Book Reviews

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Statistics by Example, Frederick Mosteller, William H. Kruskal, Richard F. Link, Richard S. Pieters and Gerald R. Rising (eds.). Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1973. Exploring Data, xvi+125 pp.; Weighing Chances, xiv+145 pp.; Detecting Patterns, x+166 pp.; Finding Models, xiv+146 pp. Each volume $2.25, paperback. Reviewed by Samuel W. Greenhouse

Proceedings of the Sixth Berkeley Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and Probability, Vol. V: Darwinian, Neo-Darwinian and Non-Darwinian Evolution, Lucien M. LeCam, Jerzy Neyman and Elizabeth L. Scott (eds.). Berkeley: University of California Press, 1972. xvi+369 pp. $13.50. Reviewed by Edward Pollak

The Computation of Economic Equilibria, Herbert Scarf. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1973. x+249 pp. $11.50. Reviewed by Quiring Paris, Gordon Rausser

The Generalized Jackknife Statistic, H.L. Gray and W.R. Schucany. New York: Marcel-Dekker, Inc., 1972. x+308 pp. $14.50. Reviewed by M.W.J. Layard

Stochastic Processes and Applications in Biology and Medicine, M. Iosifescu and P. Tautu. New York: Springer-Verlag, Inc., 1973. Part I: Theory, 331 pp.; Part II: Models, 337 pp. Each part, $21.80. Reviewed by Daryl E. Bohning

Take-Overs: Their Relevance to the Stock Market and the Theory of the Firm, Ajit Singh. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1972. x+174 pp. $12.50. Reviewed by H. J. Ball

Health Status Indexes, Robert L. Berg (ed.). Chicago: Hospital Research and Educational Trust, 1973. xi+262 pp. $10.00. Reviewed by Steve Selvin

Great Expectations: The Theory of Optimal Stopping, Y.S. Chow, Herbert Robbins and David Siegmund. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Co., 1971. xii+139 pp. 811.95. Reviewed by Michael Orkin

The Genetic Structure of Populations, Albert Jacquard. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1974. xviii+569 pp. $39.40. Reviewed by Regina C. Elandt-Johnson

The Mathematical Theory of Insurance, Karl Borch. Lexington, Mass.: Heath Lexington Books, 1974. xvi+373 pp. $17.50. Reviewed by Harvey E. Lapan

Non-Negative Matrices: An Introduction to Theory and Applications, Eugene Seneta. New York: Halsted Press, 1974. x+214 pp. $19.50. Reviewed by I. M. Chakravarti

Statistics: A Tool for the Social Sciences, Richard F. Larson, William Mendenhall and Lyman Ott. North Scituate, Mass.: Duxbury Press, 1974. xii+505 pp. $11.00. Reviewed by Hal W. Stephenson

Biostatistics: A Foundation for Analysis in the Health Sciences, Wayne W. Daniel. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1974. xvi+48 pp. $13.95. Reviewed by Roy E. Shore

Probability Distributions: An Introduction to Probability Theory with Applications, Chris P. Tsokos. Belmont, Calif.: Duxbury Press, 1972. 657 pp. $13.95. Reviewed by Steven J. Schwager

Staff Reviews: Two Stochastic Processes, John A. Beekman. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1974. 192 pp. $22.50. Reviewed by S.E.F.

Staff Reviews: Introduction to Probability and Statistics: Concepts and Principles, Harry Frank. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1974. xvi+431 pp. $12.95. Reviewed by D.V.H.

Staff Reviews: Quality Control and Industrial Statistics, Fourth Edition, Acheson J. Duncan. Homewood, Ill.: Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1974. xix+1,047 pp. $18.50. Reviewed by R.H.M.

Staff Reviews: Reliability and Biometry-Statistical Analysis of Lifelength, Frank Proschan and R.J. Serfling (eds.). Philadelphia: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1974. x+815 pp. $24.50. Reviewed by B.S.P.

Staff Reviews: Introduction to Probability Theory and Statistical Inference, Second Edition, Harold J. Larson. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1974. xi+430 pp. $12.95. Reviewed by D.V.H.