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CONTENTS OF VOLUME 51 PAl ‘.T 1 (March 1995) The Roads Travelled . L. Billard 1 Estimating Derivatives of Pharmacokinetic Response Curves With Varying Bandwiths K. S. Song, H. G. Muller, A. J. Clifford, H. C. Furr, and J. A. Olson 12 Group Sequential Comparison of Changes; Ad-hoc Versus More Exact Method J. W. Lee and D. L. DeMets 21 On the Catch-up Time Method for Analyzing Cancer Screening Trials .R. Etzioni and S. G. Self 31 A Likelihood Ratio Test for Cancer Screening Trials .S. G. Self and R. Etzioni 44 Modelling Age-Specific Survival in Nesting Studies, Using a General Approach for Doubly-Censored and Truncated Data . D. M. Heisey and E. V. Nordheim 51 Forestry Applications of Saddle-Point Approximations to Construct Confidence Intervals for Population Means.J. Li, M.-C. Chen, H. T. Schreuder, and T. G. Gregoire 61 Analysis of Animal Carcinogenicity Experiments With Multiple Tumor Types .Y. Lu and H. M. Malani 73 Comparing Power of Different Methods for QTL Detection .A. Rebai, B. Goffinet, and B. Mangin 87 Estimation and Reliability of Molecular Sequence Alignments .J. L. Thorne and G. A. Churchill 100 Comparing Non-nested Regression Models . P. Royston and S. G. Thompson 114 Quantifying the Effects of Unequal Catchabilities on Jolly—Seber Estimators Via Sample Coverage W.-D. Hwang and A. Chao 128 Asymptotic Confidence Bands for Generalized Nonlinear Regression Models.C. Cox and G. Ma 142 An Approximate Generalized Linear Model With Random Effects for Informative Missing Data D. Follman and M. Wu 151 Adjusting for Time Trends When Estimating the Relationship Between Dietary Intake Obtained from a Food Frequency Questionnaire and True Average Intake R. Landin, L. S. Freedman, and R. J. Carroll 169 Methods of Interferences for Estimates of Absolute Risk Derived from Population-Based Case-Control Studies.J. Benichou and M. H. Gail 182 Multiple Population Models for Multivariate Random Length Data—With Applications in Clinical Trials.H. X. Barnhart and A. R. Sampson 195 Partial Likelihood Analysis of Within-Unit Variances in Repeated Measurement Experiments V. M. Chinchilli, J. D. Esinhart, and W. G. Miller 205 Step-Up Multiple Testing of Parameters With Unequally Correlated Estimates C. W. Dunnett and A. C. Tamhane 217 Relative incidence Estimation from Case Series for Vaccine Safety Evaluation.C. P. Farrington 228 Change Points in the Series of T4 Counts Prior to AIDS A. S. Kiuchi, J. A. Hartigan, T. R. Holford, P. Rubinstein, and C. E. Stevens 236 An Implicitly Defined Parametric Model for Censored Survival Data and Covariates S. Piantadosi and J. Crowley 249 Autoregressive-Type Models for the Analysis of Bark Beetle Tracks H. K. Preisler and R. P. Akers 259 Latent Variable Models for Clustered Qrdinal Data ....Y. Qu, M. R. Piedmonte, and S. V. Medendorp 268 Properties of Alternative Estimators of Familial Correlations Under Variable Sibship Size G. P. Vogler, R. Wette, M. K. McGue, and D. C. Rao 276 Estimation of Rate Parameter and Its Relationship With Latent and Infectious Periods in Plant Disease Epidemics.P. W. A. Dayananda, L. Billiard, and S. Chakraborty 284 A Likelihood-Based Approach to Capture—Recapture Estimation of Demographic Parameters Under the Robust Design.W. L. Kendall, K. H. Pollock, and C. Brownie 293 Shorter Communications A Caveat Concerning Independence Estimating Equations With Multivariate Binary Data G. M. Fitzmaurice 309 A Scheme for Constructing an Irreducible Markov Chain for Pedigree Data .S. Lin 318 A Nonparametric Test for Comparing Two Samples Where All Observations Are Either Left- or Right-Censored.P. K. Anderson and B. B. Rpnn 323 Evaluating Multiple Diagnostic Tests With Partial Verification.S. G. Baker 330 The Consultant’s Forum Regional Optimization of Fertilization Using a Hierarchical Linear Model .D. Wallach 338 Statistical Inference in Stationary Populations .N. J. D. Nagelkerke 347 Interpreting the Standardized Difference .D. Tritchler 351 Reader Reaction: Simple Test for the Hardy—Weinberg Law for HLA Data With No Observed Double Blanks .J.