Book Reviews

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Statistical Theories of Mental Test Scores, Frederic M. Lord and, Melvin R. Novick (with contributions by Allan Birnbaum). Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1968. xviii+568 pp. $14.95. Reviewed by Maurice M. Tatsuoka

Estimating the Parameters of the Markov Probability Model from Aggregate Time Series Data, T. C. Lee, G. G. Judge and, A. Zellner. Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Co., 1970. 254 pp. $12.00. Reviewed by Dennis Aigner

Introduction to Matrices with Applications in Statistics, Franklin A. Graybill, Belmont, Calif. Wadsworth Publishing Co., Inc., 1969. 372 pp. $7.95. Reviewed by Donald F. Morrison

Introductory Statistics Thomas H. Wonnacott and, Ronald J. Wonnacott, New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1969. 403 pp. $9.95. Reviewed by Peter Enis

Decision Theory, D. J. White. Chicago: Aldine Publishing Co., 1969. 185 pp. $7.95. Reviewed by Richard C. Clelland

Applied Statistics for Engineers, 2nd Edition, William Volk. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1969. xxi+415 pp. $15.50. Reviewed by Jack I. Northam

Research and the Credibility of Estimates, Rex V. Brown. Boston: Division of Research, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1969. xvii+257 pp. $9.00. Reviewed by Lester R. Frankel

Monetary Statistics of the United States, Milton Friedman and, Anna J. Schwartz. New York: Columbia University Press, 1970. xiv + 629 pp. $15.00. Reviewed by Donald D. Hester

Management Decision Making Under Uncertainty: An Introduction to Probability and Statistical Decision Theory, T. R. Dyckman, S. Smidt and, A. K. McAdams. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1969. xxiii+662 pp. $10.95. Reviewed by Richard P. Bland

Probability and Statistical Inference, Richard G. Krutchkoff. New York: Gordon and Breach, 1970. xiv+291 pp. $12.50. Reviewed by M. Raghavachari

American and British Regional Export Determinants, Alan L. Ginsburg. Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Co., 1969. xi + 183 pp. $9.75. Reviewed by Larry J. Wipf

Rank Order Probabilities: Two Sample Normal Shift Alternatives, Roy C. Milton. New York: John Wiley and Sons Inc., 1970. xiii+302 pp. $12.95. Reviewed by P. K. Sen

Introduction to Statistics, Frank W. Carlborg. Glenview, Ill.: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1968. 293 pp. $8.50. Reviewed by Irving Weiss

Modern Methods of Engineering Computation, Robert L. Ketter and, Sherwood P. Prawel. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1969. xiv+492 pp. $15.50. Reviewed by Otto Neall Strand

Essays in Probability and Statistics, R. C. Bose, J. M. Chakravarti, P. C. Mahalanobis, C. R. Rao and, K. J. C. Smith (eds.). Chapel Hill, N. C.: The University of North Carolina Press. 1970. xviii+750 pp. $19.75. Reviewed by Morris H. DeGroot

Probability for Practicing Engineers, Henry L. Gray and, Patrick L. Odell. New York: Barnes and Noble, Inc., 1970. xi + 218 pp. $4.95. Reviewed by Calvin C. Butler

Introduction to Mathematical Statistics, 3rd Edition, R. V. Hogg and, A. T. Craig. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1970. x+415 pp. $10.95. Reviewed by Kjell Doksum

Optimization Theory With Applications, Donald A. Pierre. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1969. xv+612 pp. $16.95. Reviewed by Thomas L. Saaty