This collection contains an archive for the publications produced by faculty members in the College of Public Health- Department of Biostatistics at Georgia Southern University.
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Submissions from 2011
Nonparametric Overlap Coefficient Estimate Using Ranked Set Sampling, Amal Helu, Hani Samawi, and Robert L. Vogel
Estimating Species Trees from Unrooted Gene Trees, Liang Liu and Lili Yu
A Bayesian Model for Gene Family Evolution, Liang Liu, Lili Yu, Venugopal Kalavacharla, and Zhanji Liu
Early Cardiac Pacemaker Placement for Life-Threatening Bradycardia in Traumatic Spinal-Cord Injury, Jacob R. Moerman, Benjamin D. Christie, Leon N. Sykes, Robert L. Vogel, Tracy L. Nolan, and Ashley W. Dennis
Case Study in Optimal Dosing in Duodenal Ulcer, Karl E. Peace
Clinically Optimal Dosing in the Treatment of Duodenal Ulcers: A Case Study of a Phase III SNDA Clinical Program, Karl E. Peace
Varied Set Size Ranked Set Sampling with Application to Mean and Ratio Estimation, Hani Samawi
Distribution-Free Runs Test for Conditional Symmetry, Hani M. Samawi and Amal Helu
Nonparametric Test of Symmetry Based on Overlapping Coefficient, Hani M. Samawi, Amal Helu, and Robert L. Vogel
Tests of Homogeneity for Partially Matched-Pairs Data, Hani Samawi and Robert L. Vogel
Genetic Matching: A Better Algorithm for Adjusting Covariate Imbalance for Statistical Data Analysis and Modeling, Kao-Tai Tsai and Karl E. Peace
Joint Modeling of the Treatment Effect in Clinical Trials with Time-to-Event Endpoint and Safety Covariates, Kao-Tai Tsai and Karl E. Peace
Nonparametric Quasi-Likelihood for Right Censored Data, Lili Yu
MentalSquares − A Generic Bipolar Support Vector Machine for Mental Disorder Classification, Diagnostic Analysis, and Neurobiological Data Mining, Wen-Rang Zhang, Anand K. Pandurangi, Karl E. Peace, and Yan-Qing Zhang
Submissions from 2010
Estimating Odds Using Moving Extreme Ranked Set Sampling, Mohammad F. Al-Saleh and Hani Samawi
Interval-Censoring in Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Clinical Trials, Ding-Geng Chen, Karl E. Peace, Lili Yu, Y. L. Lio, and Yibin Wang
An R Package for Species Tree Analysis, Liang Liu and Lili Yu
A Maximum Pseudo-Likelihood Approach for Estimating Species Trees under the Coalescent Model, Liang Liu, Lili Yu, and Scott V. Edwards
Stratified Ranked Set Sample, Hani M. Samawi
An Optimal Sing Test for One-sample Bivariate Location Model Using an Alternative Bivariate Ranked Set Sample, Hani M. Samawi, Mohammed Al-Haj Ebrahem, and Noha Al-Zubaidin
On the Optimality of Bivariate Ranked Set Sample Design for Matched Pairs Sign Test, Hani M. Samawi and Mavis Pararai
On Distribution-Free Runs Test for Symmetry Using Extreme Ranked Set Sampling with an Application Involving Base Deficit Score, Hani M. Samawi, Robert L. Vogel, and Christopher K. Senkowski
Children Insurance Disparity in Georgia: In Comparison With Other States Using Data from the National Survey of Children’s Health, Hani Samawi and James H. Stephens
Characteristics of Problem Drinking in an Urban South American Indigenous Population, Paul J. Seale, Sylva Shellenberger, Neila Sanchez, Robert L. Vogel, Elibeth Villalobos, Fred S. Girton, Dana M. Seale, and Ike S. Okosun
On the Eigenstructures of Functional K-Potent Matrices and Their Integral Forms, Yan Wu and Daniel F. Linder
Submissions from 2009
Comparative Health Systems: Jordan, H. Madanat and Hani M. Samawi
Monitoring Adverse Experiences in Clinical Drug Development, Karl E. Peace
Bivariate or Composite Plots of Endpoints, Karl E. Peace and Kao-Tai Tsai
The Matched Pairs Sign Test Using Bivariate Ranked Set Sampling Based on Different Ranking Schemes, Hani Samawi and Mohammad F. Al-Saleh
