asa.biometrics.04

Sponsor(s): Sponsoring Section/Society: ASA-BIOMETRICS

Session Time: 8:30-10:20 Tuesday

Estimated Audience Size: 150-200

A/V Request: LCD Projection Panel (SVGA capable) with connection for laptop,Overhead, slide projector

Session Title: Issues in Using Regression, Classification Trees, and Neural Networks for Predicting Binary Outcomes

Theme Session: No $\quad$ Applied Session: Yes

Organizer: Ruthazer, Robin  

Session Timing: 110 minutes total...please allocate Opening Remarks by Chair - 5 or 0 minutes First Speaker - 30 minutes (or 25) Second Speaker - 30 minutes Third Speaker - 30 minutes Discussant - 10 minutes (or none) Floor Discussion - 10 minutes (or 5 or 15)

Chair: Schmid, Christopher  

1. A Comparision of Regression Models, Calssification Trees, and Neural Networks for the Prediction of Cardiac Complications $\quad$ Griffith, John  

$\quad$ Ruthazer, Robin  

$\quad$ Schmid, Christopher  

$\quad$ Terrin, Norma  

2. Logistic Regression - Tools for Measuring and Improving Predictive Accuracy $\quad$ Lee, Kerry L.  

$\quad$ Harrell, Frank  

3. Hybrid CART-Logit for Classification and Segmentation $\quad$ Steinberg, Dan  

$\quad$ Cardell, Scott N.  

4. Neural Networks: Advantages and Limitations for Statistical Modeling $\quad$ Goodman, Philip H.  

$\quad$ Harrell, Frank  

List of speakers who are nonmembers: None