Technical Reports


Department of Statistical Science -- Southern Methodist University

Listed below are the technical reports of the Department of Statistical Science by Report number. If you are interested in receiving

 a copy of one of the reports that does not have a pdf file attached, please contact the department at stat@smu.edu.

Tech Rpt #

Authors

Title

Date

SMU-TR-348

R. Butler, R. Sutton, J. Booth and P. Strickland

Simulation-Assisted Saddlepoint Approximation, pdf file

October 2006

SMU-TR-347

R. Butler and E. Abd-Elfattah

The Weighted Log-Rank Class of Permutation Tests: P-Values and Confidence Intervals Using Saddlepoint Methods, pdf file

October 2006

SMU-TR-346

Zhongxue Chen

A Bayesian Approach to Zero-Numerator Problems Using Hierarchical Models, pdf file (accepted by Journal of Data Science)

October 2006

SMU-TR-345

M. McGee and N. Bergasa

Analysis of a Pilot Study for Amelioration of Itching in Liver Disease: When is a Failed Trial not a Failure?
Monnie McGee and Nora V. Bergasa
, pdf file

July 2006

SMU-TR-344

Z. Chen, M. McGee, Q. Liu and R. Scheuermann

A distribution free summarization method for Affymetrix GeneChip® arrays Bioinformatics Advance Access published on December 5, 2006. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btl609, pdf file http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/papbyrecent.dtl

July 2006

SMU-TR-343

M. McGee and Z. Chen

New Spiked-In Probe Sets for the Affymetrix HGU-133A Latin Square Experiment http://biostats.bepress.com/cobra/ps/art5/ 

June 2006

SMU-TR-342

S. Juárez and W. Schucany

A Note on the Proof of the Asymptotic Properties of the Minimum Density Power Divergence Estimator for the Generalized Pareto Distribution (pdf file)

May 2006

SMU-TR-341

L. Stokes, X. Wang, M. Chen

Judgment Post-stratification with Multiple Rankers,  pdf file

March 2006

SMU-TR-340

M.McGee, Z. Chen, R. Scheuermann, F. Luo

A Nonparametric Background Correction Method for Oligonucleotide Arrays,  (pdf file)

March 2006

SMU-TR-339

Z. Wang, H. Gray, W. Woodward

The Application of the Kalman Filter to Nonstationary Time Series through Time Deformation

January 2006

SMU-TR-338

M. McGee and Z. Chen

Parameter Estimation for the Exponential-Normal Convolution Model for Background Correction of Affymetrix GeneChip Data, Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology: Vol. 5: No. 1, Article 24. (pdf file)http://www.bepress.com/sagmb/vol5/iss1/art24/

January 2006

SMU-TR-337

L. Tang, W. Schucany, W. Woodward, R. Gunst

A Parametric Spatial Bootstrap (pdf file)

January 2006

SMU-TR-336

J.Spence,P.Carmack,R.Gunst,W.Schucany,

W.Woodward, R. Haley

Using a White Matter Reference to Remove the Dependency of Global Signal on Experimental Conditions in SPECT Analyses (pdf file)

July 2006

SMU-TR-335

X. Wang, L. Stokes

Moments of Bivariate Order Statistics for the Standard Normal Distribution (pdf file)

August 2005

SMU-TR-334

X. Wang, L. Stokes, J. Lim, M. Chen

Concomitant of Multivariate Order Statistics with Application to Judgment Post-Stratification (pdf file)

August 2005

SMU-TR-333

A. Minhajuddin, W. Frawley, W. Schucany, W. Woodward

Bootstrap Tests for Multivariate Directional Alternative Hypotheses (pdf file;   C functions)

May 2006

SMU-TR-332

M. McGee and N. Bergasa

Imputing Missing Clinical Data in Pilot Studies, pdf file

June 2005

SMU-TR-331

L. Tang, W. Woodward, W. Schucany

Undercoverage of Wavelet-Based Resampling Confidence Intervals (pdf file)

April 2005

SMU-TR-330

I. Harris, B. Burch

Restricted maximum likelihood estimators as Bayes estimators in a mixed linear model with two variance components (pdf file)

Jan 2005

SMU-TR-329

I. Harris. B. Burch

Measuring relative sources of variation without using variance (pdf file)

Dec 2004

SMU-TR-328

A. Jia, W. Schucany

Recursive Partitioning for Kernel Smoothers: A Tree-based Approach for Estimating Variable Bandwidths in Local Linear Regression (pdf file)

