The American Statistician, Volume 75, Issue 4 (2021)

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The American Statistician, Volume 75, Issue 4 (2021)

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General

Article
Comparing Covariate Prioritization via Matching to Machine Learning Methods for Causal Inference Using Five Empirical Applications
Luke Keele & Dylan S. Small
Pages: 355-363
Published online: 04 Feb 2021
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The Classical Occupancy Distribution: Computation and Approximation
Ben O’Neill
Pages: 364-375
Published online: 06 Jan 2020
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The Short-Term and Long-Term Hazard Ratio Model: Parameterization Inconsistency
Philippe Flandre & John O’Quigley
Pages: 376-382
Published online: 08 Apr 2020
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Hurdle Blockmodels for Sparse Network Modeling
Narges Motalebi, Nathaniel T. Stevens & Stefan H. Steiner
Pages: 383-393
Published online: 01 Feb 2021
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Statistical Computing and Graphics

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Random number generators produce collisions: Why, how many and more
Marius Hofert
Pages: 394-402
Published online: 28 Jul 2020
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Learning Hamiltonian Monte Carlo in R
Samuel Thomas & Wanzhu Tu
Pages: 403-413
Published online: 31 Jan 2021
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Statistical Practice

Article
Pairwise Comparisons Using Ranks in the One-Way Model
Dennis D. Boos & Siyu Duan
Pages: 414-423
Published online: 27 Jan 2021
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A Review of Bayesian Perspectives on Sample Size Derivation for Confirmatory Trials
Kevin Kunzmann, Michael J. Grayling, Kim May Lee, David S. Robertson, Kaspar Rufibach & James M. S. Wason
Pages: 424-432
Published online: 22 Apr 2021
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Teacher’s Corner

Article
Facilitating Authentic Practice for Early Undergraduate Statistics Students
Peter E. Freeman
Pages: 433-444
Published online: 14 Dec 2020
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Teacher's Corner

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The Impact of Application of the Jackknife to the Sample Median
Jianning Yang & John E. Kolassa
Pages: 445-449
Published online: 04 Feb 2021
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Reviews of Books and Teaching Materials

Book Review
Beyond Multiple Linear Regression: Applied Generalized Linear Models and Multilevel Models in R
by Paul Roback and Julie Legler. Boca Raton, FL: Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, 2020(H)/2021(e-book), xvii + 418 pp., $99.95(H/e-book), ISBN: 9781439885383(H), 9780429066665(e-book).
Youjin Lee
Pages: 450-451
Published online: 04 Nov 2021
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Book Review
Probability and Statistical Inference: From Basic Principles to Advanced Models
by Miltiadis C. Mavrakakis and Jeremy Penzer. Boca Raton, FL: Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, 2021, xix + 423 pp., $99.95(H/e-book), ISBN: 9781584889397(H), 9781315366630(e-book).
Gabriel J. Young
Pages: 451-453
Published online: 04 Nov 2021
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Book Review
Textual Data Science with R
by Mónica Bécue-Bertaut. Boca Raton, FL: Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, 2019, xvii + 194 pp., $79.95(H), $54.95(e-book), ISBN: 9781138626911(H), 9781315212661(e-book).
Kenneth R. Benoit
Pages: 453-454
Published online: 04 Nov 2021
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Letter to the Editor

Letter
Letter to the Editor: Zhang, J. (2021), “The Mean Relative Entropy: An Invariant Measure of Estimation Error,” The American Statistician, 75, 117–123: comment by Vos and Wu
Paul Vos & Qiang Wu
Pages: 455-457
Published online: 04 Nov 2021
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Reply
Response to Letter to the Editor: Zhang, J. (2021)
Jin Zhang
Page: 458
Published online: 04 Nov 2021
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