Multiple Comparisons, Selection and Applications in Biometry

by Hoppe

• ISBN13: 9780824788957
• ISBN10: 0824788958
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-11-19
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

Aims to provide in-depth descriptions of the latest developments in multiple comparison methods and selection procedures, while emphasizing biometry. This text is published in honour of the 70th birthday of Charles W. Dunnett - a pioneer in statistical methodology.

Table of Contents

Preface
Contributors
A Conversation with Charles W. Dunnett	p. 1
Whither Biometry?	p. 11
Multiple Comparisons
Probability Inequalities and Dunnett's Test	p. 29
Multiple Comparisons in Split Block and Split-Split Plot Designs	p. 47
Multiple Comparisons with a Control in Response Surface Metholology: The Problem, Examples, and Relative Efficiency Results	p. 63
One-Sided Multiple Comparisons of Response Rates with a Control	p. 77
Distribution-Free and Asymptotically Distribution-Free Comparisons with a Control in Blocked Experiments	p. 97
Plackett's Identity, Its Generalizations, and Their Uses	p. 121
Some Minimax Test Procedures for Comparing Several Normal Means	p. 137
Approximate Simultaneous Confidence Intervals	p. 149
Stepwise Multiple Comparisons of Repeated Measures Means Under Violations of Multisample Sphericity	p. 167
Where Should Multiple Comparisons Go Next?	p. 187
Selection
Performances of Selection Procedures for 2-Factor Additive Normal Populations with Common Known Variance	p. 209
Multi-Factor Extensions of Paulson's Procedures for Selecting the Best Normal Population	p. 225
The Least Favorable Configuration of a Two-Stage Procedure for Selecting the Largest Normal Mean	p. 247
A Bayesian Approach to Comparing Treatments with a Control	p. 267
Nonlinear Renewal Theory and Beyond: Reviewing the Roles in Selection and Ranking	p. 293
One-Sided Sequential Tests to Establish Equivalence Between Treatments with Special Reference to Normal and Binary Responses	p. 315
Subset Selection Procedures for Binomial Models Based on a Class of Priors and Some Applications	p. 331
A Two-Stage Procedure for Selecting the [delta][superscript *]-Optimal Guaranteed Lifetimes in the Two-Parameter Exponential Model	p. 353
A Note on Selection Procedures and Selection Constants	p. 367
Sharpening Subset Selection of Treatments Better than a Control	p. 381
Biometry and Design
Interim Analyses in Clinical Trials	p. 391
A New Procedure for Assessing Acute Oral Toxicity	p. 403
Estimating Risks of Progression to AIDS Using Serially Measured Immunologic Markers	p. 415
Some Statistical Methods for Followup Studies of Disease with Intermittent Monitoring	p. 427
Exact Solutions to the Behrens-Fisher Problem	p. 447
An Easy Way to Use Dunnnett t with SAS Least Squares Means	p. 479
Future Directions for National Health Information Systems	p. 487
Concomitants of Order Statistics: Review and Recent Developments	p. 507
Residual Plots for Minimal Resolution IV Designs	p. 519
An Optimal Stopping Rule for Multinomial Inverse Sampling Problems	p. 531
Publications of Charles W. Dunnett	p. 549
Index	p. 555
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.