Dec 2004

SMU-TR-327

P. Gerard, W. Schucany

An Enhanced Sign Test for Dependent Binary Data with Small Numbers of Clusters (pdf file)

Aug 2006

SMU-TR-326

S. Shen, I. R. Harris

The Minimum L2 Distance Estimator for Poisson Mixture Models,  (pdf file)

Dec 2004

SMU-TR-325

W. Schucany, K. Ng

Preliminary Goodness-of-Fit Tests for Normality Do Not Validate the One-sample Student t  (pdf file)

Dec 2004, August 2006 (CIS)

SMU-TR-324

J. Spence, P. Carmack, R.Gunst, W. Schucany, W. Woodward, R. Haley

Accounting for Spatial Dependence in the Analysis of SPECT Brain Imaging Data  (pdf file)

Sept. 2004, June 2006 (updated)

SMU-TR-323

X. Wang, J. Lim, L. Stokes

Forming Post-Strata Via Bayesian Treed Capture-Recapture Models (pdf file)

Sept. 2004

SMU-TR-322

X. Wang, M. Chen

Approximate Predictive Densities and Fully Bayes Variable Selection in Generalized Linear Models (pdf file)

August 2004

SMU-TR-321

X. Wang , E. George

A Hierarchical Bayes Approach to Variable Selection for Generalized Linear Models (pdf file)

August 2004

SMU-TR-320

M. McGee

Tests for Multiple Peaks in the Spectra of Categorical Time Series (pdf file)

August 2004

SMU-TR-319

I. Harris, M. McGee

A Weak Form of Stationarity for Categorical Time Series (pdf file)

June 2004

SMU-TR-318

J. Spence,  P. Carmack, W. Woodward, R. Gunst, W. Schucany, R. Haley

Scaling Global Counts to a Regional White Matter Reference Volume for Brain Perfusion SPECT, (pdf file)

July 2004

SMU-TR-317

L. Liu, H. Gray, W.Woodward

On the Analysis of Linear and Quadratic Chirp Processes using Time Deformation

March 2004

SMU-TR-316

W. Schucany

Kernel Smoothers: An Overview of Curve Estimators Suitable for the First Graduate Course in Nonparametric Statistics, (pdf file)

July 2004

SMU-TR-315

P. Carmack, J. Spence, R.Gunst, W. Schucany, W.Woodward and R. Haley

Improved Agreement Between Talairach and MNI Coordinate Spaces in Deep Brain Regions, appeared in NeuroImage (2004), 22, 367-371.  (pdf file)

Sept 2003

SMU-TR-314

H. Gray, C. Vijverberg

Time Deformation and the M-Spectrum--A New Tool for Cyclical Analysis

July 2003

SMU-TR-313

E. Choi, H. Gray, W. Woodward

EARMA Processes with Spectral Analysis of Non-Stationary Time Series

July 2003

SMU-TR-312

K. Cohlmia, H. Gray, W. Woodward

Filtering Data with Time Varying Frequencies

July 2003

SMU-TR-311

H. Jiang, H. Gray, W. Woodward

Time Frequency Analysis -- G(l) Stationary Processes, pdf file

July 2003

SMU-TR-310

H.Gray, C. Vinjverberg, W.Woodward

Nonstationary Data Analysis by Time Deformation

July 2003

SMU-TR-309

S. Juarez. W. Schucany

Robust and Efficient Estimation for the Generalized Pareto Distribution, (pdf file)

July 2004

SMU-TR-308

A. Minhajuddin, I. Harris, W. Schucany

Simulating Multivariate Distributions with Specific Correlations, (pdf file), Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, Vol. 74, No. 8, August 2004, pp. 599-607.

July 2003

SMU-TR-307

I. Harris. B. Burch

The probability of preponderancy, an alternative to the intraclass correlation (pdf file)

July 2003

SMU-TR-306

S. Wiechecki, Tinker, Hutchinson, Kraft, W. Woodward, H. Gray

Resolving Source Types Using the Elimination/Classification Procedure

 

SMU-TR-305

R. Natarajan. G. Mudholkar

Robust Tests for Homogeneity of Inverse Gaussian Scale Parameters (pdf file)

Dec 2002

SMU-TR-304

P. Carmack, S. Sain, W. Schucany

Permutation Testing in Multivariate Regression Trees  (pdf file)

