3067.0 Statistics Student Papers Session

Monday, October 27, 2008: 8:30 AM
Oral
This session highlights research on statistical methodology by students from five different Universities. Topics include measures of health disparities, measures of college student health, quality assurance sampling, modeling overdispersion in hierarchical medical data, and measures of external/internal consistency in linear mixed models.
Session Objectives: 1. List 5 areas of new statistical methodology research. 2. Assess the value of new techniques to different areas of research. 3. Identify new tools for survey research.
Moderator:
Brisa N. Sanchez, PhD

8:30 AM
Categorizing measures of health disparity by questions addressed, implicit assumptions, and data required
Megan E. Price and Lance Waller
     
8:45 AM
Using an experimental pretest to examine the impact of question wording changes on a national survey measuring college student health
Theresa K. Jackson, PhD, MPH
     
9:00 AM
Large Country – Lot Quality Assurance Sampling: Health surveys for local and regional program management
Bethany L. Hedt, SM, Casey Olives, MS, Joe Valadez and Marcello Pagano, PhD
     
9:15 AM
Modeling levels of overdispersion in hierarchical medical data
Trent La Londe and Jeffrey Wilson
9:30 AM
R 2 as measures of external and internal consistency in the linear mixed model
Jean G. Orelien, Dr and Lloyd J. Edwards, Dr

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