Technometrics back issues from February 2005:
A new statistic for influence in linear regression.
Feb 01, 2005; ... Since the seminal article by Cook, the usual way to measure the influence of an observation in a statistical model is to delete the observation from the sample and compute a convenient norm of the change in the parameters or in the vector of forecasts. In this article we define a new way ...
Multidimensional penalized signal regression.
Feb 01, 2005; ... We propose a general approach to regression on digitized multidimensional signals that can pose severe challenges to standard statistical methods. The main contribution of this work is to build a two-dimensional coefficient surface that allows for interaction across the indexing plane of ...
A Bayesian approach for predicting with polynomial regression of unknown degree.
Feb 01, 2005; ... This article compares three methods for computing the posterior probabilities of the possible orders in polynomial regression models. These posterior probabilities are used for forecasting using Bayesian model averaging. It is shown that Bayesian model averaging provides a closer ...
Modified semiparametric maximum likelihood estimator in linear regression analysis with complete data or right-censored data.
Feb 01, 2005; ... Consider a linear regression model where the response variable may be right-censored. The standard maximum likelihood estimator (MLE)-based parametric approach to estimation of regression coefficients requires that the parametric form of the error distribution be known. Given a dataset, we ...
Variable selection for 1D regression models.
Feb 01, 2005; ... Variable selection, the search for j relevant predictor variables from a group of p candidates, is a standard problem in regression analysis. The class of 1D regression models is a broad class that includes generalized linear models. We show that existing variable selection algorithms, ...
The analysis of unreplicated factorial experiments using all possible comparisons.
Feb 01, 2005; ... This article proposes a new procedure for analyzing small unreplicated factorial experiments. This procedure is based on using likelihood ratio tests to compare competing models. An easy method of implementing the procedure is presented and then demonstrated on a real set of data. Results ...
ROBPCA: a new approach to robust principal component analysis.
Feb 01, 2005; ... We introduce a new method for robust principal component analysis (PCA). Classical PCA is based on the empirical covariance matrix of the data and hence is highly sensitive to outlying observations. Two robust approaches have been developed to date. The first approach is based on the ...
Combining information across spatial scales.
Feb 01, 2005; ... Spatial and spatiotemporal processes in the physical, environmental, and biological sciences often exhibit complicated and diverse patterns across different space-time scales. Both scientific understanding and observational data vary in form and content across scales. We develop and ...
Planning, Construction, and Statistical Analysis of Comparative Experiments.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Planning, Construction, and Statistical Analysis of Comparative Experiments, by Francis G. GIESBRECHT and Marcia L. GUMPERTZ, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2004, ISBN 0-471-21395-0, xiv + 693 pp., $115.00. The authors present this book as a textbook, handbook, and reference book based on ...
The Optimal Design of Blocked and Split-Plot Experiments.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... The Optimal Design of Blocked and Split-Plot Experiments, by Peter GOOS, Secaucus, NJ: Springer-Verlag, 2002, ISBN 0-387-95515-1, xiii + 244 pp., $67.95. This book presents a high-level introduction to optimal design approaches and their applications to the design of blocked and ...
Multivariate Statistical Methods in Quality Management.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Multivariate Statistical Methods in Quality Management, by Kai YANG and Jayant TREWN, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004, ISBN 0-07-143208-6, xvi + 299 pp., $150.00. This book presents multivariate methods for use by quality professionals. The Preface states the authors' intention is ...
Multivariate Bayesian Statistics: Models for Source Separation and Signal Unmixing.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Multivariate Bayesian Statistics: Models for Source Separation and Signal Unmixing, by Daniel B. ROWE, Boca Raton, FL: Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2003, ISBN 1-58488-318-9, x + 329 pp., $89.95. This book is a thorough exposition of Bayesian modeling techniques. The motivating example ...
Measurement and Multivariate Analysis.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Measurement and Multivariate Analysis, edited by S. NISHISATO, Y. BABA, H. BOZDOGAN, and K. KANEFUJI, Tokyo: Springer-Verlag, 2002, ISBN 4-431-70338-1, xvi + 332 pp., $109.00. This book contains a collection of papers from an International Conference on Measurement and ...
Random Graphs for Statistical Pattern Recognition.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Random Graphs for Statistical Pattern Recognition, by David J. MARCHETTE, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2004, ISBN 0-471-22176-0, xiii + 237 pp., $79.95. The author rightly notes early in the Preface that there is much literature solely covering random graphs or statistical pattern ...
Statistical Curves and Parameters: Choosing an Appropriate Approach.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Statistical Curves and Parameters: Choosing an Appropriate Approach, by Michael E. TARTER, Natick, MA: A. K. Peters, 2000, ISBN 1-56881-105-5, xiii + 386 pp., $64.00. Although the topics it discusses are elementary, this is in no way an elementary statistics book. It can serve ...
