Book Reviews

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The 1980 Census: Policymaking Amid Turbulence. Ian I. Mitroff, Richard O. Mason, and Vincent P. Barabba. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath, 1983. xxv + 255 pp. $27.95. Reviewed by Joseph B. Kadane

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Edward R. Tufte. Cheshire, Conn.: Graphics Press, 1983. 197 pp. $32.00. Reviewed by Daniel Zelterman

Educated Guessing: How to Cope in an Uncertain World. Samuel Kotz and Donna F. Stroup. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1983. vi + 187 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by George W. Cobb

Statistical Theory and Inference in Research. T. A. Bancroft and Chien-Pai Han. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1981. xiv + 372 pp. $34.50. Reviewed by H. T. David

Intermediate Statistical Methods and Applications: A Computer Package Approach. Mark L. Berenson, David M. Levine, and Matthew Goldstein. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1983. xviii + 579 pp. $29.95. Reviewed by Sanford Weisberg

Data, Models, and Statistical Analysis. R. A. Cooper and A. J. Weekes. Totowa, N.J.: Barnes and Noble, 1983. xv + 400 pp. $30.00. Reviewed by Sanford Weisberg

Designing a Research Project: The Basics of Biomedical Research Methodology. Ronald G. Marks. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1982. xiv + 193 pp. $25.00. Reviewed by George W. Cobb

Applied Linear Statistical Methods. Donald F. Morrison. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1983. xiv + 562 pp. $38.95. Reviewed by Donald M. Waldman

Distribution-Free Statistical Methods. J. S. Maritz. London: Chapman and Hall, 1981. x + 264 pp. $29.95. Reviewed by Stephen C. Hora

Applied Multivariate Analysis: Using Bayesian and Frequentist Methods of Inference (2nd ed.). S. James Press. Malabar, Fla.: Robert E. Krieger Publishing Company, 1982. xix + 600 pp. $29.50. Reviewed by P. K. Sen

Clinical Trials: Issues and Approaches. Stanley H. Shapiro and Thomas A. Louis (eds.). New York: Marcel Dekker, 1983. x + 209 pp. $34.50. Reviewed by Joseph L. Fleiss

The Randomized Clinical Trial and Therapeutic Decisions. Niels Tygstrup, John Lachin, and Erik Juhl (eds.). New York: Marcel Dekker, 1982. xviii + 296 pp. $39.75. Reviewed by N. Sedransk

Statistics in Medical Research: Methods and Issues with Applications in Cancer Research. Valerie Miké and Kenneth E. Stanley (eds.). New York: John Wiley, 1982. xxi + 551 pp. $34.95. Reviewed by Gerald E. Metter

Kinetic Data Analysis. L. Endrenyi (ed.). New York: Plenum Press, 1981. ix + 427 pp. $47.50. Reviewed by Irwin Ho

Spatial and Temporal Analysis in Ecology. G. P. Patil (gen. ed.); R. M. Cormack and J. K. Ord (eds.). Fairland, MD: International Co-operative Publishing House, 1979. xxiii + 356 pp. Reviewed by Woollcott Smith

Compartment Analysis of Ecosystem Models. G. P. Patil (gen. ed.); James H. Matis, Bernard C. Patten, and Gary C. White (eds.). Fairland, MD: International Co-operative Publishing House, 1979. xxiii + 368 pp. Reviewed by Woollcott Smith

Environmental Biomonitoring, Assessment, Prediction, and Management. G. P. Patil (gen. ed.); John Cairns, Jr., Ganapati P. Patil, and William E. Waters (eds.). Fairland, MD: International Co-operative Publishing House, 1979. xxiii + 438 pp. Reviewed by Gordon Swartzman

BMDP Statistical Software 1981. W. J. Dixon (ed.). Berkeley CA: University of California Press, 1981. x + 726 pp. $17.50. Reviewed by Thomas A. Bubolz

Gelgy Scientific Tables, Vol. 2. C. Lentner (ed.). Basle: CIBA-Geigy, 1982. 240 pp. $19.95. Reviewed by W. A. Thompson, Jr.

The Art of Asking Questions. Stanley L. Payne. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1980. xvi + 249 pp. $5.95 (paperback). Reviewed by The Center for Survey Methods Research

Contracting for Surveys. Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology (Subcommittee on Contracting for Statistical Surveys). Washington, DC: Office of Management and Budget, 1983. v + 58 pp. $10.00 (paperback). Reviewed by Edward C. Bryant

Sampling with Unequal Probabilities. K. R. W. Brewer and Muhammad Hanif. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1983. ix + 164 pp. $12.80 (paperback). Reviewed by M. E. Thompson

On the Robustness of LISREL (Maximum Likelihood Estimation) Against Small Sample Size and Non-normality. Anne Boomsma. Groningen: Psychologische Instituten, Rijksuniversiteit, 1983. xi + 228 pp. Reviewed by Robert M. Pruzek

Growth and Structure of Human Population in the Presence of Migration. M. Sivamurthy. London: Academic Press, 1982. xvii + 227 pp. $36.00. Reviewed by S. Mitra

Economic Statistics and Econometrics. Thad W. Mirer. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1983. xvi + 397 pp. $26.95. Reviewed by Adolf Buse

Statistical Thinking: A Structural Approach (2nd ed.). John L. Phillips, Jr. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman and Co., 1982. xv + 181 pp. $13.95 ($6.95 paperback). Reviewed by William M. O'Fallon

Statistical Analysis: Resolving Decision Problems in Business and Management. Stephen A. Book and Marc J. Epstein. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman & Co., 1982. xii + 736 pp. $22.95. Reviewed by Arthur R. DeVault

The Handbook of Random Number Generation and Testing with TESTRAND Computer Code. Edward J. Dudewicz and Thomas G. Ralley. Columbus, Ohio: American Sciences Press, 1981. xi + 634 pp. $95.00 (paperback). Reviewed by William F. Eddy

Random Coefficient Autoregressive Models: An Introduction. D. F. Nicholls and B. G. Quinn. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1982. v + 154 pp. $12.00 (paperback). Reviewed by William W. Davis

Stationary Processes in Time Series Analysis: The Mathematical Foundations. Peter James Lambert and Donald Stephen Poskitt. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 1983. 127 pp. DM 36.00. Reviewed by Richard A. Davis

Contributions to Probability. J. Gani and V. K. Rohatgi (eds.). New York: Academic Press, 1981. xxi + 311 pp. $40.00. Reviewed by William P. McCormick