24. Path Sampling to Compute Integrated Likelihoods: An Adaptive Approach, Lefeb-

vre, G., Steele, R.J., Vandal, A.C., Narayanan, S., and Arnold, D. L. Submitted to the

Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, 25 pages. (2008)

25. Bayesian Posterior Thresholding of Principal Component Maps for High-Dimensional

Spatial Data, with Application for Neuroimaging, Chamandy, N. and Steele, R.J.

Submitted to Canadian Journal of Statistics, 34 pages. (2008)

26. Impact of Model Choice on the Accuracy of Cluster Detection for Spatial Disease

Modelling, Charland, K.M.L., Steele, R.J, and Wolfson, C. (2008)

27. A Path Sampling Identity for Computing the Kullback-Leibler and J-Divergences,

Lefebvre, G., Steele, R.J., and Vandal, A.C. Submitted to Statistics and Computing, 24

pages. (2008)

28. Defining disease states and disease course from longitudinal measurements of a

multivariate index using latent class analysis and hidden Markov chains: Delirium

as an example. Ciampi, A., Dyachenko, A., Steele, R.J., Cole, M., and McCusker, J. 25

pages. (2007)

29. Fitting Finite Mixture Models via Gibbs Sampling Revisited, Steele, R.J., Addona,

V., Cosma, I.A., and Taddy, M.A. 23 pages. (2006)

30. Neural Network Classification of Treatment Efficacy for Colorectal Cancer Pa-

tients, Taddy, M.A., Steele, R.J., and Zlobec, I. 33 pages. (2006)

31. Bayesian marginal log-linear models with random effects for capture-recapture

data, Turner, E. L., Steele, R.J., and Vandal, A.C. (2008)

32. Improved Semi-Parametric Inference for Birthweights in the Presence of Gesta-

tional Age Measurement Error, Steele, R.J., Platt, R.W., and Ross, M.E. 20 pages.

(2007)

33. Multiple Imputation with Small Numbers of Copies via Mixtures of Normal Dis-

tributions, Steele, R.J., Wang, N., and Raftery, A.E. 18 pages. (2007)

34. Abstract: Multiple imputation for body mass index in the general practice re-

search database. Delaney JA, Brophy JM, Steele RJ, Opatrny L, Suissa S. American

Journal of Epidemiology. ; 165 (11): S108 - S108 (2007) .

35. Book Review of “Optimization” by Kenneth Lange, Steele, R.J. Journal of the Amer-

ican Statistical Association (100) pp. 1457 - 1457 (2005).

36. Computing the Exact Distribution for a Multi-Way Contingency Table Conditional

on Its Marginal Totals, Fienberg, S.E., Makov, U.E., Meyer, M.M., and Steele, R.J. In

A.K.M.E. Saleh, ed., Data Analysis from Statistical Foundations: A Festschrift in Honor of

the 75th Birthday of D. A. S. Fraser, Nova Science Publishers, Huntington, NY, pp. 145 -

165. (2001)

37. Contribution to the Discussion of Stephens and Donnelly, Inference in Molecular

Population Genetics, Emond, M.J., Raftery, A.E., and Steele, R.J. Journal of the Royal

Statistical Society, Series B, 62. pp. 645 - 646 (2000)

38. Statistical Notions of Data Disclosure Avoidance and Their Relationship to Tra-

ditional Statistical Methodology: Data Swapping and Loglinear Models, Fienberg,

S.E., Steele, R.J., and Makov, U. Proceedings of the 1996 Annual Research Conference of the

U.S. Census Bureau, 87 - 105. (1996)

Under review

Published, in press, and accepted

1. Missing data in rheumatologic studies and the practical reality of modern ap-

proaches to the analysis of incomplete sub ject data: comment on the article by

Baron et al and the editorial by Boers. Steele, RJ and Hudson, M. Arthritis and

Rheumatism 59(9):1367-8 (2008).

2. The interpretation of systematic reviews with meta-analyses: an objective or sub-

jective process? Shrier I, Boivin JF, Platt RW, Steele RJ, Brophy JM, Carnevale F,

Eisenberg MJ, Furlan A, Kakuma R, Macdonald ME, Pilote L, Rossignol M. BMC Medical

Informatics and Decision Making 8:19 (2008)

3. The Cues and Care Trial: a randomized controlled trial of an intervention to

reduce maternal anxiety and improve developmental outcomes in very low birth-

weight infants. Zelkowitz P, Feeley N, Shrier I, Stremler R, Westreich R, Dunkley D, Steele

R, Rosberger Z, Lefebvre F, Papageorgiou A. BMC Pediatrics (26) 8:38 (2008)

4. Statins for Secondary Prevention in the Elderly: A Hierarchical Bayesian Meta-

Analysis. Afilalo, J., Duque, G., Steele, RJ, Jukema, J. W., and Eisenberg, M. J. Journal

of the American Col lege of Cardiology (51), pp. 37 - 45. (2008)

5. Clinical Correlates of Quality of Life in Systemic Sclerosis Measured with the

World Health Organization Disease Assessment Schedule II. Hudson, M., Thombs,

B., Steele, R., Watterson, R., Taillefer, S., Baron, M. Arthritis Care and Research (59), pp.

