Volume 43 Number 1 (2009) August 22, 2009September 22, 2023 Publisher Inference in statistical shape theory: elliptical configuration densities By Jose A. Dıaz-Garcıa, Graciela Gonzalez-Farıas Reduction of bias and mean square error in estimating AR(1) model parameter based on Quenouille-type and optimum overlapping series splitting estimators By Saran Ishika Maiti Estimation of the mean vector of a multivariate normal model under reflected normal loss By B. Ghari, M. Arashi, S.M.M. Tabatabaey Marginal homogeneity and distance subsymmetry models in square contingency tables with ordered categories By Bayo H. Lawal, Richard A. Sundheim Comparison of restricted maximum likelihood and bootstrap via minimum norm quadratic unbiased estimators for hierarchical linear models under assumptions By Ayesha Delpish Improved estimation of the parameters of simple linear regression model with autocorrelated errors By A. K. Md. E. Saleh, Fei Tang, B. M. Golam Kibria Two new estimators of distribution functions By A. K. Md. Ehsanes Saleh, Patrick J. Farrell Gene selection with Johnson’s distribution By Florence George, K.M. Ramachandran, and Li Lihua