Oct 2002

SMU-TR-303

W. Woodward, S. Sain

Testing for Outliers from a Mixture Distribution when Some Data are missing, (pdf file)

Aug 2002

SMU-TR-302

B. Burch, I. Harris

Optimal One-way Random Effects Designs for theIntraclass Correlation based on Confidence Intervals (pdf file)

March 2002

SMU-TR-301

J. Balusek, M. McWilliams,H. Gray

Speaking Mathematics for the Visually Imparied

Feb 2002

SMU-TR-300

K. Genter, P. Aguilar, H. Gray

Teaching Mathematics to the Physically Imparied by Voice Operated Computing (pdf  file)

Feb 2002

SMU-TR-299

R. Natarajan, G. Mucholkar, M.McDermott

Ordered Restricted Inference for Inverse Gaussian Scale Parameters (pdf file)

 

SMU-TR-298

H. Gray. J. McWilliams, J. Balusek

Approximation of Tail Probabilities Using the Gn(m)-Transform (pdf file)

 

SMU-TR-297

R. Natarajan, G. Mucholkar

Moment-Based Tests for Inverse Gaussian Models, (pdf file)

 

SMU-TR-296

W. Christensen, S. Sain

Accounting for Dependence in a Flexible Multivariate Receptor Model (pdf file)

Aug 2001

SMU-TR-295

J.. Pitblado, S. Sain, W. Schucany

Estimating Partially Variable Bandwidths in Local Linear Regression Using an Information Criterion (pdf file)  

March 2001

SMU-TR-294

J. Michael, W. Schucany

The Mixture Approach for Simulating New Families of Bivariate Distributions with Specified Correlations 

July 2000

SMU-TR-293

W. Christensen, Y. Amemiya

Modeling and Prediction for Multivariate Spatial Factor Analysis (pdf file)

July 2000

SMU-TR-292

P. Gerard, W. Schucany

Combining Population Density Estimates in Line Transect Sampling, (pdf file)

Feb 2000

SMU-TR-291

M. Hartfield, R.  Gunst

Parameter Estimation for Spatiotemporal Models of Continuous Space-Time Processes (pdf file)

Jan 2000

SMU-TR-290

M. Hartfield, R. Gunst

Spatiotemporal Modeling of Continuous Space-Time Processes (pdf file)

July 1999

SMU-TR-289

P. Gerard, W. Schucany

Local Bandwidth Selection for Kernel Estimation of Population Densities with Line Transect Sampling  (Biometrics, 55 (1999), 769-773)

Jan 1998

SMU-TR-288

M. Ernst, W. Schucany

A Class of Permutation Tests of Bivariate Interchangeability (Journal of American Statistical Association, 94 (1999), 273-284)

Jan 1998

SMU-TR-287

Y. Koshevnik, L. Tang

Variance Estimation from Censored Data (pdf file)

Aug 1996

SMU-TR-286

M. Hartfield, R. Gunst

Robust Semivariogram Estimation in the Presence of Influential Spatial Data Values

Aug 1996

 

SMU-TR 285

P. Gerard, W.Schucany

Locating Exotherms in Differential Thermal  Analysis with Nonparametric Regression  (J. Agri. Biol. Environ. Statist., 2 (1997), 255-268)(pdf file)

May 1996

SMU-TR 284

K-J Cha , W.  Schucany

Nonparametric Kernel Regression Estimation Near Endpoints  (Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 66 (1998), 289-304)

Nov 1995

SMU-TR 283

A.Polansky, W. Schucany

Kernel Smoothing to Improve Bootstrap Confidence Intervals (J. Roy. Statist. Soc., B, 59 (1997), 821-838) (pdf file)

Oct 1995

SMU-TR 282

R. Gunst, W.  Schucany

Magnetic Field Quality Investigation for Superconducting Super Collider Magnets (Statistics in Quality (1997), Dekker, New York)

Aug 1995

SMU-TR 281

S. Basu , R. Guerra

Bootstrap Confidence Intervals for Concentration Parameters in Dilution Assays

July 1995

SMU-TR 280

J. Baek,  H. L. Gray,
W.Woodward, 
J. Miller, M. Fisk

A Bootstrap Generalized Likelihood Ratio Test in Discriminant Analysis (pdf file)

June 1995

SMU-TR 279

M.Ernst, R. Guerra, W.  Schucany

Scatterplots for Unordered Pairs, appeared in The American Statistician, 50 (1996), 260-265 (pdf file)

