BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250915T151645EDT-0376lvMCTh@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250915T191645Z DESCRIPTION:Adjusting for Processing and Measurement Error in Regression wi th Exposure Levels Assessed on Pooled Biospecimens.\n\nRobert Lyles is a P rofessor in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at the Roll ins School of Public Health of Emory University\, in Atlanta\, GA. His int erests are in statistical methods primarily motivated by epidemiologic stu dies. He is currently Director of a Biostatistical Core for the Emory Cent er for AIDS Research\, and part of an Analysis Working Group for a study s eeking to better understand causes of childhood mortality in developing co untries.\n\n When laboratory assay costs are high\, potential benefits asso ciated with the pooling of biological specimens motivate statistical consi derations to facilitate regression analysis involving group-level exposure measurements. However\, the pooling of samples can introduce errors in me asurement due to processing\, possibly in addition to errors that may be p resent when the assay is applied to individual samples. We look into metho ds that might be applied to address this type of measurement error problem in common regression settings. As suggested by prior research addressing overall mean and variance estimation\, hybrid designs consisting of indivi dual as well as pooled samples facilitate the estimation of processing (or pooling) error\, while further variation in pool sizes may be called for to identify a potential underlying measurement error variance. For continu ous outcomes\, one can consider maximum likelihood (ML) or approaches base d on regression calibration in conjunction with ordinary or weighted least squares under hybrid designs. For binary outcomes\, we assess the potenti al applicability of discriminant function analysis as an alternative to ML or approximate ML based on logistic regression. We summarize some simulat ion results based on these methods\, and consider an example involving ind ividual and pooled laboratory assays to assess cytokine levels in a substu dy of the Collaborative Perinatal Project.\n DTSTART:20171010T193000Z DTEND:20171010T203000Z LOCATION:Room 521\, McIntyre Medical Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3G 1Y 6\, 3655 promenade Sir William Osler SUMMARY:Robert Lyles\, PhD\, Emory Unibersity URL:/mathstat/channels/event/robert-lyles-phd-emory-un ibersity-272980 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR