The American Statistician, Volume 68, Issue 3 (2014)

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Statistical Practice

Article
A Coverage Probability Approach to Finding an Optimal Binomial Confidence Procedure
Mark F. Schilling & Jimmy A. Doi
Pages: 133-145
Published online: 11 Aug 2014
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New Statistical Tests for Detecting Disparate Impact Arising From Two-Stage Selection Processes
Weiwen Miao & Joseph L. Gastwirth
Pages: 146-157
Published online: 11 Aug 2014
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General

Article
A Simple Density-Based Empirical Likelihood Ratio Test for Independence
Albert Vexler, Wan-Min Tsai & Alan D. Hutson
Pages: 158-169
Published online: 11 Aug 2014
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On a Simple Construction of a Bivariate Probability Function With a Common Marginal
Djilali Ait Aoudia & Éric Marchand
Pages: 170-173
Published online: 11 Aug 2014
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Applying Bootstrap Methods to System Reliability
Christopher E. Marks, Andrew G. Glen, Matthew W. Robinson & Lawrence M. Leemis
Pages: 174-182
Published online: 11 Aug 2014
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Teacher's Corner

Article
Uniform Correlation Mixture of Bivariate Normal Distributions and Hypercubically Contoured Densities That Are Marginally Normal
Kai Zhang, Lawrence D. Brown, Edward George & Linda Zhao
Pages: 183-187
Published online: 11 Aug 2014
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Two New Elementary Derivations of Geometric Expectation
Liang Hong
Pages: 188-190
Published online: 11 Aug 2014
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History Corner

Article
Kurtosis as Peakedness, 1905–2014. R.I.P.
Peter H. Westfall
Pages: 191-195
Published online: 11 Aug 2014
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A Unique Collaboration: Prominent Statisticians’ Survey Work in Greece in 1946
Catherine Michalopoulou
Pages: 196-203
Published online: 11 Aug 2014
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Statistical Computing Software Reviews

Editorial
Section Editor's Notes
Robert A. Oster
Page: 204
Published online: 11 Aug 2014
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Analyzing DOE With Statistical Software Packages: Controversies and Proposals
Sara Fontdecaba, Pere Grima & Xavier Tort-Martorell
Pages: 205-211
Published online: 11 Aug 2014
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Reviews of Books and Teaching Materials

Book Review
Reviews of Books and Teaching Materials
Pages: 212-219
Published online: 11 Aug 2014
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Letter to the Editor

Letter
Letter to the Editor
Liang Hong
Page: 220
Published online: 11 Aug 2014
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Letter
Reply
Changyong Feng, Hongyue Wang, Yu Han, Yinglin Xia & Xin M. Tu
Page: 220
Published online: 11 Aug 2014
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