Book Reviews

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Monte Carlo Methods. J. M. Hammersley and D. C. Handscomb. (Methuen's Monographs on Applied Probability and Statistics.) New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1964. Pp. vii, 178. $4.75. Reviewed by Martin Greenberger

Studies in Subjective Probability. Henry E. Kyburg, Jr. and Howard E. Smokler, Editors. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1964. Pp. vii, 203. $4.75. Paperbound. Reviewed by Bruce M. Hill

Probabilities on Algebraic Structures. Ulf Grenander. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1963. Pp. 218. $12.00. Reviewed by G. Kallianpur

The Method of Paired Comparisons. H. A. David, New York: Hafner Publishing Company, 1963. Pp. 124. $4.75. Reviewed by Gottfried E. Noether

Investment Decisions, Economic Forecasting, and Public Policy. John R. Meyer and Robert R. Glauber. Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration, 1964. Pp. xix, 280. $6.00. Reviewed by James W. Friedman

1963 Survey of Consumer Finances. George Katona, Charles A. Lininger, and Eva Mueller. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Survey Research Center, 1964. Pp. xviii, 259. $6.00. Reviewed by James C. Byrnes

Basic Statistics: A Primer for the Biomedical Sciences. Olive Jean Dunn. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1964. Pp. xiii, 184. $5.50. Reviewed by Richard D. Remington

Estimates of Residential Building, United States, 1840–1939. Manuel Gottlieb. (Technical Paper 17.) New York: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1964. Pp. xvi, 99. $2.00. Paperbound. Reviewed by Dorothy S. Brady

Housing Market Analysis and the Growth of Nonfarm Home Ownership. Alvin E. Coons and Bert T. Glaze. (Bureau of Business Research Monograph Number 115.) Columbus, Ohio: Bureau of Business Research, Ohio State University, 1963. Pp. xix, 174. $5.00. Reviewed by Hugh O. Nourse

The Behavior of Income Shares: Selected Theoretical and Empirical Issues. National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press for the National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1964. Pp. x, 394. $8.00. Reviewed by Harold M. Somers

A Behavioral Theory of the Firm. Richard M. Cyert and James G. March. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1963. Pp. ix, 332. $8.25. Reviewed by Martin Shubik

Planning and Statistics in Socialist Countries. I. Y. Pisarev, et al. (Indian Statistical Series No. 19.) New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, Inc., for the Asia Publishing House, 1964. Pp. vi, 256. $13.00. Reviewed by Egon Neuberger

The Random Character of Stock Market Prices. Paul H. Cootner, Editor. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 1964. Pp. ix, 510. $15.00. Reviewed by Harry Markowitz

Skid Row in American Cities. Donald J. Bogue. Chicago, Illinois: Community and Family Study Center, University of Chicago, 1964. Pp. xiv, 521. $6.50. Reviewed by Mary G. Powers

Adaptive Control Processes: A Guided Tour. Richard Bellman. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1961. Pp. xvi, 255. $6.50. Reviewed by Marshall Freimer

Electronic Computation of Human Diets. Victor E. Smith. East Lansing: Michigan State University Graduate School of Business Administration, 1964. Pp. xvii, 234, $8.00. Reviewed by Walter D. Fisher

Introduction To Experimental Statistics. C. C. Li. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. Pp. x, 460. $11.50. Reviewed by Clyde Y. Kramer

What Do Statistics Show? F. R. Oliver. London, England: Hodder and Stoughton, Limited, 1964. Pp. 157. 21s. Reviewed by T. A. Bancroft

Introduction to the Use of Mathematics in Economic Analysis. David S. Huang. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1964. Pp. xvi, 281. $6.95. Reviewed by James Quirk

Essential Methods in Business Statistics. Edward N. Dubois. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. Pp. xiv, 238. $6.95 Reviewed by Max Astrachan