernandez
Improved Score Tests for Von Mises Regression Models ... 1295
Lucia P. Barroso, Gauss M. Cordeiro, and Klaus L. P. Vasconcellos
Skewness for Parameters in Generalized Linear Models ... 1317
Herbetes de H. Cordeiro and Gauss M. Cordeiro
Analysis of Variance in Experimental Design with Nonnormal Error Distributions
... 1335
Birdal Senoglu and M. L. Tiku
Bartlett Corrected Likelihood Ratio Tests in Location-Scale Nonlinear
Models ... 1353
Gauss M. Cordeiro and Lourdes Coral C. Montenegro
A Conditional Cook's Distance to Assess Influence in Autoregressive
Models ...1373
Hua Lin and Andy H. Lee
Bayes Discrete Sequential Boundaries for Clinical Trials ... 1381
Chin-Fu Hsiao and Murray K. Clayton
On Bayes Prediction of Future Median ... 1395
Essam K. AL-Hussaini
Orthogonally Decomposing the Interaction Sum of Squares in Two Factor
Experiments When Both Factors are Quantitative: Unbalanced Data and Unequal
Spacing ... 1411
Charles J. Monlezun
A New Test of Uniformity Based on Overlapping Sample Spacings ... 1435
Neeraj Misra and Edward C. van der Meulen
Two-Stage Approximation of Expected Reward for Gamma Random Variables
... 1471
Jeng-Fu Liu
Permutation Tests and Other Test Statistics for Ill-Behaved Data Experience
of the Ninds t-PA Stroke Trial ... 1481
Mei Lu, Gary Chase and Shuhui Li
Title / Author(s)
Asymptotic Efficiency of Analysis of Rao's Quadratic Entropy ... 1497
Z. Liu
On the Null Distributions of the Entropy Tests for the Gaussian and
Inverse Gaussian Models ...1507
G. S. Mudholkar and L. Tian
Rao's Score Tests in Survival Analysis: Examples and Bartlett Type Adjustments
... 1521
D. Tu
On Some Optimality Properties of Fisher-Rao Score Function in Testing
and Estimation ... 1533
A. K. Bera and Y. Bilias
On Asymptotic Properties of a Two Dimensional Frequency Estimator ...
1561
D. Kundu and S. Nandi
A Note on Estimating the Number of Superimposed Exponential Signals
by the Cross-Validation Approach ... 1579
Y. Wu, K. W. Tam, M. M. Zen, and F. Li
Minimum Norm Estimation of Variance Components for Life Insurance Data
... 1591
J. Kleffe and R. Norberg
Nonnegative Estimators for the One-Way Random Effects Model ... 1605
P. S. R. S. Rao
A Problem in Ascertainment ...1615
K. J. Keen and R. C. Elston
A Characteristic Measure of Asymmetry and Its Application for Testing
DiagonaI Symmetry ... 1633
G. J. Szekely and T. F. Mori
Ranked Set Sampling from Location-Scale Families of Symmetric Distributions
... 1641
R. C. Tiwari and P. H. Kvam
The Sequential Bootstrap: A Comparison with Regular Bootstrap ... 1661
0. J. Shoemaker and P. K. Pathak
New Large Sample and Bootstrap Methods on Shape Spaces in High Level
Analysis of Natural Images ... 1675
V. Patrangenaru
Size and Shape as Linear Combinations of Untransformed Measurements
... 1695
R. de Bruin, W. Schaafsma, A. G. M. Steerneman, and G. N. van Vark
Risk Preferences Under Price Uncertainties and Production Risk ... 1715
S. C. Kumbhakar
Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Parameters of the Truncated Cauchy
Distribution ... 1737
R. C. Dahiya, P. G. Staneski, and N. Rao Chaganty
Multiple Comparisons of Log-Likelihoods and Combining Nonnested Models
with Applications to Phylogenetic Tree Selection ... 1751
H. Shimodaira
Sample Size Determination for Multiple Comparisons with Components of
a Linear Function of Mean Vectors ... 1773
M. Aoshima
Robust Tests for the Significance of Orthant Restricted Mean Vector
... 1789
G. S. Mudholkar, J. Kost, and P. Subbaiah
Estimation of Familial Correlations Under Autoregressive Circular Covariance
...1811
A. M. Hartley and D. N. Naik
Conditioning vs. Standardization for Contrasts on Errors Attracted to
Stable Laws ... 1829
R. LePage and M. Ryznar
On Some Properties of the Quantiles of the Chi-Square Distribution and
Their Applications to Interval Estimation ... 1851
C. W. Brain and J. Mi
Bias Reduction and Elimination with Kernel Estimators ... 1869
S. R. Sain
Differential Geometry of ARFIMA Processes ... 1889
N. Ravishanker
Determination of Change Points of Non-monotonic Failure Rates ... 1903
R. C. Gupta and R. Warren
Progressive Interval Censoring: Some Mathematical Results with Applications
to Inference ... 1921
R. Aggarwala
The Control Chart for Individual Observations from a Multi-variate Non-normal
Distribution ... 1937
Y.-M. Chou, R. L. Mason, and J. C. Young
Variation Reduction and Robust Designs ... 1951
B. Abraham and M. Brajac
Beads, Bags, Bayes, and the Fundamental Problem of Sampling Theory ...