Multivariate Dose Response Test, Kao-Tai Tsai and Karl E. Peace
An Easy and Convenient Method for Constructing Contrasts, Robert L. Vogel
Complete Identification of Permissible Sampling Rates for First-Order Sampling of Multi-Band Bandpass Signals, Yan Wu and Daniel F. Linder
Sampling Rates for the First-Order Sampling of Two-Band Signals, Yan Wu and Daniel F. Linder
Submissions from 2008
Is Informed Consent as Ethical as It Could Be?, Karl E. Peace
Safety of Drugs is, Indeed, a Lifecycle Exercise, Karl E. Peace
Assessing the Validity of Statistical Inferences in Public Health Research: An Evidence-Based, "Best Practices" Approach, Karl E. Peace, Anthony V. Parrillo, and Charlie J. Hardy
Inference on Overlapping Coefficients in Two Exponential Populations Using Ranked Set Sample, Hani Samawi and Mohammad F. Al-Saleh
On Matched Pairs Sign Test Using Bivariate Ranked Set Sampling: An Application to Environmental Issues, Hani M. Samawi, Mohammad F. Al-Saleh, and Obaid Al-Saidy
On Truth, Uncertainity, Equilibrium and Harmony — A Taxonomy for YinYang Scientific Computing, Wen-Ran Zhang, Paul P. Wang, Karl E. Peace, Justin Zhan, and Yan-Qing Yan-Qing Zhang
Submissions from 2007
A Note on Inclusion Probability in Ranked Set Sampling and Some of Its Variations, Mohammad F. Al-Saleh and Hani M. Samawi
Inference on Overlapping Coefficients in Two Exponential Populations, Mohammad F. Al-Saleh and Hani M. Samawi
On the Approximation of Multiple Integrals Using Multivariate Ranked Simulated Sampling, Mohammad F. Al-Saleh and Hani M. Samawi
Assessment of Drug Safety, Karl E. Peace
A Survival Analysis Instead of an Endpoint Analysis for Antibiotic Data, Karl E. Peace
The Design and Analysis of Pivotal Proof of Efficacy Trials in the Development of Drugs to Treat Panic Disorder, Karl E. Peace
On Bivariate Ranked Set Sampling for Ratio and Regression Estimators, Hani M. Samawi and Mohammad Al-Saleh
Multivariate Dose-Response Analysis of Ordinal Response Data, Kao-Tai Tsai and Karl E. Peace
YinYang Dynamic Neurobioological Modeling and Diagnostic Analysis of Major Depressive and Bipolar Disorders, Wen-Rang Zhang, Anand K. Pandurangi, and Karl E. Peace
Toward a New Standard for Classification and Analysis of Bipolar Disorders with Mixed States, Wen-Rang Zhang, Karl E. Peace, and Anand K. Pandurangi
Yin Yang Mental Squares - An Equilibrium-Based System for Bipolar Neurobiological Pattern Classification and Analysis, Wen-Ran Zhang and Karl E. Peace
Submissions from 2006
Adaptive Selection of Counties to Control Versus Intervention Groups in SW Georgia Behavioral Study, Karl E. Peace
Biostatistical Aspects of the Development of Drugs to Prevent NSAID Induced Gastric Ulcers, Karl E. Peace
Clinical Trials: Location Matters, Karl E. Peace
Fixed Combination Drug Development and the Need for Placebo, Karl E. Peace
Sample Sizes in the Clinical Development Plan Premarket Approval, Karl E. Peace
The Importance of the Question Relative to Statistical Analysis in Medical Research, Karl E. Peace
The Validity of Statistical Inference, Karl E. Peace
Statistical Analysis Methods for Providing Inferences between Primary Response Measures and Exposure to Study Medication, Karl E. Peace and H. C. Carter
Bivariate Sign Test for One-Sample Bivariate Location Model Using Ranked Set Sample, Hani Samawi, Mohammad F. Al-Saleh, and Obaid Al-Saidy
Experiences of Mandated Reporting Among Family Therapists, Melton Strozier, Rachel Brown, Martha Fennell, Jane Hardee, and Robert L. Vogel
Experiences of Mandated Reporting Among Family Therapists: A Qualitative Analysis, Melton Strozier, Rachel Brown, Martha Fennell, Jane Hardee, Robert L. Vogel, and Elizabeth Bizzell
