Vol. 9 (2010): Issue 2

Articles

The Not-So-Quiet Revolution: Cautionary Comments on the Rejection of Hypothesis Testing in Favor of a “Causal” Modeling Alternative

Daniel H. Robinson (University of Texas, United States)
Joel R. Levin (University of Arizona, United States)

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Statistical and Mathematical Modeling versus NHST? There’s No Competition!

Joseph Lee Rodgers (University of Oklahoma, , United States)

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340-347

On Scientific Research: The Role of Statistical Modeling and Hypothesis Testing

Lisa L. Harlow (University of Rhode Island, United States)

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348-358

Recommended Sample Size for Conducting Exploratory Factor Analysis on Dichotomous Data

Robert H. Pearson (University of Northern Colorado, United States)
Daniel J. Mundform (New Mexico State University, United States)

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Generalized Variances Ratio Test for Comparing k Covariance Matrices from Dependent Normal Populations

Marcelo Angelo Cirillo (Federal University of Lavras, Brazil, Brazil)
Daniel Furtado Ferreira (Federal University of Lavras, Lavras Brazil , Brazil)
Thelma Sáfadi (Federal University of Lavras, Lavras Brazil, Brazil)
Eric Batista Ferreira (Federal University of Alfenas, Brazil, Brazil)

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Notes on Hypothesis Testing under a Single-Stage Design in Phase II Trial

Kung-Jong Lui (San Diego State University, United States)

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Effect of Measurement Errors on the Separate and Combined Ratio and Product Estimators in Stratified Random Sampling

Housila P. Singh (Vikram University, Ujjain, India, India)
Namrata Karpe (Vikram University, India)

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Reducing Selection Bias in Analyzing Longitudinal Health Data with High Mortality Rates

Xian Liu (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda MD and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda MD, , United States)
Charles C. Engel (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda MD and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda MD, , United States)
Han Kang (Department of Veterans Affairs, United States)
Kristie L. Gore (Walter Reed National Military, United States)

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403-413

Use of Two Variables Having Common Mean to Improve the Bar-Lev, Bobovitch and Boukai Randomized Response Model

Oluseun Odumade (Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey, United States)
Sarjinder Singh (Texas A&M University, United States)

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414-442

A Flexible Method for Testing Independence in Two-Way Contingency Tables

Peyman Jafari (Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, Iran, Islamic Republic of)
Noori Akhtar-Danesh (McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario Canada, Canada)
Zahra Bagheri (Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, Iran, Islamic Republic of)

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443-451

Neighbor Balanced Block Designs for Two Factors

Seema Jaggi (Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, India, India)
Cini Varghese (Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, India, India)
N. R. Abeynayake (Wayamba University, Gonawila (NWP), Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka)

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452-460

Adjusted Confidence Interval for the Population Median of the Exponential Distribution

Moustafa Omar Ahmed Abu-Shawiesh (Hashemite University, Zarqa Jordan, Jordan)

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461-469

Nonlinear Trigonometric Transformation Time Series Modeling

K. A. Bashiru (Osun State University, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria)
O. E. Olowofeso (Federal University Of Technology, Akure Ondo State, Nigeria, Nigeria)
S. A. Owabumoye (Federal University Of Technology, Akure Ondo State, Nigeria, Nigeria)

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470-479

Incidence and Prevalence for A Triply Censored Data

Hilmi F. Kittani (The Hashemite University, Jordan, Jordan)

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A Comparison between Unbiased Ridge and Least Squares Regression Methods Using Simulation Technique

Mowafaq M. Al-Kassab (Al-al Bayt University, Mafraq, Jordan, Jordan)
Omar Q. Qwaider (Al-al Bayt University, Mafraq, Jordan, Jordan)

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Ridge Regression Based on Some Robust Estimators

Hatice Samkar (Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey, Turkey)
Ozlem Alpu (Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey, Turkey)

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495-501

Robust Estimators in Logistic Regression: A Comparative Simulation Study

Sanizah Ahmad (Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, Malaysia)
Norazan Mohamed Ramli (Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, Malaysia)
Habshah Midi (Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, Malaysia)

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502-511

A General Class of Chain-Type Estimators in the Presence of Non-Response Under Double Sampling Scheme

Sunil Kumar (University of Jammu, (J & K), India, India)
Housila P. Singh (Vikram University, Ujjain, India, India)
Sandeep Bhougal (Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Kakryal, Jammu (J & K), India, India)

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512-519

A GA-Based Sales Forecasting Model Incorporating Promotion Factors

Li-Chih Wang (Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan ROC, , Taiwan, Province of China)
Chin-Lien Wang (Ling Tung University, Taichung, Taiwan ROC, Taiwan, Province of China)

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520-535

Maximum Downside Semi Deviation Stochastic Programming for Portfolio Optimization Problem

Anton Abdulbasah Kamil (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, Malaysia)
Khlipah Ibrahim (Universiti Teknologi Mara, Dungun, Terengganu, Malaysia, Malaysia)

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536-546

On Bayesian Shrinkage Setup for Item Failure Data Under a Family of Life Testing Distribution

Gyan Prakash (S. N. Medical College, Agra, U. P., India, India)

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547-557

Empirical Characteristic Function Approach to Goodness of Fit Tests for the Logistic Distribution under SRS and RSS

M. T. Alodat (Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan, Jordan)
S. A. Al-Subh (Kebangsaan University, Selangor, Malaysia, Malaysia)
Kamaruzaman Ibrahim (University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia)
Abdul Aziz Jemain (Kebangsaan University, Selangor, Malaysia, Malaysia)

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558-567

Bayesian Analysis of Location-Scale Family of Distributions Using S-PLUS and R Software

Sheikh Parvaiz Ahmad (University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India, India)
Aquil Ahmed (University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India, India)
Athar Ali Khan (Aligarh Muslim University, U.P, India, India)

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568-578

ANN Forecasting Models for ISE National-100 Index

Ozer Ozdemir (Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey, Turkey)
Atilla Aslanargun (Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey, Turkey)
Senay Asma (Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey, Turkey)

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Markov Chain Analysis and Student Academic Progress: An Empirical Comparative Study

Shafiqah Alawadhi (Kuwait University, Kuwait)
Mokhtar Konsowa (Kuwait University, Kuwait)

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584-595

Bayesian Analysis for Component Manufacturing Processes

L. V. Nandakishore (Dr. M. G. R. University, Chennai, India)

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596-598

Estimating the Non-Existent Mean and Variance of the F-Distribution by Simulation

Hamid Reza Kamali (Private Scholar, Iran, Islamic Republic of)
Parisa Shahnazari-Shahrezaei (Firoozkooh Branch Islamic Azad University, Firoozkooh, Iran, Iran, Islamic Republic of)

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