-m. Nam 354 Reader Reaction: A Note on the Analysis of Censored Regression Data by Multiple Imputation J. R. James 358 Response .M. A. Tanner 362 Reader Reaction; Testing a Model of Aging in Animal Experiments Y. N. Tyurin, A. Yu. Yakovlev, J. Shi, and L. Bass 363 Corresptondence. 373 Book Reviews. 378 Obituary: F. Yates. 389 Correction. 392 (Xi) r xii Biometrics, 1995 PART 2 (June 1995) Estimating Distribution Maps From Atlas Data Using Methods of Statistical Image Analysis Harri Hogmander and Jesper Moller 393 A Model for Estimating the Potency and Survival of Human Gametes in Vivo Clarice R. Weinberg and Allen J. Wilcox 405 Inference for the Association Between Coefficients in a Multivariate Growth Curve Model David M. Zucker, Gary O. Zerbe, and Margaret C. Wu 413 EM Mixed Model Analysis of Data From Informatively Censored Normal Distributions Fraser B. Smith and Ronald W. Helms 425 Discrete Strategies of Cancer Post-treatment Surveillance. Estimation and Optimization Problems Alexander D. Tsodikov, Bernard Asselain, Alain Fourque, Thu Hoang, and Andrej Yu. Yakovlev 437 Frequency Domain Estimation of Covariate Effects in Multichannel Brain Evoked Potential Data Jonathan Raz, Valerie Cardenas, and Daniel Fletcher 448 Statistical Methods for Aerial Surveys Using the Double-Count Technique to Correct Visibility Bias Louis-Paul Rivest, Francois Potvin, Helene Crepeau, and Gaetan Daigle 461 Using Effort Information with Change-in-Ratio Data for Population Estimation Mark S. Udevitz and Kenneth H. Pollock 471 Estimation of the Pest Prevention Ability of the Import Plant Quarantine in Japan Kohji Yamamura and Tamio Sugimoto 482 Interval Estimation of Inverse Dose-Response.Juha M. Alho and Esko Valtonen 491 Semiparametric Estimation in a Three-State Duration-Dependent Markov Model from Interval- Censored Observations with Applications to AIDS Data.Halina Frydman 502 A Full Likelihood Procedure for Analysing Exchangeable Binary Data E. Olusegun George and Dale Bowman 512 Applying Cox Regression to Competing Risks.Mary Lunn and Don McNeil 524 Truncated Logistic Regression.Terence J. O’Neill and Simon C. Barry 533 Score Test for Familial Aggregation in Probands Studies: Application to Alzheimer’s Disease Daniel Commenges, Helene Jacqmin, Luc Letenneur, and Cornelia M. Van Duijn 542 Mixed Model Analysis of DNA Sequence Evolution.Ziheng Yang and Tianlin Wang 552 Estimation Methods for the Joint Distribution of Repeated Binary Observations Stuart R. Lipsitz, Garret M. Fitzmaurice, Lynn Sleeper, and L. P. Zhao 562 A Confidence Interval for PrfY < Y) - Pr(A’ > Y) Estimated From Simple Cluster Samples Michael D. deB. Edwardes 571 An Empirical Bayes Approach to Smoothing in Backcalculation of HIV Infection Rates Jiangang Liao and Ron Brookmeyer 579 ANOVA under Unequal Error Variances.Samaradasa Weerahandi 589 Testing the Fit of a Regression Model Via Score Tests in Random Effects Models Saskia le Cessie and Hans C. van Houwelingen 600 Assessment of Individual and Population Bioequivalence Using the Probability That Bioavailabilities Are Similar.Robert Schall 615 