published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / Statistics and Actuarial Science / Master / Master of Philosophy

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1991. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [64]-68).

published_or_final_version / Applied Statistics / Master / Master of Social Sciences

published_or_final_version / Statistics / Master / Master of Philosophy

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-101).

Thesis (M. Soc. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 30).

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 30) Also available in print.

published_or_final_version / Statistics and Actuarial Science / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

Kwok Kin On. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 49-51). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Collapsibility of the multidimensional table --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Bootstrap Method --- p.4 / Chapter 1.3 --- Scope of the thesis --- p.6 / Chapter 2 --- Testing Collapsibility using traditional asymptotic testing procedure --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1 --- Dimensional reduction in R x C x K contingency table --- p.7 / Chapter 2.2 --- Odd ratio --- p.9 / Chapter 2.3 --- Three types of collapsibility --- p.11 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Strict Collapsibility --- p.11 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Strong Collapsibility --- p.12 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Pseudo Collapsibility --- p.14 / Chapter 2.4 --- Setup of the testing procedure of collapsibility --- p.15 / Chapter 2.5 --- Asymptotic testing procedure of strict collapsibility --- p.16 / Chapter 2.6 --- Asymptotic testing procedure of pseudo collapsibility --- p.18 / Chapter 3 --- Testing Collapsibility using bootstrapping method --- p.20 / Chapter 3.1 --- Motivation of using bootstrap method --- p.20 / Chapter 3.2 --- Bootstrapping method --- p.20 / Chapter 3.3 --- Bootstrapping test procedure --- p.24 / Chapter 3.4 --- Test statistics --- p.27 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Test statistics for strict collapsibility --- p.27 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Test statistics for pseudo collapsibility --- p.29 / Chapter 4 --- Results --- p.31 / Chapter 4.1 --- Type I error rate of two tests --- p.31 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Type I error rate of two tests for strict collapsibility --- p.31 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Type I error rate of two tests for pseudo collapsibility --- p.35 / Chapter 4.2 --- Power of the two tests --- p.37 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Power of two tests for strict collapsibility --- p.38 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Power of two tests for pseudo collapsibility --- p.41 / Chapter 4.3 --- Application to Simpson's Paradox data --- p.45 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Comparison of two tests for strict collapsibility on Simpson's Paradox data --- p.45 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Comparison of two tests for strict collapsibility on Simpson's Paradox data --- p.46 / Chapter 4.4 --- Conclusion --- p.47 / Reference --- p.49-51

published_or_final_version / Statistics and Actuarial Science / Master / Master of Philosophy