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abstract::Cohort case-control design is an efficient and economical design to study risk factors for disease incidence or mortality in a large cohort. In the last few decades, a variety of cohort case-control designs have been developed and theoretically justified. These designs have been exclusively applied to the analysis of ...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2002.00764.x
更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Adaptive line transect sampling offers the potential of improved population density estimation efficiency over conventional line transect sampling when populations are spatially clustered. In adaptive sampling, survey effort is increased when areas of high animal density are located, thereby increasing the number of o...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2002.00862.x
更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::In this article, we propose approximate sample size formulas for establishing equivalence or noninferiority of two treatments in match-pairs design. Using the ratio of two proportions as the equivalence measure, we derive sample size formulas based on a score statistic for two types of analyses: hypothesis testing and...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2002.00957.x
更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Morrissey and Spiegelman (1999, Biometrics 55, 338 344) provided a comparative study of adjustment methods for exposure misclassification in case-control studies equipped with an internal validation sample. In addition to the maximum likelihood (ML) approach, they considered two intuitive procedures based on proposals...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2002.1034_1.x
更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::We describe an adaptive Bayesian design for a clinical trial of an experimental treatment for patients with hematologic malignancies who initially received an allogeneic bone marrow transplant but subsequently suffered a disease recurrence. Treatment consists of up to two courses of targeted immunotherapy followed by ...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2002.00560.x
更新日期:2002-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Tang, Gnecco, and Geller (1989, Biometrika 76, 577-583) proposed an approximate likelihood ratio (ALR) test of the null hypothesis that a normal mean vector equals a null vector against the alternative that all of its components are nonnegative with at least one strictly positive. This test is useful for comparing a t...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2002.00650.x
更新日期:2002-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Spatial weed count data are modeled and predicted using a generalized linear mixed model combined with a Bayesian approach and Markov chain Monte Carlo. Informative priors for a data set with sparse sampling are elicited using a previously collected data set with extensive sampling. Furthermore, we demonstrate that so...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2002.00280.x
更新日期:2002-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Using genetic recombination data to make inferences about chiasmata on the tetrad during meiosis is a classic problem dating back to Weinstein's paper in 1936 (Genetics 21, 155-199). In the last few years, Weinstein's methods have been revived and applied to new problems, but a number of important statistical issues r...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2002.00369.x
更新日期:2002-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::This article demonstrates semiparametric maximum likelihood estimation of a nonlinear growth model for fish lengths using imprecisely measured ages. Data on the species corvina reina, found in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica, consist of lengths and imprecise ages for 168 fish and precise ages for a subset of 16 fish. T...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2002.00448.x
更新日期:2002-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::This paper establishes a framework for understanding the complex relationships between HIV-1 genotypic markers of resistance to antiretroviral drugs and clinical measures of disease progression. A new classification scheme based on the probabilities of how new patients will respond to antiretroviral therapy given the ...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2002.00145.x
更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Increasingly, genetic studies of tumors of the same histologic diagnosis are elucidating subtypes that are distinct with respect to clinical endpoints such as response to treatment and survival. This raises concerns about the efficiency of using the simple log-rank test for analysis of treatment effect on survival in ...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2002.00232.x
更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Multivariate current status data, consist of indicators of whether each of several events occur by the time of a single examination. Our interest focuses on inferences about the joint distribution of the event times. Conventional methods for analysis of multiple event-time data cannot be used because all of the event ...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2002.00079.x
更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Conditional likelihood based on counting processes are combined with a Horvitz-Thompson estimator to yield a population size estimator that is more efficient than the existing ones. Random removals are allowed in the recapturing process. Simulation studies are shown to assess the performance of the proposed estimators...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2002.00192.x
更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::We present a class of simple designs that can be used in early dose-finding studies in HIV. Such designs, in contrast with Phase I designs in cancer, have a lot of the Phase II flavor about them. Information on efficacy is obtained during the trial and is as important as that relating to toxicity. The designs proposed...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2001.01018.x
更新日期:2001-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Case-control studies offer a rapid and efficient way to evaluate hypotheses. On the other hand, proper selection of the controls is challenging, and the potential for selection bias is a major weakness. Valid inferences about parameters of interest cannot be drawn if selection bias exists. Furthermore, the selection b...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2001.01106.x
更新日期:2001-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::We propose a method to estimate the regression coefficients in a competing risks model where the cause-specific hazard for the cause of interest is related to covariates through a proportional hazards relationship and when cause of failure is missing for some individuals. We use multiple imputation procedures to imput...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2001.01191.x
更新日期:2001-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Markov chain models are frequently used for studying event histories that include transitions between several states. An empirical transition matrix for nonhomogeneous Markov chains has previously been developed, including a detailed statistical theory based on counting processes and martingales. In this article, we s...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2001.00993.x
更新日期:2001-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Certain probability models sometimes provide poor descriptions when fitted to data by maximum likelihood. We examine one such model for the survival of wild animals, which is fitted to two sets of data. When the model behaves poorly, its expected information matrix, evaluated at the maximum likelihood estimate of para...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2001.00720.x
更新日期:2001-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Normality of random effects is a routine assumption for the linear mixed model, but it may be unrealistic, obscuring important features of among-individual variation. We relax this assumption by approximating the random effects density by the seminonparameteric (SNP) representation of Gallant and Nychka (1987, Econome...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2001.00795.x
更新日期:2001-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::A semiparametric estimate of an average regression effect with right-censored failure time data has recently been proposed under the Cox-type model where the regression effect beta(t) is allowed to vary with time. In this article, we derive a simple algebraic relationship between this average regression effect and a m...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2001.00875.x
