Robust Rank-Based and Nonparametric Methods: Michigan, USA, April 2015: Selected, Revised, and Exten

1 Rank-Based Analysis of Linear Models and Beyond: A Review.- 2 Robust Signed-Rank Variable Selection in Linear Regression.- 3 Generalized Rank-Based Estimates for Linear Models with Cluster Correlated Data.- 4 Iterated Reweighted Rank-Based Estimates for GEE Models.- 5 On the Asymptotic Distribution of a Weighted Least Absolute Deviation Estimate for a Bifurcating Autoregressive Process.- 6 Applications of Robust Regression to "Big" Data Problems.- 7 Rank-Based Inference for Multivariate Data in Factorial Designs.- 8 Two-Sample Rank-Sum Test for Order Restricted Randomized Designs.- 9 On a Partially Sequential Ranked Set Sampling Paradigm.- 10 A New Scale-Invariant Nonparametric Test for Two-Sample Bivariate Location Problem with Application.- 11 Influence Functions and Efficiencies of k-Step Hettmansperger-Randles Estimators for Multivariate Location and Regression.- 12 New Nonparametric Tests for Comparing Multivariate Scales Using Data Depth.- 13 Multivariate Autoregressive Time Series Using Schweppe Weighted Wilcoxon Estimates.- 14 Median Stable Distributions.- 15 Confidence Intervals for Mean Difference between Two Delta-distributions.