Statistics in the 21st Century

The development of statistics has been driven by the broader environment within which it operates: by applications in the sciences, medicine, engineering, and business; by the appearance of new types of data demanding interpretation, and by the rapid advances in computer technology. Statistics for the 21st Century comprises contributions from the foremost statisticians in the field that highlight the most important statistical advances and trends for the future. Components include capture-recapture methods, randomized clinical trials, statistical genetics, computational biology, empirical methods and the law, time series forecasting, internet traffic data, coding and compression of data, missing data techniques, and measurement error models. This is an essential reference text for statisticians, and for researchers in a wide range of other fields.

This volume discusses an important area of statistics and highlights the most important statistical advances. It is divided into four sections: statistics in the life and medical sciences, business and social science, the physical sciences and engineering, and theory and methods of statistics.

INTRODUCTION, Adrian E. Raftery, Martin A. Tanner, and Martin T. WellsSTATISTICS IN THE LIFE AND MEDICAL SCIENCES, Guest Editor Norman E. Breslow, University of Washington, USASurvival Analysis, David OakesCausal Analysis in the Health Sciences, Sander GreenlandEnvironmental Statistics, Peter GuttorpCapture-Recapture Models, Kenneth H. PollockStatistics in Animal Breeding, Daniel GianolaSome Issues in Assessing Human Fertility, Clarice R. Weinberg and David B. DunsonStatistical Issues in Toxicology, Louise M. RyanReceiver Operating Characteristic Methodology, Margaret Sullivan PepeThe Randomized Clinical Trial, David P. HarringtonSome Contributions of Statistics to Environmental Epidemiology, Duncan C. ThomasChallenges Facing Statistical Genetics, B. S. WeirComputational Molecular Biology, Wing Hung WongSTATISTICS IN BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, Guest Editor Mark P. Becker, University of Michigan, USAFinance: A Selective Survey, Andrew W. LoStatistics and Marketing, Peter E. Rossi and Greg M. AllenbyTime Series and Forecasting: Brief History and Future Research, Ruey S. TsayContingency Tables and Log-Linear Models: Basic Results and New Developments, Stephen E. FienbergCausal Inference in the Social Sciences, Michael E. SobelPolitical Methodology: A Welcoming Discipline, Nathaniel L. BeckStatistics in Sociology, 1950-2000, Adrian E. RafteryPsychometrics, Michael W. BrowneEmpirical Methods and the Law, Theodore EisenbergDemography: Past, Present, and Future, Yu XieSTATISTICS IN THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING, Guest Editor Diane Lambert, Statistics Research Department, Bell Labs, USAChallenges in Understanding the Atmosphere, Doug NychkaSeismology: A Statistical Vignette, David Vere-JonesInternet Traffic Data, William S. Cleveland and Don X. SunCoding and Compression: A Happy Union of Theory and Practice, Jorma Rissanen and Bin YuStatistics in Reliability, Jerry LawlessThe State of Statistical Process Control as We Proceed into the 21st Century, Zachary G. Stoumbos, Marion R. Reynolds, Jr., Thomas P. Ryan, and William H. WoodallStatistics in Preclinical Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Bert Gunter and Dan HolderStatistics in Advanced Manufacturing, Vijay Nair, Mark Hansen, and Jan ShiTHEORY AND METHODS, Guest Editor George Casella, University of Florida, USABayesian Analysis: A Look at Today and Thoughts of Tomorrow, James O. BergerAn Essay on Statistical Decision Theory, Lawrence D. BrownMarkov Chain Monte Carlo: 10 Years and Still Running, Olivier Cappe and Christian P. RobertEmpirical Bayes: Past, Present and Future, Bradley P. Carlin and Thomas A. LouisLinear and Log-Linear Models, Ronald ChristensenThe Bootstrap and Modern Statistics, Bradley EfronProspects of Nonparametric Modeling, Jianquing FanGibbs Sampling, Alan E. GelfandThe Variable Selection Problem, Edward I. GeorgeRobust Nonparametric Methods, Thomas P. Hettmansperger, Joseph W. McKean, and Simon J. SheatherHierarchical Models: A Current Computational Perspective, James P. HobertHypothesis Testing: From p Values to Bayes Factors, John I. MardenGeneralized Linear Models, Charles E. McCullochMissing Data: Dial M for ???, Xiao-Li MengA Robust Journey in the New Millennium, Stephen Portnoy and Xuming HeLikelihood,Nancy ReidConditioning, Likelihood, and Coherence: A Review of Some Foundational Concepts, James Robins and Larry WassermanThe End of Time Series, V. SoloPrincipal Information Theoretic Approaches, Ehsan S. SoofiMeasurement Error Models, L. A. StefanskiHigher Order Asymptotic Approximation: Laplace, Saddlepoint, and Related Methods, Robert L. StrawdermanMinimaxity, William E. StrawdermanAfterword, George CasellaAUTHOR INDEXSUBJECT INDEX