Simultaneous confidence intervals for multinomial proportions December 21, 2010 - 11:16pm Full Title: Simultaneous confidence intervals for multinomial proportions, their differences and ratios Speaker: Azaz Bin Sharif, MSc Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics University of Western Ontario London, ON, Canada Date/Time: Thursday, December 23, 2010, 1015 Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT Estimation of simultaneous confidence

Variable selection technique for AFT models December 21, 2010 - 11:19pm Full Title: Variable selection technique for AFT models with regularized weighted least squares when p > n Speaker: Md Hasinur Rahaman Khan, MSc Department of Statistics University of Warwick Coventry, UK Date/Time: Thursday, December 23, 2010, 1130 Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT Variable selection

Application of propensity scores in epidemiology December 21, 2010 - 11:21pm Full Title: Application of propensity scores in epidemiology Speaker: Ehsan Karim, MSc Department of Statistics University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada Date/Time: Thursday, December 23, 2010, 1215 Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT Randomization is recognized as a tool for removing bias in any

Visual statistical inference for regression parameters January 15, 2011 - 6:28am Full Title: Visual statistical inference for regression parameters Speaker: Mahbubul Majumder, MSc Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, USA Date/Time: Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 3:00 PM Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT Statistical graphics play a crucial role in exploratory data analysis, model checking and

Risk Prediction Models for Assessing 30-Day & Long Term Mortality February 9, 2011 - 4:39am Full Title: Risk Prediction Models for Assessing 30-Day & Long Term Mortality Following CABG/AVR in

Robustness of testing correlation and equality of variances February 9, 2011 - 4:41am Full Title: Robustness of testing correlation and equality of variances Speaker: Anwar H Joarder, PhD King Fahd

Multi-stratum and split-plot designs in Industrial experiments November 19, 2011 - 7:49pm Full Title: Multi-stratum and split-plot designs in Industrial experiments Speaker: M. Lutfor Rahman School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen

Bayesian Penalized Methods for High-Dimensional Data December 16, 2011 - 7:37am Full Title: Bayesian Penalized Methods for High-Dimensional Data and Network Analysis Speaker: Zakaria S Khondker University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Date/Time: Wednesday, December 28, 2011, 12:00 noon Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT The curse of dimensionality boils down to dealing with

Functional data analysis and its applications January 9, 2012 - 9:41am Full Title: Functional data analysis and its application Speaker: M. Shahid Ullah, PhD Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia Date/Time: Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 3:00pm Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT The Functional Data Analysis (FDA) approach is proposed towards modelling time series data because of recognition

Statistical method for the analysis of functional connections of multiple spike trains January 19, 2012 - 4:43pm Full Title: Statistical method for the analysis of functional connections of multiple spike trains Speaker: Mohammad Shahed Masud, PhD Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka Date/Time: Sunday, January 29, 2012, 3:00pm Venue: ISRT Seminar Room