June 1995

SMU-TR 278

N. Perera , W. Schucany

Nonparametric Regression with Measurement Error, (pdf file)

April 1995

SMU-TR 277

J. McKean, W. Schucany, S. Sheather, K. George

A Comparison of Confidence Intervals from R-Estimators in Regression   (J. Statist. Comp. Simul., 53 (1995), 13-22) (pdf file)

March 1995

SMU-TR 276

R. Guerra,  A. Polansky , W.  Schucany

Smoothed Bootstrap Confidence Intervals with Discrete Data  (Computational Statistics and Data Analysis 26 (1997), 163-176), (pdf file)

March 1995

SMU-TR 275

P. Gerard , W. Schucany

On Combining Independent Nonparametric Regression Estimators (Statist. Prob. Letters 26, (1996), 25-34), (pdf file)

Feb 1995

SMU-TR 274

P. Gerard , W.Schucany

Methodology for Nonparametric Regression from Independent Sources (Computational Statistics and Data Analysis 25 (1997), 287-304) (pdf file)

Feb 1995

SMU-TR 273

H. Gray

A Hypothesis-testing Approach to Discriminant Analysis with Muted Categorical

June 1994

SMU-TR 272

W. Qiu

Rank Tests for Unbalanced Two-way Analysis of Variance, (pdf file)

June 1994

SMU- TR 271

Q. Cheng,  W. Woodward,
H. Gray

A Two-factor Garma Long Memory Model and Its Application to the Atmospheric CO2 Data, (pdf file)

June 1994

SMU-TR 270

S. Basu , R. Gunst

The Effects of Influential Observations on Sample Semivariograms, (pdf file)

June 1994

SMU-TR 269

Y. Koshevnik

Efficient Estimation for Restricted Semiparametric Models, (pdf file)

May 1994

SMU-TR 268

Y. Koshevnik, W. Schucany

Asymptotic Efficient Nonparametric Estimation with Additional Dichotomous Observations, (pdf file)

May 1994

SMU-TR-267

R. Gunst

Estimating Spatial Correlations from Spatial-Temporal Meterological Data, (pdf file)

April 1994

SMU-TR 266

Q.Cheng,  W. Woodward, H.  Gray

A Two-factor GARMA Model and  its Application to the Atmospheric CO2 Data

Feb 1994

SMU-TR 265

H. Gray, W. Woodward

A Brief Analysis of Data Given by Spiesberger, Metzger, and Ferguson in ‘Listening for Climatic Temperatures Change in the Northeast Pacific: 1983-1989

Feb 1994

SMU-TR 264

R. Gunst, W. Schucany, M. Stoesz

Variability of Collar Laminations

July 1993

SMU-TR 263

R. Gunst, T. Fei, W. Schucany

Position Effects on Cold and Warm  Multipole Coefficients

July 1993

SMU-TR 262

R. Gunst , W.  Schucany

Multipole Spatial Correlation Assessment, (pdf file)

July 1993

SMU-TR 261

R. Gunst, N. Perera, W.  Schucany

Measurement-error Model Multipole Variance Estimation, (pdf file)

June 1993

SMU-TR 260

R. Gunst

Spatial Correlations in Station Temperature Anomalies, (pdf file)

June 1993

SMU-TR 259

R. Brunell

An Automatic Procedure for Fitting Variograms by Cressie’s Approximate Weighted Least Squares Criterion,, (pdf file)

Nov 1992

SMU-TR 258

R. Gunst

Spatial Correlations in Station Temperature Anomalies

 

SMU-TR 257

J. Baek , H. Gray, G. McCartor, W. Woodward

Bayesian Method for  Testing TTBT Compliance with Unknown
Intercept and Slope (pdf file)

Feb 1992

SMU-TR 256

W. Schucany

Variability of Multipole Coefficients

Sept 1992

SMU-TR 255

C. Ford

Magnetic Field Quality Measurement Theory

Sept 1992

SMU-TR 254

R. Gunst

Predicting Multipole Values from Azimuthal Coil-size Measurements

Sept 1992

SMU-TR 253

R. Gunst, G. McDonald

Issues Involved in the Choice of Experimental Design Strategies (pdf file)

Oct 1991

SMU-TR 252

R. Gunst

The Scientific Controversy Over Global Warming (pdf file)

Aug 1991

SMU-TR 251

G. Thompson

Exploratory Graphical Methods for Permutation Data Via Polytypes (pdf file)

July 1991

SMU-TR 250