A Generalized Estimating Equations Approach for Spatially Correlated Binary Data: Applications to the Analysis of Neuroimaging Data.Paul S. Albert and Lisa M. McShane 627 A Bayesian Model for Growth Curve Analysis.Daniel Barry 639 Bivariate Sequential Designs for Phase II Trials . Mark R. Conaway and Gina R. Petroni 656 Spatial Interaction between Neighbouring Counties: Cancer Mortality Data in Valencia (Spain) Juan Ferrandiz, Antonio Lopez, Agustin Llopis, Maria Morales, and Maria Luisa Tejerizo 665 Estimation de la Moyennes des Valeurs les Plus Elevees d’une Population Finie: Application aux Inventaires Forestiers Jean Claude Pierrat, Francois Houllier, Jean Christophe Herve, and Raiil Salas Gonzalez 679 Bayesian Analysis of Ring-Recovery Data Via Markov Chain Monte Carlo Simulation P. Vounatsou and A. F. M. Smith 687 Measuring Selectivity From Multiple Choice Feeding-Preference Experiments.Bryan F. J. Manly 709 Assessment of the Combined Effects of Substances: The Relationship between Concentration Addition and Independent Action.Karsten Drescher and Wolfgang Boedeker 716 Shorter Communications Effects of Heteroscedasticity Upon Certain Analyses When Regression Lines Are Not Parallel Kay M. Larholt and Allan R. Sampson 731 A Score Test for Zero Inflation in a Poisson Distribution.Jan van den Broek 738 REML Estimation of Multiplicative Effects in Multienvironment Variety Trials Beverly J. Gogel, Brian R. Cullis, and Arunus P. Verbyla 744 Models of DNA Replication Timing in Interphase Nuclei: An Exercise in Inferring Process from State.Andrew D. Carothers and Wendy A. Bickmore 750 The Consultant’s Forum Group Sequential Methods for Coparison of Cure Rates in Clinical Trials Jae Won Lee and Harland N. Sather 756 Cluster Sampling Techniques in Quantal Response Teratology and Developmental Toxicity Studies Gayle S. Bieler and Rick L. Williams 764 Efficiency of Adaptive Cluster Sampling for Estimating Density of Wintering Waterfowl David R. Smith, Michael J. Conroy, and David H. Brakhage 111 Correspondence . 789 Book Reviews . 791 Contents PART 3 (September 1995) XVIIIth Fisher Memorial Lecture Delivered at the Natural History Museum, London, on Thursday, 20th October, 1994—Fiducial Inference and the Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection A. W. F. Edwards 799 Estimation and Confidence Intervals for Empirical Mixing Distributions ... W. A. Link and J. R. Sauer 810 Sample-Size Determination for Parent-Offspring Regression of a Composite Trait S. H. Orzack and R. Chappell 822 Statistical Analysis of Passive Surveillance Disease Registry Data. R. Brookmeyer and Y. Yasui 831 Bayesian Analysis of Proportional Hazards Models Built from Monotone Functions A. E. Gelfand and B. K. Mallick 843 On the Reliability and Precision of Within- and Between-Population Estimates of Relative Rate Parameters.L. Sheppard and R. L. Prentice 853 A Multiplicative Random Effects Model for Meta-Analysis with Application to Estimation of Admixture Component.Z. Li 864 Hazard Function Estimation Using B-Splines.P. S. Rosenberg 874 Model Selection Strategy in the Analysis of Capture-Recapture Data K. P. Burnham, G. C. White, and D. R. Anderson 888 Semi-parametric Estimation in Failure Time Mbcture Models .J. M. G. Taylor 899 Discriminant Analysis Algorithm Based on a Distance Function and on a Bayesian Decision A. Villarroya, M. Rios, and J. M. Oiler 908 Non-parametric Analysis of Covariance.S. G. Young and A. W. Bowman 920 Interim Analyses in 2 x 2 Crossover Trials.R. J. Cook 932 A Group Sequential Procedure for All-Pairwise Comparisons of k Treatments Based