1963
B. C. Arnold
An Alternative Parametric Approach for Discrete Missing Data Problems
... 1969
R. H. Lyles, D. J. Taylor, J. J. Hanfel,. and L. L. Kupper
An Examination of Estimated Residuals in a Regression with an Infinite
Order Parametric Model ... 1989
Y. Usami and Y. Toyooka
Evaluation of Power of Tests Involving Covariates Under Nonconstant
Variance ... 2005
J. M. Jackson and J. E. Hewett
Random Permutation Testing in Multiple Linear Regression ... 2023
M.-H. Huh and M. Jhun
Asymptotic Stability of the OSCV Smoothing Parameter Selection ... 2033
S. Yi
Segmented Dose-Response Models for Repeated Measures Data ... 2045
T. Park
Comparative Calibration with Subgroups ... 2057
K. H. Garcia-Alfaro and H. Bolfarine
Efficiency of Linear Regression Estimators Based on Presmoothing ...
2079
P. Janssen, J. Swanepoel, and N. Veraverbeke
On UMP Invariant F-Test Procedures in a General Linear Model
... 2099
K. Noda and H. Ono
A Nonparametric Test of Symmetry Versus Asymmetry for Ranked-Set Samples
... 2117
O. Ozturk
Testing New Better Than Renewal Used Life Distributions Based on U-Test
... 2135
M. I. Hendi and A. M. Ahouammoh
Optimal Designs for 2^k Paired Comparison Experiments ... 2149
D. J. Street, D. S. Bunch, and B. J. Moore
Importance Bootstrap Resampling for Proportional Hazards Regression
... 2173
K.-A. Do, X. Wang, and B. M. Broom
Comparison of Costs for Multi-stage Group Testing Methods in the Pharmaceutical
Industry ... 2189
C. M. Jones and A. A. Zhigljavsky
The Asymptotic Equivalence of the Fisher Information Matrices for Type
I and Type II Censored Data from Location-Scale Families ... 2211
L. A. Escobar and W. Q. Meeker
Corrigendum: Time Series Models with Asymmetric Innovations ... 2227
A. D. Akkaya and M. L Tiku
Letters to the Editor ... 2231
Title / Author(s)
Statistics: Reflections on the Past and Visions for the Future ... 2235
C. R. Rao
On Classification of a Bivariate Binary Observation ... 2259
S. C. Sutradhar and B. Sutradhar
Compositional Time Series Analysis of Mortality Proportions ... 2281
N. Ravishanker, D. K. Dey, and M. Iyengar
Exact Inference for Family Disease Clusters ... 2293
C. Yu and D. Zelterman
Recursive Estimation for Some Biostatistical Time Series ... 2307
A. Thavaneswaran, B. Abraham, and J. Singh
An Extension of the EM Algorithm for Optimization of Constrained Likelihood:
An Application in Toxicology ... 2317
M. Razzaghi and R. L. Kodell
Optimal Software Release Policy Based on Markovian Perfect Debugging
Model ... 2329
C. H. Lee, K. H. Nam, and D. H. Park
Generalized Likelihood Ratio Test for the Shoulder Condition in Line
Transect Sampling ... 2343
S. Zhang
Characterization of Double Exponential Distribution Using Moments of
Order Statistics ... 2355
Z. Govindarajulu
The q-Beta-Geometric Distribution as a Model for Fecundability ... 2373
A. W. Kemp
Product Moment Generating Function Technique and Its Applications to
Modified Power Series Distributions ... 2385
R. Shanmugam
Properties of the Minimum Point of an Unbalanced Two-Sided Random Walk
... 2393
K. Ding
Cluster Size Distribution of the Non-central Negative Binomial Distribution
... 2415
S. H. Ong and K. K. Toh
Reliability Studies of the Skew-Normal Distribution and Its Application
to a Strength-Stress Model ... 2427
R. C. Gupta and N. Brown
Some Results on Reversed Hazard Rate Ordering ... 2447
R. D. Gupta and A. K. Nanda
Accelerated Monte Carlo for Particle Dispersion ... 2459
M. Fitzgerald and R. Picard
Reliability Estimation via Length-Biased Transformation ... 2473
P. S. Sansgiry and O. Akman
Sample Size Determination for Multiple Many-One and Pairwise Comparisons
of Proportions Using the Arcsin Transformation ... 2481
R. Vollandt and M. Horn
Multi-stage Kernel-Hased Conditional Quantile Prediction in TimeSeries
... 2499
J. G. De Gooijer, A. Gannoun, and D. Zerom
A Multivariate Version of Stein's Identity with Applications to Moment
Calculations and Estimation of Conditionally Specified Distributions ...
2517
B. C. Arnold, E. Castillo, and J. M. Sarabia
On Estimation Following Selection from Nonregular Distributions ...
2543
N. Misra and E. C. van der Meulen
Applying the Savage-Dickey Density Ratio to Default Hayes Factors, with
an lllustration to Outlier Detection in Random Effects Models ... 2563
Y. Chung, D. K. Dey, and S. Lee
An Estimation Procedure for Error Variance Incorporating PTS for Random
Effects Model Under LINEX Loss Function ... 2583
R. Srivastava and V. Tanna
Functional Estimation by Asymptotic Regression ... 2601
J. Collins
A Two-Stage Estimation Procedure for Linear Mixed-Effects Models ...
2637
S.-S. Yang, Q. Yu, and M. A. AI-Zaid
Rao's Statistic for the Analysis of Uniform Association in Cross-Classifications
... 2655
M. L. Menendez, J. A. Pardo, and L. Pardo
Optimal Experimental Designs for Multilevel Models with Covariates ...
2683
M. Moerbeek, G. J. P. Van Breukelen, and M. P. F. Berger
Combining the Liu Estimator and the Principal Component Regression Estimator
... 2699
S. Kaciranlar and S. Sakalhoglu
Bayesian Smoothing with Occasional Jumps ... 2707
D. Barry
Letter to the Editor ... 2721
Listing of Referees for Volume 30 ... 2723
Author Index to Volume 30 ... 2727
Subject Index to Volume 30 ... 2733