CLUSTER EFFECTS IN MINING COMPLEX DATA -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. PREAMBLE -- 1.2. AN OUTLINE OF THE BOOK -- Chapter 2: 2. MODELLING CLUSTERED SURVEY DATA -- 2.2. INTRODUCTION -- 2.3. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF SAMPLE SURVEYS -- 2.4. MODEL-BASED VERSUS DESIGN-BASED APPROACHES -- 2.5. A UNIFIED REGRESSION MODEL FOR SURVEY DATA -- 2.6. OPTIMAL HYPOTHESIS TESTING -- 2.7. EXISTING TESTS FOR CLUSTER EFFECTS -- 2.8. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- Chapter 3: 3. TESTS FOR CLUSTER EFFECTS OF THE SSMC MODEL -- 3.1. INTRODUCTION -- 3.2. TWO-STAGE SSMC MODEL AND THE TESTS -- 3.3. POWER COMPARAISON OF BO, LB TESTS & PE -- 3.4. A MORE COMPLICATED MODEL AND THE LMMP TEST -- 3.5. THREE-STAGE SSMC MODEL AND THE TESTS -- 3.6. PO TEST FOR TESTING SUBCLUSTER EFFECTS -- 3.7. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- APPENDIX 3A. SOME USEFUL MATRIX RESULTS -- Chapter 4: 4. TESTS FOR CLUSTER EFFECTS OF THE SMC MODEL -- 4.1. INTRODUCTION -- 4.2. TWO-STAGE SMC MODEL AND THE TESTS -- 4.3. A MORE COMPLICATED MODEL AND THE LMMPI TEST -- 4.4. THREE-STAGE SMC MODEL AND THE TESTS -- 4.5. POI TEST FOR TESTING SUBCLUSTER EFFECTS -- 4.6. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- APPENDIX 4A. SUMMARY OF THE TESTS OF THE SSMC AND SMC MODELS -- Chapter 5: 5. TESTING FOR CLUSTER EFFECTS IN 2SLR MODELS -- 5.1. INTRODUCTION -- 5.2. THE 2SLR MODELS AND THE TESTS -- 5.3. AN EMPIRICAL COMPARISON OF SIZES AND POWERS -- 5.4. APPROXIMATION OF AND SIZES USING F DISTRIBUTION -- 5.5. POWER COMPARISONS OF S(.3), LM1, LM2, D* AND D TESTS WITH PE -- 5.6. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- APPENDIX 5A: THE DATA USED IN THIS CHAPTER -- APPENDIX 5B: TABULATION OF RESULTS OF THE COMPARATIVE STUDY -- Chapter 6: 6. TESTING FOR CLUSTER EFFECTS IN MSLR MODELS -- 6.1. INTRODUCTION -- 6.2. THE 3SLR MODEL AND THE TESTS -- 6.3. THE TESTS.

6.4. POWER COMPARISONS OF THE POI AND THE LMMPI TESTS -- 6.5. TESTING ρ2 IN THE PRESENCE OF ρ15 -- 6.6. THE 3SLR MODEL AND THE NEW TESTS -- 6.7. POWERS AND SIZES COMPARISON OF LM1, LM2 AND POI TESTS -- 6.8. THE MSLR MODEL AND THE TESTS -- 6.8. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- APPENDIX 6A: THE DATA USED IN THIS CHAPTER -- Chapter 7: 7. TESTS FOR THE SNSG MODEL -- 7.1. INTRODUCTION -- 7.2. THE LNSG MODEL AND THE TESTS -- 7.3. THE LMMPI TEST FOR THE LNSG MODEL -- 7.4. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- Chapter 8: 8. STOCHASTIC MODEL FOR CLUSTER EFFECTS -- 8.1. INTRODUCTION -- 8.2. THE MODELS AND THE ESTIMATION PROCEDURES -- 8.3. APPLICATIONS OF THE STOCHASTIC MODEL -- 8.4. SUMMARY OF TESTS FOR CLUSTER EFFECTS -- 8.5. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- Chapter 9: 9. TESTING FOR CHANGE POINT -- 9.1. INTRODUCTION -- 9.2. THE TESTING PROBLEM AND THE TESTS -- 9.3. EMPIRICAL POWER COMPARISONS -- 9.4. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- APPENDIX 9A: APPROXIMATE CRITICAL VALUES OF THE L TEST -- APPENDIX 9B: PROOF OF LEMMA 9.1 -- Chapter 10: 10. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.