Statistical Models.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Statistical Models, by A. C. DAVISON. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2003, ISBN 0-521-77339-3, x + 726 pp., $70.00. We know of no other one book like this one. Statistical Models has the flavor (or we should spell that "flavour") of Ross's Probability Models ...
Logit Models From Economics and Other Fields.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Logit Models From Economics and Other Fields, by J. S. CRAMER, Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2003, ISBN 0-521-81588-6, x + 173 pp., $55.00. Sometimes one must model a categorical variable in terms of independent variables. In the simplest case, this categorical ...
A First Course in Statistical Methods.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... A First Course in Statistical Methods, by R. Lyman OTT and Michael T. LONGNECKER, Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, 2004, ISBN 0-534-40806-0, xvii + 741 pp. + CD, $98.95. This new edition of A First Course in Statistical Methods is tailored to meet the needs of a one-term course in ...
Basic Statistics and Data Analysis.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Basic Statistics and Data Analysis, by Larry J. KITCHENS, Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole, 2003, ISBN 0-534-38465-X, xiii + 637 pp. + CD, $91.95. Professor Kitchens' book is fairly unique as far as introductory statistics texts go. Besides the usual spate of topics and methods, ...
Statistics for Research (3rd ed.).(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Statistics for Research (3rd ed.), by Shirley DOWDY, Stanley WEARDEN, and Daniel CHILKO, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2004, ISBN 0-471-26735-X, xvi + 627 pp., $94.95. Statistics for Research is written to accommodate a two-semester introductory statistical methods course for graduate ...
Diagnostic Checks in Time Series.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Diagnostic Checks in Time Series, by Wai Kung LI, Boca Raton, FL.: Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2004, ISBN 1-58488-337-5, xiii + 196 pp., $69.95. A researcher expecting to learn about diagnostic checks in time series will be sorely disappointed by this book on two counts, for it is much ...
Ranked Set Sampling: Theory and Applications.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Ranked Set Sampling: Theory and Applications, by Zehua CHEN, Zhidong BAI, and Bimal K. SINHA, New York: Springer-Verlag, 2004, ISBN 0-387-40263-2, xii + 224 pp., $59.95. This comprehensive and up-to-date monograph covers, systematically and in simple language, the theory and ...
Highly Structured Stochastic Systems.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Highly Structured Stochastic Systems, edited by Peter J. GREEN, Nils Lid HJORT, and Sylvia RICHARDSON, New York: Oxford University Press, 2003, ISBN 0-19-851055-1, xxii + 509 pp., $69.50. This book is a compilation of 10 years study regarding the development of highly structured ...
Bayesian Artificial Intelligence.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Bayesian Artificial Intelligence, by Kevin B. KORB and Ann E. NICHOLSON, Boca Raton, FL: Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2004, ISBN 1-58488-387-1, xxviii + 364 pp., $79.95. Bayesian networks (BNs) are located in the confluence of statistics and computer science. They are increasingly being ...
Applied Data Mining.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Applied Data Mining, by Paolo GIUDICI, West Sussex, U.K.: Wiley, 2003, ISBN 0-470-84678-X, xii + 364 pp., $99.95. Subtitled "Statistical Methods for Business and Industry," this book provides a broad description and applications of selected statistical and computational methods ...
Reliability and Statistics in Geotechnical Engineering.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Reliability and Statistics in Geotechnical Engineering, by Gregory B. BAECHER and John T. CHRISTIAN, West Sussex, U.K.: Wiley, 2003, ISBN 0-471-49833-5, xii + 605 pp., $160.00. Geotechnical engineering might be described as the design and construction of structures in or on the ...
Intelligent Data Analysis: An Introduction (2nd ed.).(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Intelligent Data Analysis: An Introduction (2nd ed.), edited by Michael BERTHOLD and David J. HAND, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-540-43060-1, xi + 514 pp., $64.95. This may be a first. Here is a second edition (2E) of a book that is a collection of chapters. All 10 ...
Mind on Statistics (2nd ed.).(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Mind on Statistics (2nd ed.), by Jessica M. UTTS and Robert F. HECKARD, Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole, 2004, ISBN 0-534-39306-3 (Instructor's Edition), ISBN 0-534-39305-5 (Student Edition), xxi + 646 pp. + CD, $98.95 (Student Edition). This title may seem appropriate for a ...
Introduction to Spectral Analysis.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Introduction to Spectral Analysis, by Petre STOICA and Randolph MOSES, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1997, ISBN 0-13-258419-0, xviii + 319 pp., $60.00. This is the second of two books that I requested when I discovered that no books on spectral analysis had been ...
