Book Reviews

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Modern Factor Analysis, 3rd Edition Revised. Harry H. Harman. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976. xx + 487 pp. $20.00. Reviewed by Alan J. Izenman

Methods in Geomathematics. Volume I: Geological Factor Analysis. K.G. Jöreskog, J.E. Klovan, and R.A. Reyment. Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, 1976. xii + 178 pp. $23.25 (paperback). Reviewed by Alan J. Izenman

Fractals: Form, Chance, and Dimension. Benoit B. Mandelbrot. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1977. xvi + 365 pp. $14.95. Reviewed by I.J. Good

Statistical Forecasting. Warren Gilchrist. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1976. xiii+308 pp. 821.00. ($9.95 paperback). Reviewed by D.B. Preston

Studies in the History of Statistics and Probability: Volume II. Sir Maurice Kendall and R.L. Plackett (eds.). London: Charles W. Griffin & Co., 1977. ix + 488 pp. $35.00. Reviewed by Stephen M. Stigler

Random Measures. Olav Kallenberg (ed.). New York: Academic Press, 1976.104 pp. $10.00. Reviewed by M.R. Leadbetter

Gaussian Processes, Function Theory, and the Inverse Spectral Problem. H. Dym and H.P. McKean. New York: Academic Press, 1976. xi + 333 pp. $35.00. Reviewed by G. Kallianpur

Sufficient Statistics: Selected Contributions. Vasant S. Huzurbazar. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1976. xiii + 270 pp. $27.50. Reviewed by Glen Meeden

A Dictionary of Statistical Terms: 3rd Edition. Maurice G. Kendall and William R. Buckland. London: Longman Group Limited, 1976. ix + 166 pp. $17.50. Reviewed by Prem K. Goel

Systematic Glossary of the Terminology of Statistical Methods. Isaac Paenson. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1970, xxxviii + 517 pp. $65.00. Reviewed by I.J. Good

Problems of Analytical Statistics. Yu. V. Linnik. Calcutta: K.P. Bagchi & Company, 1976. 111 pp. $15.00. Reviewed by I.J. Good

Statistical Analysis for Decision Making, 2nd Edition. Morris Hamburg. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich, 1977. xiii + 801 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by I. J. Good

Statistical Decision Theory and Related Topics, Volume II. Shanti S. Gupta and David S. Moore (eds.). New. York: Academic Press, 1977. xiii + 478 pp. $19.50. Reviewed by Jay L. Devore

Introduction to Probability and Statistics, 6th Edition. Henry L. Alder and Edward B. Roessler. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman & Co., 1977. xii + 426 pp. $12.95. Reviewed by Richard N. Schmidt

Introductory Statistics for Business and Economics, 2nd Edition. Thomas H. Wonnacott and Ronald J. Wonnacott. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1977. xii + 753 pp. 815.95. Reviewed by T. James Trussell

Fundamental Statistics for Business and Economics. Thomas R. Dyckman and L. Joseph Thomas. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1977. xv + 715 pp. $16.95. Reviewed by Shimshon Kinory

A Summary of Studies of Interviewing Methodology. Charles F. Cannell, Kent H. Marquis, and André Laurent. National Center for Health Statistics, Rockville, Md.: United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1977. 78 pp. 81.45 (paperback). Reviewed by Shirley Angrist

Concepts en Génétique des Populations. Albert Jacquard. Paris: Masson Press, 1977. xii + 128 pp. $39.40. Reviewed by Neil Gilbert

Statistics: A Guide to the Biological and Health Sciences. J.M. Tanur, F. Mosteller, W.H. Kruskal, R.F. Link, R.S. Pieters, G.R. Rising, and E.L. Lehmann (eds.). San Francisco: Holden-Day, 1977. ix + 140 pp. $3.50 (paperback). Reviewed by Dana Quade

Applied Mathematical Demography. Nathan Keyfitz. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1977. xxiv + 388 pp. $19.95. Reviewed by T. James Trussell

Mortality Patterns in National Populations: With Special Reference to Recorded Causes of Death. Samuel H. Preston. New York: Academic Press, 1976. xi + 201 pp. $16.50. Reviewed by Ken Hill

Probability Methods in Oil Exploration. John W. Harbaugh, John H. Doveton, and John C. Davis. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1977. xi + 269 pp. $18.95. Reviewed by Lawrence A. Bruckner

A Survey of the Literature on the Size Effect on Material Strength. H. Leon Harter. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio: Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, 1977. v + 449 pp. $11.75 (paperback). Reviewed by Roger H. Moore

Sampling Inspection and Quality Control, 2nd Edition. G. Barrie Wetherill. New York: Halsted Press, 1977. vii + 146 pp. $6.95. Reviewed by Roger H. Moore

Contracting Markov Decision Processes. (Mathematical Centre Tract 71.) J.A.E.E. Van Nunen. Amsterdam: Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, 1976. vii + 137 pp. $7.00. Reviewed by Martin L. Puterman

Queueing Models Involving Buffers. F. Göbel. Amsterdam: Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, 1976. vii + 89 pp. $4.00. Reviewed by Shaler Stidham, Jr.

Manpower Planning Models. Richard C. Grinold and Kneale T. Marshall. Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Co.; New York: Elsevier/North Holland, Inc., 1977. xxvii + 267 pp. $19.50. Reviewed by S. Craig Moore

Quantitative Analysis Methods for Substantive Analysts. Henry F. DeFrancesco. Los Angeles: Melville Publishing Company, 1975. vii + 431 pp. $16.95. Reviewed by Richard E. Hayes

Contemporary Economic Problems. William Fellner (ed.). Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1976. 369 pp. $4.00 (paperback). Reviewed by Jesse W. Makkham