更新日期:2001-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::A ranked set sampling procedure with unequal samples (RSSU) is proposed and used to estimate the population mean. This estimator is then compared with the estimators based on the ranked set sampling (RSS) and median ranked set sampling (MRSS) procedures. It is shown that the relative precisions of the estimator based ...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2001.00957.x
更新日期:2001-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::We propose methods for Bayesian inference for a new class of semiparametric survival models with a cure fraction. Specifically, we propose a semiparametric cure rate model with a smoothing parameter that controls the degree of parametricity in the right tail of the survival distribution. We show that such a parameter ...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2001.00383.x
更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::One common method for estimating total catch is to multiply an estimate for CPUE, the catch per unit effort, by an estimate of total effort obtained from an independent second survey. In general, estimating total effort requires that sample times are chosen at random over the full fishing period; however, in practice,...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2001.00461.x
更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The use of the uniformly most powerful among the unbiased (UMPU) test was recently suggested for the study of gametic association between two polymorphic loci as an alternative to the Fisher's exact test (Zapata and Alvarez, 1997, Annals of Human Genetics 61, 71-77). However, the proposed test is not UMPU for two-side...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2001.00535.x
更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Consider case control analysis with a dichotomous exposure variable that is subject to misclassification. If the classification probabilities are known, then methods are available to adjust odds-ratio estimates in light of the misclassification. We study the realistic scenario where reasonable guesses, but not exact v...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2001.00598.x
更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::This paper considers the impact of bias in the estimation of the association parameters for longitudinal binary responses when there are drop-outs. A number of different estimating equation approaches are considered for the case where drop-out cannot be assumed to be a completely random process. In particular, standar...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2001.00015.x
更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The variogram is a standard tool in the analysis of spatial data, and its shape provides useful information on the form of spatial correlation that may be present. However, it is also useful to be able to assess the evidence for the presence of any spatial correlation. A method of doing this, based on an assessment of...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2001.00211.x
更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Capture-recapture models are widely used to estimate demographic parameters of marked populations. Recently, this statistical theory has been extended to modeling dispersal of open populations. Multistate models can be used to estimate movement probabilities among subdivided populations if multiple sites are sampled. ...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2001.00273.x
更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Diggle and Kenward (1994, Applied Statistics 43, 49-93) proposed a selection model for continuous longitudinal data subject to nonrandom dropout. It has provoked a large debate about the role for such models. The original enthusiasm was followed by skepticism about the strong but untestable assumptions on which this t...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2001.00007.x
更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Given data from bilateral visual assessments on N subjects at k occasions, we consider inference for contralateral correlations (C) between fellow eyes and lateral correlations (L) among p different assessments of the same eye. Under permutation symmetric dependence structure between observations from fellow eyes and ...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2000.01188.x
更新日期:2000-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Multiple outcomes are often used to properly characterize an effect of interest. This paper proposes a latent variable model for the situation where repeated measures over time are obtained on each outcome. These outcomes are assumed to measure an underlying quantity of main interest from different perspectives. We re...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2000.01047.x
更新日期:2000-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Whether the aim is to diagnose individuals or estimate prevalence, many epidemiological studies have demonstrated the successful use of tests on pooled sera. These tests detect whether at least one sample in the pool is positive. Although originally designed to reduce diagnostic costs, testing pools also lowers false ...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2000.01126.x
更新日期:2000-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Dose-response models are intensively used in herbicide bioassays. Despite recent advancements in the development of new herbicides, statistical analyses are commonly based on asymptotic approximations that are sometimes poor. This paper presents the use of recent results in higher order asymptotics for likelihood-base...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2000.01204.x
更新日期:2000-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::In this article, we present an estimation approach for solving nonlinear constrained generalized estimating equations that can be implemented using object-oriented software for nonlinear programming, such as nlminb in Splus or fmincon and lsqnonlin in Matlab. We show how standard estimating equation theory includes th...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2000.01268.x
更新日期:2000-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::We briefly review the major contribution of biometrics to genetics over the last century (population genetic models, familial correlations, segregation analysis, and gene mapping) and current areas of active research and then speculate about what problems will be tackled in the next century. ...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 社论,历史文章,评审
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2000.00659.x
更新日期:2000-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::We consider hidden Markov models as a versatile class of models for weakly dependent random phenomena. The topic of the present paper is likelihood-ratio testing for hidden Markov models, and we show that, under appropriate conditions, the standard asymptotic theory of likelihood-ratio tests is valid. Such tests are c...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2000.00742.x
更新日期:2000-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::This paper considers methods for estimating the relationship between a binary response Y and the genetic effects responsible for a second binary trait Z. The responses Y are observed only for target individuals, and the responses Z are observed only for the relatives of these targets. The analysis consists of two part...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2000.00808.x
更新日期:2000-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Laska and Meisner (1989, Biometrics 45, 1139-1151) dealt with the problem of testing whether an identified treatment belonging to a set of k + 1 treatments is better than each of the other k treatments. They calculated sample size tables for k = 2 when using multiple t-tests or Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney tests, both under ...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2000.00879.x
更新日期:2000-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::This paper focuses on the methodology developed for analyzing a multivariate interval-censored data set from an AIDS observational study. A purpose of the study was to determine the natural history of the opportunistic infection cytomeglovirus (CMV) in an HIV-infected individual. For this observational study, laborato...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2000.00940.x
更新日期:2000-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::A Bayesian hierarchical generalized linear model is used to estimate hunting success rates at the subarea level for postseason harvest surveys. The model includes fixed week effects, random geographic effects, and spatial correlations between neighboring subareas. The computation is done by Gibbs sampling and adaptive...
journal_title:Biometrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.0006-341x.2000.00360.x
更新日期:2000-06-01 00:00:00