The American Statistician, Volume 68, Issue 4 (2014)

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Statistical Practice

Article
Reference Class Forecasting: Resolving Its Challenge to Statistical Modeling
Robert F. Bordley
Pages: 221-229
Published online: 19 Nov 2014
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An Introduction to Practical Sequential Inferences via Single-Arm Binary Response Studies Using the binseqtest R Package
Jennifer L. Kirk & Michael P. Fay
Pages: 230-242
Published online: 19 Nov 2014
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Are Nonprofit Antipoverty Organizations Located Where They Are Needed? A Spatial Analysis of the Greater Hartford Region
Jun Yan, Chao Guo & Laurie E. Paarlberg
Pages: 243-252
Published online: 27 Aug 2014
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Dissonant Conclusions When Testing the Validity of an Instrumental Variable
Fan Yang, José R. Zubizarreta, Dylan S. Small, Scott Lorch & Paul R. Rosenbaum
Pages: 253-263
Published online: 25 Sep 2014
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General

Article
The Promise of Prediction Contests
Phillip E. Pfeifer, Yael Grushka-Cockayne & Kenneth C. Lichtendahl Jr.
Pages: 264-270
Published online: 19 Nov 2014
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A Paradoxical Result in Estimating Regression Coefficients
Thaddeus Tarpey, R. Todd Ogden, Eva Petkova & Ronald Christensen
Pages: 271-276
Published online: 19 Nov 2014
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A Property of Geometric Mean Regression
Shaoji Xu
Pages: 277-281
Published online: 25 Sep 2014
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Some Useful Moment Results in Sampling Problems
B. O’Neill
Pages: 282-296
Published online: 25 Sep 2014
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Teacher's Corner

Article
The Sign of the Logistic Regression Coefficient
A. B. Owen & P. A. Roediger
Pages: 297-301
Published online: 19 Nov 2014
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The “Three Plus One” Likelihood-Based Test Statistics: Unified Geometrical and Graphical Interpretations
Vito M. R. Muggeo & Gianfranco Lovison
Pages: 302-306
Published online: 27 Aug 2014
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Reviews of Books and Teaching Materials

Book Review
Reviews of Books and Teaching Materials
Pages: 307-315
Published online: 19 Nov 2014
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Letters to the Editor

Letter
Tarpey, T., Ogden, R. T., Petkova, E., and Christensen R. (2014), “A Paradoxical Result in Estimating Regression Coefficients,” The American Statistician, 68, 271–276 (this issue): Comment by Peng Ding
Peng Ding
Page: 316
Published online: 19 Nov 2014
CitationforTarpey, T., Ogden, R. T., Petkova, E., and Christensen R. (2014), “A Paradoxical Result in Estimating Regression Coefficients,” The American Statistician, 68, 271–276 (this issue): Comment by Peng Ding | Full Text | References | PDF (81.9 KB)
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Warr, R. L. and Erich, R. A. (2013), “Should the Interquartile Range Divided by the Standard Deviation be Used to Assess Normality?,” The American Statistician, 67, 242–244: Comment by Mukhopadhyay and Reply
Nitis Mukhopadhyay
Pages: 316-317
Published online: 19 Nov 2014
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Reply
Richard L. Warr & Roger A. Erich
Page: 317
Published online: 19 Nov 2014
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Correction

Correction
Aldor-Noiman, S., Brown, L.D., Buja, A., Rolke, W., and Stine, R.A. (2013), “The Power to See: A New Graphical Test of Normality,” The American Statistician, 67, 249–260
Sivan Aldor-Noiman, Lawrence D. Brown, Andreas Buja, Wolfgang Rolke & Robert A. Stine
Page: 318
Published online: 19 Nov 2014
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Editorial Collaborators

Editorial Collaborators
Pages: 319-320
Published online: 19 Nov 2014
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Miscellaneous

Editorial Board EOV
Page: ebi
Published online: 19 Nov 2014
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