Li Ma

Research interests

Nonparametrics (from both Bayesian and frequentist perspectives)
High dimensional inference
Recursive partitioning and tree-related methods
Applied statistics

Preprints

Ma L. (2013) Bayesian recursive mixture modeling and adaptive conditional association testing in case-control studies. Duke Statistical Science Discussion Paper 2012-07.

Ma L. (2012) Bayesian recursive variable selection. Duke Statistical Science Discussion Paper 2012-04.

Ma L. (2012) Recursive partitioning and Bayesian inference on conditional distributions. Duke Statistical Science Discussion Paper 2012-03.

Publications

Ma L, Wong WH, and Owen AB. (2012) A sparse transmission disequilibrium test for haplotypes based on Bradley-Terry graphs. Human Heredity. Vol. 73, No. 1, 52-61. [online][preprint]

Ma L and Wong WH. (2011) Coupling optional Polya trees and the two sample problem. Journal of the American Statistical Association, Theory and Methods. Vol. 106, No. 496, 1553-1565. [online][arxiv]

Wong WH and Ma L. (2010) Optional Polya tree and Bayesian inference. Annals of Statistics. Vol. 38, No. 3, 1433-1459. [online][pdf]

Ma L, Assimes T, Asadi NB, Iribarren C, Quertermous T, and Wong WH. (2010) An “almost exhaustive” search based sequential permutation method for detecting epistasis in disease association studies. Genetic Epidemiology. Vol. 34, No. 5, 434-443. [online][software]

Ma L, Mease D, and Russell D. (2010) A four group cross-over design for measuring irreversible treatments on web search tasks. Proceedings of HICSS-44. [online]

Ma L, Stein ML, Wang M, Shelton AO, Pfister CA, and Wilder KJ. (2009) A method for unbiased estimation of population abundance along curvy margins. Environmetrics. Vol. 22, No. 3, 330-339. [online]