Background: Various monetary incentive strategies have been used to increase participant adherence in research. Our study examined the impact of two lottery incentive amounts on study adherence.Aims/objectives: The objective of this paper was to quantify the impact of a $50 and $100 lottery...

Background: Various monetary incentive strategies have been used to increase participant adherence in research. Our study examined the impact of two lottery incentive amounts on study adherence.Aims/objectives: The objective of this paper was to quantify the impact of a $50 and $100 lottery...

We develop two conditional tests for homogeneity of zero-inflated Poisson (ZIP) and Poisson-hurdle distributions. A Monte Carlo method is proposed for approximating the reference distributions of these tests. The techniques are applied to two examples.

type="main" xml:id="rssc12047-abs-0001" <title type="main">Abstract</title> <p>Stable isotope sourcing is used to estimate proportional contributions of sources to a mixture, such as in the analysis of animal diets and plant nutrient use. Statistical methods for inference on the diet proportions by using stable isotopes have...</p>