Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy

Galaxy Clustering.- 1 Surveys of Galaxy Redshifts.- 2 Some Statistical Problems in Cosmology.- Discussion by Suketu P. Bhavsar.- Discussion by Fred L. Bookstein.- 3 Analysis of Patterns in Galaxy Clustering.- Discussion by Fred L. Bookstein.- Discussion by N.K. Bose.- 4 Statistical Issues Concerning Quasar Absorption Line Systems.- Discussion by B.D. Ripley.- Discussion by Kathryn Roeder.- 5 Assessment of Subclustering in Clusters of Galaxies.- Discussion by J.A. Hartigan.- Discussion by Pranab K. Sen.- 6 Limitations to the Method of Power Spectrum Analysis: Nonstationarity. Biased Estimators, and Weak Convergence to Normality..- Discussion by Timothy C. Beers.- Discussion by Pranab K. Sen.- Response by William I. Newman et al..- 7 General Discussion: Galaxy Clustering.- Truncation and Censoring.- 8 Luminosity Function of Flux-Limited Samples.- Discussion by Michael G. Akritas.- Discussion by Michael Woodroofe.- 9 Eddington-Malmquist Bias, Streaming Motions, and the Distribution of Galaxies.- Discussion by Michael Woodroofe.- 10 Censoring in Astronomical Data Due to Nondetections.- Discussion by P.J. Bickel and Y. Ritov.- Discussion by Walter Liggett.- 11 Detecting and Measuring Sources at the Noise Limit.- Discussion by Leon Jay Gleser.- Discussion by Terry Speed.- Response by Herman L. Marshall.- Bayesian and Image Analysis.- 12 Promise of Bayesian Inference for Astrophysics.- Discussion by Gutti Jogesh Babu.- Discussion by Mike West.- Response by Thomas J. Loredo.- 13 Source Existence and Parameter Fitting When Few Counts Are Available.- Discussion by P.J. Bickel.- Discussion by Mike W’est.- 14 Bayesian Methods of Deconvolution and Shape Classification.- Discussion by Fionn Murtagh.- Discussion by Nicholas Weir.- Time Series Analysis.- 15 Aperiodic Time Series inAstronomy.- 16 Quasiperiodic Phenomena in Accreting Binary Stars.- Discussion by Walter Liggett.- 17 Search for Periodicities in High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomical Data.- Discussion by Keith Ord.- Discussion by T. Subba Rao.- 18 Chaotic Processes in Astronomical Data.- Discussion by Gary S. Shea.- Discussion by Terry Speed.- Response by Jeffrey D. Scargle.- 19 General Discussion: Time Series.- Multivariate Analysis and Other Topics.- 20 Multivariate Analysis and Classification of Large Astronomical Databases.- Discussion by R. Gnanadesikan.- Discussion by J.A. Hartigan.- Response by Fionn Murtagh.- 21 Physical Statistics.- Discussion by Leon Jay Gleser.- Discussion by Terry Speed.- 22 General Discussion: Working on the Interface Between Statistics and Astronomy.- List of Contributed Papers.