ST810A - Preparation for Statistical Research
Assignment 1 -- Due 2/10/09

Search the literature and identify the 10 most important papers in a statistical area. Also, write a paragraph describing the methods you used for your search and which search tools you found most useful. This literature review should help you find a topic for the final project. Please use latex to create this document and use proper bibliographic notation, e.g.,

Gelfand AE, Ghosh SK (1998). Model choice: A minimum posterior predictive loss approach. Biometrika , 85, 1-11.

Here is a list of previous topics:
  • Tests of association and linkage in family studies (STG)
  • Models for survival data with cure rate (BST)
  • Bayesian networks for analysis of microarray expression data (BIO/STG)
  • On-line quality control (IND)
  • Methods for quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping (STG)
  • Identification of protein-coding gene regions using hidden Markov models (BIO/STG)
  • Chaos in population dynamics (BMA)
  • Survival analysis with correlated data (BST)
  • Semiparametric transformation models for analysis of censored survival data (BST)
  • Joint modeling of longitudinal and time-to-event (survival) data (BST)
  • Nonstationary covariance models for spatial analysis (ENV)
  • Use of the propensity score for estimating causal treatment effects in observational studies (BST)
  • Analysis of interval-censored survival data (BST)
  • Null models of biodiversity (BMA)
  • Hierarchical Bayesian models for spatial data (ENV)
  • Robust design of industrial experiments (IND)
  • Multiple imputation methods for analysis of missing data (BST)
  • Analysis of longitudinal binary data using generalized estimating equations (BST)
  • Regression models for the analysis of current status data
  • Evaluation of diagnostic tests and Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves (BST)
  • Design and analysis of phase I clinical trials (BST)
  • Modeling of financial derivatives (MST)
  • Analysis of longitudinal data in the presence of informative (nonignorable) dropout (BST)
  • Analysis of dispersion effects (IND)
  • Methods for the design and analysis of group sequential clinical trials (BST/IND)