CONTENTS -- A Conversation with Yuan Shih Chow -- Publications of Yuan Shih Chow -- Preface -- Sequential Analysis -- Maximizing Expected Value with Two Stage Stopping Rules -- Normal Approximation for Two-Stage Winner Design -- A Restricted Minimax Determination of the Initial Sample Size in Stein's and Related Two-Stage Procedure -- Incorporating Overrunning Data into the Analysis of Both Primary and Secondary Endpoints in a Sequential Trial -- Probability Theory -- Central Limit Theorems for Instantaneous Filters of Linear Random Fields on Z2 -- A Study of Inverses of Thinned Renewal Processes -- Stochastic Games of Control and Stopping for a Linear Diffusion -- On Dirichlet Multinomial Distributions -- The Optimal Stopping Problem for Sn/n and Its Ramifcations -- Bold Play and the Optimal Policy for Vardi's Casino -- The Upper Limit of a Normalized Random Walk -- Semiparametric Statistics -- Analysis of a Sequence of Dependent 2 x 2 Tables -- A New Test of Symmetry about an Unknown Median -- The Cox Proportional Hazards Model with a Partially Known Baseline -- Nonparametric Statistics -- The Logistic Distribution and a Rank Test for Non-Transitivity -- A Note on the Consistency in Bayesian Shape-Restricted Regression with Random Bernstein Polynomials -- A Stabilized Uniform Q-Q Plot to Detect Non-Multinormality -- Bayesian Stochastic Estimation of the Maximum of a Regression Function -- The L1-Norm Kernel Estimator of Conditional Median for Stationary Processes -- Statistical Applications -- From Microstructures to Properties: Statistical Aspects of Computational Materials Science -- The Impact of Population Stratification on Commonly Used Statistical Procedures in Population-Based QTL Association Studies.

Probability Modeling and Statistical Analysis of Standardized Test Data for Purposes of Understanding and Measuring Test Equity Latent Ability Space Multi-Dimensionality and Skills Diagnostic Assessment.