SSC 1994 Annual Meeting

SSC 1994 Annual Meeting

Banff, Alberta


Multiplicity Problems in Clinical Trials


Organizer:
C Legault, Wake Forest University


Speakers:
A Donner, University of Western Ontario
Issues of Interpretation Arising from Multiple Subgroups in Clinical Trials


N Geller, NHLBI, Bethesda, MD
Multiple Endpoints in Clinical Trials


D Reboussin, Wake Forest University
Interim Analyses in Repeated Measures Designs


Forecasting and Modelling of Wheat Yields


Organizer:
J Babb, Canadian Grain Commission


Speakers:
P Bullock, The Canadian Wheat Board
Turning Satellite Images into Grain Yields


D Stewart, Agriculture Canada
Modelling of Plant Growth


J Babb, Canadian Grain Commission
Climatic Teleconnections and the Prediction of Wheat Yields


The Use of Highly Correlated Prognostic Factors


Organizer:
J Chapman, Henrietta Banting Breast Center


Speakers:
CHD Andrews, University of Toronto; K Berhane, University of Toronto
Generalized Additive Models for Dependent Data


J Chapman, Henrietta Banting Breast Center
Statistical Ramifications of the Proliferation of New Prognostic Factors for Breast Cancer


M Leblanc, University of Toronto
Combining Adaptive Regression Technics


Medical Imaging


Organizer:
J Meloche, University of British Columbia


Speakers:
U Grenander, Brown University
Understanding Pathology Patterns


K Worsley, McGill University The Geometry of Random Fields with Applications to Medical Images


Discussant:
J Meloche, University of British Columbia


Correspondence Analysis


Organizer:
Y Lepage, University of Montreal


Speakers:
S Nishisato, University of Toronto
Analysis of Categorical Data by Quantification: Problems and Possibilities


R Latour, University of Montreal
Applications of Correspondence Analysis in Professional Burnout


Statistical Issues in Human Genetic Studies


Organizer:
G Darlington, Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation


Speakers:
E Thompson, University of Washington
Monte Carlo Likelihood in the Genetic Epidemiology of Complex Traits


K Morgan, McGill University
Human Genetic Data Analysis: Some Examples and Problems