This proceedings volume contains eight selected papers that were presented in the International
Symposium in Statistics (ISS) 2015 On Advances in Parametric and Semi-parametric Analysis of
Multivariate Time Series Spatial-temporal and Familial-longitudinal Data held in St. John¿s
Canada from July 6 to 8 2015. The main objective of the ISS-2015 was the discussion on
advances and challenges in parametric and semi-parametric analysis for correlated data in both
continuous and discrete setups. Thus as a reflection of the theme of the symposium the eight
papers of this proceedings volume are presented in four parts. Part I is comprised of papers
examining Elliptical t Distribution Theory. In Part II the papers cover spatial and temporal
data analysis. Part III is focused on longitudinal multinomial models in parametric and
semi-parametric setups. Finally Part IV concludes with a paper on the inferences for
longitudinal data subject to a challenge of important covariates selection from a set of large
number of covariates available for the individuals in the study.