Design for Six Sigma.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Design for Six Sigma, by C. M. CREVELING, J. L. SLUTSKY, and D. ANTIS, Jr., Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2003, ISBN 0-13-009223-1, xxviii + 768 pp., $89.00. Subtitled "In Technology and Product Development," this huge book is a comprehensive presentation on tools, best ...
Quality Assurance in Analytical Chemistry.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Quality Assurance in Analytical Chemistry, edited by B. W. WENCLAWIAK, M. KOCH, and E. HADJICOSTAS, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2004, ISBN 6-540-40578-X, xvi + 280 pp. + CD, $69.95. This is possibly the most unusual book that I have yet encountered as an editor. It consists ...
Nature-Inspired Methods in Chemometrics: Genetic Algorithms and Artificial Neural Networks.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Nature-Inspired Methods in Chemometrics: Genetic Algorithms and Artificial Neural Networks, edited by Riccardo LEARDI, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2003, ISBN 0-444-51350-7, xviii + 383 pp., $240.00. This book, part of Elsevier's "Data Handling in Science and Technology" series, ...
Quantitative Methods for Current Environmental Issues.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Quantitative Methods for Current Environmental Issues, edited by Clive W. ANDERSON, Vic BARNETT, Philip C. CHATWIN, and Abdel H. EL-SHAARAWI, London: Springer-Verlag, 2002, ISBN 1-85233-294-8, x + 270 pp., $154.00. This text results from a joint conference between two ...
Practical Statistics for Environmental and Biological Scientists.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Practical Statistics for Environmental and Biological Scientists, by John TOWNEND, Chichester, U.K.: Wiley, 2002, ISBN 0-471-49664-2, x + 276 pp., $125.00. "Practical statistics" for scientists does not necessarily imply simply basic statistics. In fact, this book carries the ...
Internet Companion for Statistics.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Internet Companion for Statistics, by Michael D. LARSEN, Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, 2004, ISBN 0-534-42356-6, viii + 102 pp., $19.95. I will admit to having realized very little value from the statistical content of the Internet. Sure, the websites for the publishers, software ...
Handbook of Statistics 23: Advances in Survival Analysis.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Handbook of Statistics 23: Advances in Survival Analysis, edited by N. BALAKRISHNAN and C. R. RAO, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2004, ISBN 0-444-50079-0, xxv + 795 pp., $175.00 ($145.00 ASA). Here is my annual report on the latest book in Elsevier's "Handbook of Statistics" series. The ...
Statistics for Epidemiology.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Statistics for Epidemiology, by Nicholas P. JEWELL, Boca Raton, FL: Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2004, ISBN 1-58488-433-9, xiv + 333 pp., $69.95. Multivariate Methods in Epidemiology, by Theodore R. HOLFORD, New York: Oxford University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-19-512440-5, xvii + 408 pp., ...
Statistical Estimation of Epidemiological Risk.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Statistical Estimation of Epidemiological Risk, by Kung-Jong LUI, Chichester, U.K.: Wiley, 2004, ISBN 0-470-85071-X, xvi + 193 pp., $95.00. This is yet another book in Wiley's "Statistics in Practice" series. These modest-sized volumes are intended to be practical and ...
Disease Mapping With WinBUGS and MLwiN.(Bayesian Approaches to Clinical Trials and Health Care Evaluation)(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Disease Mapping With WinBUGS and MLwiN, by Andrew B. LAWSON, William J. BROWNE, and Carmen L. VIDAL RODEIRO, West Sussex, U.K.: Wiley, 2003, ISBN 0-470-85604-1, xiii + 277 pp., $85.00. Bayesian Approaches to Clinical Trials and Health Care Evaluation, by David J. SPIEGELHALTER, ...
Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials (2nd ed.).(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials (2nd ed.), by Shein-Chung CHOW and Jen-Pei LIU, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2004, ISBN 0-471-24985-8, xiii + 729 pp., $130.00. Design and Analysis of DNA Microarray Investigations, by Richard M. SIMON, Edward L. KORN, Lisa M. MCSHANE, Michael D ....
Data Analysis Tools for DNA Microarrays.(Book Review)
Feb 01, 2005; ... Data Analysis Tools for DNA Microarrays, by Sorin DRAGHICI, Boca Raton, FL: Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2003, ISBN 1-58488-315-4, xxx + 477 pp. + CDs, $79.95. Analyzing Microarray Gene Expression Data, by Geoffrey J. MCLACHLAN, Kim-Anh DO, and Christophe AMBROISE, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, ...
Forthcoming reviews.
Feb 01, 2005 ... Books listed here have been assigned for review in the past quarter. Publication of their reviews or reports generally would occur within the next four issues of the journal. Persons interested in reviewing specific books must notify the editor soon after the publication date for the book ....