The papers in this volume represent a broad, applied swath of advanced contributions to the 2015 ICSA/Graybill Applied Statistics Symposium of the International Chinese Statistical Association, held at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.  The contributions cover topics that range from statistical applications in business and finance to applications in clinical trials and biomarker analysis.  Each papers was peer-reviewed by at least two referees and also by an editor.  The conference was attended by over 400 participants from academia, industry, and government agencies around the world, including from North America, Asia, and Europe.weiterlesen