279-284. (2008)

6. Quality of Life in Systemic Sclerosis: Psychometric Properties of the World Health

Organization Disease Assessment Schedule II. Hudson, M., Steele, R.J., Taillefer, S.,

and Baron, M. Arthritis Care and Research (59), pp. 270 - 278. (2008)

7. The Clinimetric Properties of the World Health Organization Disease Assessment

Schedule-II in Early Inflammatory Arthritis. Baron, M., Schieir, O., Hudson, M.,

Steele, R., Kolahi, S., Berkson, L., Couture, F., Fitzcharles, M., Gagne, M., Garfield, B.,

Gutkowski, A., Kang, H., Kapusta, M., Ligier, S., Mathieu, J-P., Menard, H., Starr, M., Stein,

M., Watts, C., Zummer, M. Arthritis Care and Research (59), p. 382 -390. (2008)

8. Improving the sensitivity of the American College of Rheumatology classification

criteria for systemic sclerosis. Hudson M, Taillefer S, Steele R, Dunne J, Johnson SR,

Jones N, Mathieu JP, Baron M. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology (25), pp. 754 -757.

(2007)

9. Lifestyle variables and the risk of myocardial infarction in the General Practice

Research Database. Delaney, J.A.C., Daskalopoulou, S.S., Brophy, J.M., Steele, R.J.,

Opartny, L., and Suissa, S. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders (7:38) pp. 1 - 8. (2007)

10. Should meta-analyses of interventions include observational studies in addition

to randomized controlled trials? A critical examination of underlying principles.

Shrier, I. Boivin, J-F., Steele, R.J., Platt, R. W., Furlan, A., Kakuma, R., Brophy, J., and

Rossignol, M. American Journal of Epidemiology (166), pp. 1203 - 1209. (2007)

11. Update on Indices of Disease Activity in Systemic Sclerosis., Hudson, M., Steele,

R.J., CSRG, and Baron, M. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatology (37), pp. 93 - 98.

(2007)

12. Development of the McGill Range of Motion Index., Baron, M. and Steele, R.J.

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. (456) pp. 42 - 50. (2007)

13. Office capillaroscopy in systemic sclerosis., Baron M., Bell M., Bookman A., Buchignani

M., Dunne J., Hudson M., Jerome D., Johnson S.R., Jones N., Kaminska E., Lupton T.,

Mathieu J.P., Pope J., Steele R., and Taillefer S. Clinical Rheumatology (26), pp. 1268 -

1274. (2007)

14. Propensity score models., Shrier, I., Platt, R., and Steele, R.J. American Journal of

Epidemiology (166), pp. 238 - 239. (2007)

15. Mega-trials vs. meta-analysis: precision vs. heterogeneity?, Shrier I., Platt R.W.,

Steele R.J. Contemporary Clinical Trials (28), pp. 324 - 328. (2007)

16. Computing Normalizing Constants for Finite Mixture Models via Incremental

Mixture Importance Sampling (IMIS), Steele, R.J., Raftery, A.E., and Emond, M.J.

Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics (15), pp.712 - 734. (2006)

17. Selecting immunohistochemical cut-off scores novel biomarkers of progression and

survival in for colorectal cancer., Zlobec, I., Steele, R.J., Terracciano, L., Jass, J. R.

and Lugli, A. Journal of Clinical Pathology (60), pp. 1112 - 1116. (2007)

18. Scoring of p53, VEGF, Bcl-2 and APAF-1 immunohistochemistry and interob-

server reliability in colorectal cancer, Zlobec, I., Steele, R., Michel, R., Compton, C.,

Lugli, A. , and Jass, J. Modern Pathology (19), pp. 1236 - 1242. (2006)

19. Assessing spatial heterogeneity in the refractive index of float glass, Maimon, G.,

Steele, R.J., and Curran, J. M. Jurimetrics (46) pp. 31 - 51 (2006)

20. Understanding the relationship between risks and odds ratios, Shrier, I. and Steele,

R.J. Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine (16), pp. 107 - 110 (2006).

21. A predictive model for rectal tumor response to a novel pre-operative radiotherapy

using classification and regression tree methods (CART), Zlobec, I., Steele, R.J,

Nigam, N., and Compton, C. Clinical Cancer Research (11) pp. 5440-5443. (2005)

22. VEGF as a predictive marker of rectal tumor response to pre-operative therapy,

Zlobec, I., Steele, R.J., and Compton, C. Cancer (104), pp. 2517 - 2521. (2005)

23. Disclosure Limitation Using Perturbation and Related Methods for Categorical

Data, Fienberg, S.E., Makov, U.E., and Steele, R.J. Journal of Official Statistics, 14, No.

4. pp. 75-89 (1998)