Racial Differences in Perception of Breast Cancer Risk in Rural Southeast Georgia, Stuart Tedders, Anthony V. Parrillo, Karl E. Peace, and Jannell R. Knight
Impedance Cardiography: A Potential Monitor for Hemodialysis, Julie L. Wynne, Leo O. Ovadje, Chaltsy M. Akridge, Samuel W. Sheppard, Robert L. Vogel, and Joseph M. Van De Water
Equilibrium-Based Bipolar Neurological Modeling, Wen-Ran Zhang, Anand K. Pandurangi, and Karl E. Peace
Submissions from 2005
Hemoglobin A1C Levels in Diagnosed and Undiagnosed Black, Hispanic, and White Persons with Diabetes: Results from NHANES 1999-2000, John Boltri, Ike S. Okosun, Monique Davis-Smith, and Robert L. Vogel
Effect of Advanced Age in Subjective Surgical Outcome of Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery, Vassilios Dimopoulos, Kosta Fountas, Mozaffar Kassam, Carlos Feltes, Robert L. Vogel, Joe Sam Robinson, and Arthur Grigorian
Making Informed Consent More Ethical, Karl E. Peace
On the Analysis of a Combination of Two Primary Efficacy Measures, Karl E. Peace
The Statistical Section of a Clinical Protocol, Karl E. Peace
Cardiopulmonary Assessment: Is Improvement Needed?, Joseph M. Van De Water, Martin L. Dalton, David C. Parish, Robert L. Vogel, John C. Beatty, and Said O. Adeniyi
Submissions from 2004
Does Intraoperative Electromyographic Monitoring in Lumbar Microdiscectomy Correlate With Postoperative Pain?, Vassilios Dimopoulos, Carlos H. Feltes, Kosta N. Fountas, Ionnis Z. Kapsalaki, Robert L. Vogel, Bridget Fuhrmann, Arthur Grigorian, Kim Johnston, Hugh F. Smission, and Joe S. Robinson
Correlation of the Amount of Disc Removed in a Lumbar Microdiscectomy with Long-Term Outcome, Kosta N. Fountas, Eftychia Z. Kapsalaki, Carlos Feltes, Hugh F. Smission, Kim Johnston, Robert L. Vogel, and Joe S. Robinson
Noninvasive Histologic Grading of Solid Astrocytomas Using Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Kosta N. Fountas, Eftychia Z. Kapsalaki, Robert L. Vogel, Ionnis Fezoulidis, Joe S. Robinson, and Efstathios Gotsis
Impact of a Surgical Oncologist on General Surgery Residency Training Program, T. Clark Gamblin, Martin L. Dalton, Joe H. Morgan III, Dudley B. Christie III, Robert L. Vogel, and Paul S. Dale
Differential DSM-III Psychiatric Disorder Prevalence Profiles in Dystonia and Parkinson Disease, Edward C. Lauterbach, Alan Freeman, and Robert L. Vogel
Submissions from 2003
Are Family Practice Residents able to Interpret Electrocardiograms?, John M. Boltri, Robert B. Hash, and Robert L. Vogel
Should Pennies Retained in the Stomach Be Removed?, John M. Boltri, Joshua E. Lane, Robert L. Vogel, and Dale E. Moore
Survey of Sports Medicine Faculty, Sean T. Bryan, Robert B. Hash, and Robert L. Vogel
Does Physician Weight Affect Perception of Health Advice?, Robert B. Hash, Rana K. Munna, Robert L. Vogel, and James J. Bason
Acceptance of HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis According to Occupation in the Hospital Setting, Joshua E. Lane, Christopher C. Moore, Robert L. Vogel, and Jeffrey L. Stephens
Correlates of Generalized Anxiety and Panic Attacks in Dystonia and Parkinson Disease, Edward C. Lauterbach, Alan Freeman, and Robert L. Vogel
Promoting Health and Well-Being of Students in a Marriage and Family Therapy Program: A Study of the Development and Utilization of Therapy Services for Future Therapists, Melton Strozier, Lee Bowen, and Robert L. Vogel
Estimated Risk of Death Among Employees in Agriculture and Agriculture-Related Industries in Georgia, 1985-1994, Stuart H. Tedders, Tracy L. Jobin, G.E. Alan Dever, and Robert L. Vogel
Impedance Cardiography: The Next Vital Sign Technology, Joseph M. Van De Water, Timothy W. Miller, Robert L. Vogel, Bruce E. Mount, and Martin L. Dalton
