In the featured article of the February issue, Enrique del Castillo and Bianca M. Colosimo consider a different kind of complex data: the geometric shape of an object.
Journal Highlights
Journal of Nonparametric Statistics End of Year Highlights
The issues in the 2010 volume covers a wide range of topics, including nonparametric testing for survival data, bootstrap estimation for clustered data, nonparametric functional estimation, time series modeling and prediction, two-sample nonparametric testing, and a review of Spearman’s footrule and Gini’s gamma with complements.
December JASA Features Overview of Methods for Chronic Disease Research
The December 2010 issue of the Journal of the American Statistical Association features an article by Ross Prentice that is based on his 2008 Fisher Lecture at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Denver, Colorado.
New Volume Begins with Invited Perspectives
One of the special features of Statistical Analysis and Data Mining is the occasional invited perspective. To start Volume 4, there are two.
Fall Issue Asks ‘What Is Jeopardy?’
CHANCE starts out with an article by Jason Crowley, Brenna Curley, and Dave Osthus that analyzes results from the game show “Jeopardy” from 1984–2009. Graphical analysis is used to depict trends across the show’s history. Also included is a sidebar with new developments for the magazine.
Reliability Growth Metrics Featured in November Issue
The November issue of Technometrics features five articles focusing on reliability growth metrics.
Featured Papers Cover Application, Methods, Theory
Motivations of the papers in the October issue run the gamut from adjusting to constant change, to finessing seemingly impossible enumerations, to finding new forms of simplification, to discovering hidden associations, to understanding underlying theory.
September Issue Provides Perspectives on Reconstructing Paleoclimate
Read about reconstructing paleoclimate, massively parallel signature sequencing, methods for assessing the accuracy of summary statistics based on large sets of correlated normal variates, and an alternative to additive-error modeling. A listing of reviewed books also is included.
Statistical Practice Articles Open Issue
The August issue of The American Statistician opens with the Statistical Practice article, “Strategies for Pulling the Goalie in Hockey,” by David Beaudoin and Tim B. Swartz. The authors develop methodology to assess strategies for hockey teams to pull their goaltender. Does it pay to pull a goaltender when trailing in the game, and if so, when? Using data from the National Hockey League and Bayesian methods, the authors develop a simulator that allows them to compare strategies.
Two New Teaching Bits Featured in Latest Issue
The July issue of JSE includes 10 regular articles, two new Teaching Bits, and a rejoinder from Deb Rumsey to the letter from Michael Granaas in the March issue about whether to teach variance.