Book Reviews

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The Emergence of Probability, Ian Hacking. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1975. 209 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by Glenn R. Shafer

Time Series: Data Analysis and Theory, David R. Brillinger. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc., 1975. xii + 500 pp. $19.95. Reviewed by L.H. Koopmans

Social Experimentation: A Method for Planning and Evaluating Social Intervention, Henry W. Riecken and Robert F. Boruch (eds.). New York: Academic Press, Inc., 1974. xviii + 339 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by Herbert I. Weisberg

Social Experimentation: A Method for Planning and Evaluating Social Intervention, Henry W. Riecken and Robert F. Boruch (eds.). New York: Academic Press, Inc., 1974. xviii + 339 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by John P. Gilbert

Social Indicators 1973, Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1973. xiv + 258 pp. $7.50, paperback. Reviewed by Richard C. Taeuber

Social Indicators 1973, A Review Symposium, Roxann A. Van Dusen (ed.). Washington, D.C.: Social Science Research Council Center for Coordination of Research on Social Indicators, 1974. viii + 87 pp. $3.00, paperback. Reviewed by Richard C. Taeuber

Operations Research, 2nd Edition, Frederick S. Hillier and Gerald J. Lieberman. San Francisco: Holden-Day, Inc., 1974. xi + 800 pp. $22.50; solutions manual, $6.95. Reviewed by George M. Constantinides

Principles of Operations Research, 2nd Edition, Harvey M. Wagner. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1975. xii + 1039. $17.95. Reviewed by George M. Constantinides

Principles of Management Science, 2nd Edition, Harvey M. Wagner. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1975. ix + 612 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by George M. Constantinides

Fundamentals of Operations Research for Management, Shiv K. Gupta and John M. Cozzolino. San Francisco: Holden-Day, Inc., 1975. ix + 405 pp. $15.95; solutions manual, $5.95. Reviewed by George M. Constantinides

Bank Management and Portfolio Behavior, Donald D. Hester and James L. Pierce. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1975. xvi + 304 pp. $20.00. Reviewed by Michael A. Goldberg

Making Decisions, D.V. Lindley. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1971. vii + 195 pp. $5.50. Reviewed by Robert L. Winkler

Decision Analysis: An Overview, Rex V. Brown, Andrew S. Kahr, and Cameron Peterson. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc., 1974. x + 86 pp. $3.95, paperback. Reviewed by Robert W. Shoemaker

Decision Analysis for the Manager, Rex V. Brown, Andrew S. Kahr, and Cameron Peterson. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc., 1974. xxii + 618 pp. $17.50. Reviewed by Robert W. Shoemaker

Population Growth Estimation: A Handbook of Vital Statistics Measurement, Eli S. Marks, William Seltzer, and Karol J. Krótki. New York: The Population Council, 1974. xiv + 481 pp. $7.95. Reviewed by James R. Abernathy Reviewed by Yasar Yesilcay

Sequential Statistical Procedures, Z. Govindarajulu. New York: Academic Press, Inc., 1975. xvi + 565 pp. $39.50. Reviewed by George P. McCabe

Theory of Accounting Measurement, Yuji Ijiri. Sarasota, Fla.: American Accounting Assoc., 1975. xiii + 210 pp. $6.00, paperback. Reviewed by William H. Beaver

Finite Mathematics with Applications, 2nd Edition, A.W. Goodman and J.S. Ratti. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1975. xiv + 541 pp. $12.95. Reviewed by Henry J. Ricardo

Statistics for Physical Education, Health, and Recreation, Charles O. Dotson and Don R. Kirkendall. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974. xi + 315 pp. $10.95. Reviewed by A. H. Ismail

Probability, Marcel F. Neuts. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, Inc., 1973. xii + 555 pp. $14.95. Reviewed by Louis Jensen

Theory of the Firm: Resource Allocation in a Market Economy, 2nd Edition, Kalman J. Cohen and Richard M. Cyert. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1975. xviii + 524 pp. $13.95. Reviewed by Ira Horowitz

Epidemiology, D. Ludwig and K.L. Cooke (eds.). Philadelphia: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1975. xi + 161 pp. $13.50, paperback. Reviewed by Stephen E. Fienberg

Sequential Medical Trials, 2nd Edition, P. Armitage. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1975. xi + 194 pp. $16.75. Reviewed by Bernard S. Pasternack

On Thinking Statistically: A Short Introduction, Morris Brodie. New York: Crane, Russak and Co., Inc., 1973 xi + 91 pp. $5.50. Reviewed by Daniel A. Relles