The American Statistician, Volume 63, Issue 4 (2009)

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Statistical Practice

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Rating Movies and Rating the Raters Who Rate Them
Hua Zhou & Kenneth Lange
Pages: 297-307
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Variable Importance Assessment in Regression: Linear Regression versus Random Forest
Ulrike Grömping
Pages: 308-319
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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A Fresh Look at the Discriminant Function Approach for Estimating Crude or Adjusted Odds Ratios
Robert H. Lyles, Ying Guo & Andrew N. Hill
Pages: 320-327
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Representation of Multiplicative Seasonal Vector Autoregressive Moving Average Models
Ceylan Yozgatligil & William W. S. Wei
Pages: 328-334
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Teacher’s Corner

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Examining Factors to Better Understand Autoregressive Models
Wayne A. Woodward, Henry L. Gray, James R. Haney & Alan C. Elliott
Pages: 335-342
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Guided Labs That Introduce Statistical Techniques Used in Research From Multiple Disciplines
Shonda Kuiper & Linda Collins
Pages: 343-347
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Managing Case Discussions in Introductory Business Statistics Classes: Practical Approaches for Instructors
Marlene A. Smith & Peter G. Bryant
Pages: 348-355
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Revisiting the Classical Occupancy Problem
Patricia Pepple Williamson, Darcy P. Mays, Ghidewon Abay Asmerom & Yingying Yang
Pages: 356-360
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Teaching Variation Reduction Using a Virtual Manufacturing Environment
Stefan H. Steiner & R. Jock MacKay
Pages: 361-365
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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General

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Coefficients of Determination in Logistic Regression Models—A New Proposal: The Coefficient of Discrimination
Tue Tjur
Pages: 366-372
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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A Note on B-Splines for Semiparametric Elicitation
Björn Bornkamp & Katja Ickstadt
Pages: 373-377
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Nonlinear Models for Longitudinal Data
Jan Serroyen, Geert Molenberghs, Geert Verbeke & Marie Davidian
Pages: 378-388
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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The Effective Sample Size and an Alternative Small-Sample Degrees-of-Freedom Method
Christel Faes, Geert Molenberghs, Marc Aerts, Geert Verbeke & Michael G. Kenward
Pages: 389-399
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Statistical Computing Software Reviews

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Section Editor’s Notes
Robert A. Oster
Page: 400
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Reviews of Books and Teaching Materials

Book Review
Reviews of Books and Teaching Materials
Pages: 401-405
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Letters to the Editor

Letter
Letter to the Editor
Page: 406
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Editorial Collaborators

2009 Editorial Collaborators
Pages: 407-408
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Indexes

Index to Volume 63
Pages: 409-411
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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