Bayesian inference of discrete parameter, including population size, is sensitive to the choice of priors. In this dissertation I will develop objective priors for several population size parameters appeared in different ...

In this dissertation, we propose several Bayesian variable selection schemes for Bayesian parametric and semiparametric survival models for right-censored survival data. In the rst chapter we introduce a special shrinkage ...

For many datasets, multiple variables measured on (possibly differing) areal units are available. We wish to simultaneously model both 1) the spatial relations within each variable, and 2) the relations between variables. ...

The present dissertation consists of the work done on two projects. As part of the first project, we develop methodology for Bayesian hierarchical multi-subject multiscale analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging ...

of certification. The study yielded a high rate of response from survey participants. Data analysis revealed a positive perception by beginning teachers of their principals' servant leadership characteristics. Correlations showed a statistically significant...

this study was able to conclude that there is a statistically significant difference between value of the paper based system and value of the Spicipe system. Students showed a strong preference for the social network system and these results held true across...

continuous variables. Variances of the growth factors were decomposed into genetic and environmental components. In simulation analyses, parameters were successfully estimated in all conditions although estimates of standard errors were biased and statistical...

, especially the relationships between the company's strategies, members' characteristics, and the potential free riding problem. The data mining methods are evaluated and compared with the traditional statistics model to find the differences and similarities...

public offerings (IPOs) during 1996 to 2004, we ask whether firms with more divisional organizational structure: Hybrid organizational structure (HYBR) and Pure divisional organizational structure (DVS) perform differently from those with traditional...

Library literature suggests that staffing and metropolitan status may affect a public library’s provision of outreach efforts. Data from a 1999 survey of Arizona public library service outlets do not support the role of metropolitan status...

Statistics on the relative pay of public school teachers are routinely cited by plaintiffs in school finance (“adequacy”) lawsuits. However, comparisons of pay and benefits for public school teachers to those of professional ...

This report provides a graphical summary of the Missouri Medicaid program. It is intended to provide background information of the policy issues being considered by the Missouri Medicaid Reform Commission. The report was ...

or pharmacologic intervention. Validated quality of life QOL instruments (e.g. PFDI-20 and PFIQ-7) and visual analog scale (VAS) were collected following initiation of treatment; and at six and twelve months. Results: Subjects experienced clinical and statistically...

data requires that short reads be compiled into contiguous sequences. These methods, called de novo assembly, are based in statistical methods and graph theory. In addition to genome assembly, the research presented in this dissertation demonstrates...

Survivor Study (CCSS) given in Section 1.1.2.2. In the second part of this dissertation, we will consider regression analysis of mixed panel count data. One major problem in the statistical inference on the mixed data is to combine these two different types...

satisfaction with supervisor scores. No statistical mean difference was shown for general job satisfaction between the various frame choices. Most nursing school administrators were identified as using none of the 4 frames consistently, while the second highest...

This study examined middle and secondary mathematics teachers' knowledge structures, informal inferential reasoning (IIR), and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) for statistics. Using task-based clinical interviews (Goldin, 1997) and cross...

This OSEDA presentation discusses emerging trends at Missouri's PUMA lake area, including commute time, education analysis and lake area employment by industry.

We prove that a sufficiently large subset of the $d$-dimensional vector space over a finite field with $q$ elements, $ {\Bbb F}_q^d$, contains a copy of every $k$-simplex. Fourier analytic methods, Kloosterman sums, and ...