on the Range Statistic.W. Liu 946 A Random-Effects Model for Analysis of Infectious Disease Final-State Data R. D. Baker and R. H. Stevens 956 A Two-Stage Procedure for Survival Studies with Surrogate Endpoints .... P. Flandre and J. O’Quigley 969 Dose-Response Models with Covariates.M. C. Wijesinha and S. Piantadosi 977 Design and Analysis of Group Sequential Logrank Tests in Maximum Duration versus Information Trials . K. Kim, H. Boucher, and A. A. Tsiatis 988 Multivariate Contingency Tables and the Analysis of Exchangeability T. R. Ten Have and M. P. Becker 1001 Multiplicative Interaction in Generalized Linear Models.F. A. van Eeuwijk 1017 Tests for Genetic Linkage and Homogeneity.M. Lemdani and O. Pons 1033 Marginal Regression for Repeated Binary Data with Outcome Subject to Non-ignorable Non-response S. G. Baker 1042 Use of Historical Marker Data for Assessing Treatment Effects in Phase l/II Trials When Subject Selection Is Determined by Baseline Marker Level.H.-M. Lin and M. D. Hughes 1053 Tests of Random Mating for a Highly Polymorphic Locus: Application to HLA Data K. Jin, T. P. Speed, and G. Thomson 1064 Model Selection for Extended Quasi-Likelihood Models in Small Samples C. M. Hurvich and C.-H. Tsai 1077 Bayesian Analysis of Errors-in-Variables Regression Models.P. Dellaportas and D. A. Stephens 1085 Empirical Estimation of a Distribution Function with Truncated and Doubly Interval-Censored Data and Its Application to AIDS Studies.J. Sun 1096 Reference Values Obtained by Kernel-Based Estimation of Quantile Regressions G. R. Ducharme, A. Gannoun, M.-C. Guertin, and J.-C. Jequier 1105 Shorter Communications Bayesian Analysis of Two Overdispersed Poisson Models.D. P. M. Scollnik 1117 Correction for Covariate Measurement Error in Generalized Linear Models—A Bootstrap Approach J. K. Haukka 1127 Relative Potency of Two Preparations in Two-way Elimination of Heterogeneity Designs with Multivariate Responses.Z. Hanusz 1133 Survival Curves Subjected to Occasional Insults.D. Zelterman and J. W. Curtsinger 1140 On Plotting Renovated Samples.P. J. Smith 1147 The Consultant’s Forum Stopping a Clinical Trial Very Early Based on Unplanned Interim Analyses: A Group Sequential Approach .S. C. Emerson 1152 Randomization Model Methods for Evaluating Treatment Efficacy in Multicenter Clinical Trials C. S. Davis and Y. Chung 1163 Sequential Monitoring of Survival Data with the Wilcoxon Statistic K. K. G. Lan, W. F. Rosenberger, and J. M. Lachin 1175 Correspondence . 1184 Book Reviews. 1186 Corrections . 1196 XIV Biometrics, 1995 PART 4 (December 1995) Testing for the Presence of Immune Cured Individuals in Censored Survival Data R. A. Mailer and S. Zhou 1197 A Convex Hull-Based Estimator of Home-Range Size.B. J. Worton 1206 Sampling Theory, Estimation, and Significance Testing for Prevosti’s Estimate of Genetic Distance A. Sanchez, J. Ocafia, and F. Utzet 1216 A New Method to Explore the Distribution of Interindividual Random Effects in Non-linear Mixed Effects Models.K. E. Fattii^er, L. B. Sheiner, and D. Verotta 1236 Genetic Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci for Traits with Ordinal Distributions C. A. Hackett and J. I. Weller 1252 Utilizing Concentration-Response Data from Individual Components to Detect Statistically Significant Departures from Additivity in Chemical Mixtures.C. Gennings and W. H. Carter, Jr. 1264 Are Two Mutations Sufiicient to Cause Cancer? Some Generalizations of the Two-Mutation Model of Carcinogenesis of Moolgavkar, Venzon, and Knudson, and of the Multistage Model of Armitage and Doll.M. P. Little 1278 Testing