Jones RH |
Bayesian information criterion for longitudinal and clustered data |
Stat in Med |
Nov 10 2011 |
3050 |
Useful effective sample sizes for different correlation patterns including AR1 and unequal measurement times |
Begg MD, Vaughan RD |
Are biostatistics students prepared to succeed in the era of interdisciplinary science? (And how will we know?) |
Am Statistician |
May 2011 |
71 |
Excellent definitions of multi-, inter-, and trans-disciplinary and how this should affect training; in one experiment a multi-disciplinary approach did not benefit students early in their programs |
Kass, R |
Statistical inference: The big picture |
Statistical Sci |
Feb 2011 |
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Bridges frequentist and Bayesian inference with an alternative "big picture" pragmatic depiction; excellent discussions by others |
Wingspan Productions |
The Joy of Stats |
Broadcast by BBC |
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Hans Rosling says there’s nothing boring about stats, and then goes on to prove it. A one-hour long documentary produced by Wingspan Productions and broadcast by BBC, 2010. |
Lehrer, J |
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/12/13/101213fa_fact_lehrer?currentPage=1 The truth wears off |
The New Yorker |
Dec 13 2010 |
52 |
Beautifully written article on the shrinkage of scientific findings over time; related to reproducible research and publication bias; see also http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=in-praise-of-scientific-error-2010-12-20 this |
Nolan D, Temple Lang D |
Computing in the statistics curricula |
Am Statistician |
64:2 |
97 |
A definitive article on what the statistical computing component of a graduate stat program should contain, and what goes wrong when only cursory attention is paid to computing |
Brown EN, Kass RE |
What is statistics? |
Am Statistician |
63:2 2009 |
105 |
Defines statistical thinking and what happens when graduate programs do not incorporate it |
Divine G, Kapke A et al |
Exemplary data set sample size calculation for Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney tests |
Stat in Med |
Jan 15 2010 |
108 |
Use of pilot data and noncentrality parameter estimates to scale up to sample size needed for definitive study |
Wickham H |
A layered grammar of graphics |
J Comp Graph Stat |
March 2010 |
3 |
Excellent article about foundations of statistical graphics and how to use ggplot2 including a concise specification of Napoleon's march to Moscow |
London AJ, Kimmelman J, Emborg ME |
Beyond access vs. protection in trials of innovative therapies |
Science |
May 14 2010 |
829 |
Harm to science of badly designed or badly motivated studies |
Tu Y-K, Law GR, Ellison GTH, Gilthorpe MS |
Ratio index variables or ANCOVA? Fisher's cat revisited |
Pharm Stat |
9;2010 |
77 |
Shows contradictory findings resulting from use of ratios when measurement error or imperfect correlations are present |
Pocock SJ, Ware JH |
Translating statistical findings into plain English |
Lancet |
Jun 6 2009 |
1926 |
Concise reference on how to word results from P-values and confidence limits in medical papers |
Ransohoff D |
How to improve reliability and efficiency of research about molecular markers: roles of phases, guidelines, and study design |
J Clin Epi |
Dec 2007 |
1205 |
Study design is all important; principles are more important than phases and guidelines; strong case for making early studies reliable; excellent bibliography and list of examples of omics studies gone bad |
Young SS |
Gaming the system: Chaos from multiple testing |
IMS Bulletin |
Dec 2007 |
13 |
Editorial about the scientific crisis caused by poor statistical practice in epidemiology |
Sonnenburg et al |
The Need for Open Source Software in Machine Learning |
J Machine Learning Res |
2007 |
2443 |
Excellent summary of benefits of open source and of various licenses |
Palmer CR, Shahumyan H |
Implementing a decision-theoretic design in clinical trials:Why and how? |
Stat in Med |
30 Nov 2007 |
4939 |
Benefits of a decision-theoretic approach to clinical trials;excellent summary of ethical issues;first known clinical trial; data-dependent design; software |
Campbell I |
Chi-squared and Fisher-Irwin tests of two-by-two tables with small sample recommendations |
Stat in Med |
30 Aug 2007 |
3661 |
Why not to use Fisher's test or the Yates correction; why to use N-1 instead of N in formula for Pearson chi-square. See DataAnalysisDisc |
Louis T |
Our future as history |
Biometrics |
March 2007 |
1 |
A nice article about the future and challenges of biostatistics |
Royston P, Altman D, Sauerbrei W |
Dichotomizing continuous predictors in multiple regression: a bad idea |
Stat in Med |
15 Jan 2006 |
127 |
Covers all the terrible problems caused by dichotomization |
Wang A, Gehan EA |
Gene selection for microarray data analysis using principal component analysis |
Stat in Med |
15 Jul 2005 |
2069 |
Data reduction method of potentially great use in gene microarray analysis and many other areas |
Morton S |
Statistical collaboration to impact policy decisions |
Stat in Med |
28 Feb 2005 |
493 |
Definitions of consulting and collaboration, excellent case studies where a statistician made a fundamental impact |
Senn S |
Added values controversies concerning randomization and additivity in clinical trials |
Stat in Med |
30 Dec 2005 |
3729 |
Interesting discussion on randomization and covariate-balanced randomization, blocking, covariate adjustment, choice of metrics, history |
Efron B |
Statistics and the rules of science |
Amstat News |
July 2004 |
2 |
Excellent summary of the scientific process |
Dufouil C, Brayne C, Clayton D |
Analysis of longitudinal studies with death and drop-out: a case study |
Stat in Med |
Jul 2004 |
2215 |
Good overview, discusses problems in targeting immortal subjects |
Hogan J, Roy J, Korkontzelou C |
Handling drop-out in longitudinal studies |
Stat in Med |
May 2004 |
43 |
Excellent tutorial on nonrandom dropout |
Mason RL |
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdlink?index=12&did=000000624575701&SrchMode=3&sid=1&Fmt=6&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1085151174&clientId=2335 Does the statistics profession have an identity crisis? |
JASA |
Mar 2004 |
1 |
Strong case for certification of statisticians |
Brumback BA, Hernan MA, Haneuse SJPA, Robins JM |
Sensitivity analyses for unmeasured confounding assuming a marginal structural model for repeated measures |
Stat in Med |
Mar 2004 |
747 |
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Lin DY, Ying Z |
Semiparametric regression analysis of longitudinal data with informative drop-outs |
Biostat |
2003 |
385 |
Perhaps the most useful approach for comparing 2 treatments when nonrandom dropouts occur |
Greenland S |
When should epidemiologic regressions use random coefficients? |
Biometrics |
2000 |
915 |
See this and Biometrics 62:760;2006 |
Nick TG, Hardin JM |
Regression Modeling Strategies: An Illustrative Case Study From Medical Rehabilitation Outcomes Research |
Am J Occ Therapy |
Sep 1998 |
459 |
This is like a mini-course in modeling. Helpful for Masters level (or anyone) working on the Puzzlers. |
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Special Section: Opportunities and Challenges for the Discipline |
American Statistician |
Feb 2010 |
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This special section discusses some important issues facing our profession. |
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