Familial A^regation J. J. Houwing-Duistermaat, B. H. F. Derkx, F. R. Rosendaal, and H. C. van Houwelingen 1292 Partial Diallel Crosses in Incomplete Blocks.M. Singh and K. Hinkelmann 1302 Designed Extension of Studies Based on Conditional Power M. A. Proschan and S. A. Hunsberger 1315 Bayesian Estimation of Animal Abundance for Line Transect Sampling R. f. Karunamuni and T. J. Quinn II 1325 Dynamic Treatment Allocation Adjusting for Prognostic Factors for More Than Two Treatments S. Dror, D. Faraggi, and B. Reiser 1338 Robust Elementwise Estimation of a Dispersion Matrix.D. V. Mehrotra 1344 Spatial-Temporal Analysis of Mortality Using Splines A. van der Linde, K.-H. Witzko, and K.-H. Jockel 1352 A Symmetric Analysis of Paired Rankings with Application to Temporal Patterns of Hormonal Concentration M.-H. Huh, D. E. Critchlow, J. S. Verducci, J. Kiecolt-Glaser, R. Glaser, and W. B. Malarkey 1361 Incorporating Toxicity Considerations Into the Design of Two-Stage Phase II Clinical Trials J. Bryant and R. Day 1372 Inferences on the Association Parameter in Copula Models for Bivariate Survival Data J. H. Shih and T. A. Louis 1384 Analysis of Proportions in the Presence of Over-/Under-dispersion.S. R. Paul and A. S. Islam 1400 Interval Estimation and Significance Testing for Cyclic Trends in Seasonality Studies.J.-m. Nam 1411 A Simultaneous Survival Rate Analysis of Dead Recovery and Live Recapture Data J.-D. Lebreton, B. J. T. Morgan, R. Pradel, and S. N. Freeman 1418 Robust Restricted Maximum Likelihood in Mixed Linear Models A. M. Richardson and A. H. Welsh 1429 Average Information REML: An Efficient Algorithm for Variance Parameter Estimation in Linear Mixed Models.A. R. Gilmour, R. Thompson, and B. R. Cullis 1440 Using Kendall’s Correlations to Improve Variable Selection Methods in Case-Control Studies T. W. O’Gorman and R. F. Woolson 1451 Analysis of Tomato Root Initiation Using a Normal Mixture Distribution R. G. Gutierrez, R. J. Carroll, N. Wang, G.-H. Lee, and B. H. Taylor 1461 Diagnostic Plots to Reveal Functional Form for Covariates in Multiplicative Intensity Models P. M. Grambsch, T. M. Therneau, and T. R. Fleming 1469 Efficacy Evaluation for Monotherapies in Two-by-Two Factorial Trials H. M. James Hung, G. Y. H. Chi, and R. T. O’Neill 1483 One-Sided Tests in Generalized Linear Models with Parallel Regression Lines G. A. Paula and P. K. Sen 1494 Tests of Loglinear and Linear Relative Risks for Cox’s Model.1. A. Baade and A. N. Pettitt 1502 Shorter Communications ROC Curves with Multiple Marker Measurements.P. A. Murtaugh 1514 Estimating Variance Functions in Developmental Toxicity Studies D. Bowman, J. J. Chen, and E. O. George 1523 Adaptive Biased Urn Randomization in Small Strata When Blinding Is Impossible H. J. A. Schouten 1529 A Portmanteau Test for Spatial ARMA Models.T. Etchison, C. Brownie, and S. G. Pantula 1536 Likelihood-Based Methods for Bias Reduction in Limiting Dilution Assays Y. Mehrabi and J. N. S. Matthews 1543 Time-dependent Effects of Fbced Covariates in Cox Regression P. J. M. Verweij and H. C. van Houwelingen 1550 The Poisson Distribution and “Multiple Events” Cell Occupancy Problems J. A. Hanley and B. MacGibbon 1557 The Consultant’s Forum Prediction in the Presence of Measurement Error; General Discussion and an Example Predicting Defoliation.J. P. Buonaccorsi 1562 A Mixture Model with Detection Limits for Regression Analyses of Antibody Response to Vaccine L. H. Moulton and N. A. Halsey 1570 Correspondence . 1579 Book Reviews. 1582 Corrections . 1589 Acknowledgements . 1590 The Biometric Society . 1593 ). ■ 1 I