Book Reviews

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Beyond ANOVA, Basics of Applied Statistics. Rupert G. Miller, Jr. New York: John Wiley, 1986. xiii + 317 pp. $29.95. Reviewed by Mark E. Johnson

Probability and Measure (2nd ed.). Patrick Billingsley. New York: John Wiley, 1986. xii + 622 pp. $44.95. Reviewed by Richard C. Bradley

Probability and Random Variables. G. P. Beaumont. Chichester, U.K.: Ellis Horwood, 1986. 345 pp. $69.95. Reviewed by John D. Spurrier

Fundamentals of Queueing Theory (2nd ed.). Donald Gross and Carl M. Harris. New York: John Wiley, 1985. xiii + 587 pp. $42.95. Reviewed by N. U. Prabhu

Stochastic Differential Equations: An Introduction With Applications. Bernt Øksendal. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1985. xiii + 205 pp. $16.00 (paperback). Reviewed by S. D. Jacka

Entropy, Large Deviations, and Statistical Mechanics. Richard S. Ellis. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1985. xiv + 364 pp. $54.00. Reviewed by Peter Donnelly

Asymptotic Expansions for General Statistical Models. J. Pfanzagl (with the asistance of W. Wefelmeyer). Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1985. vii + 505 pp. $36.00 (paperback). Reviewed by R. N. Bhattacharya

Modern Concepts and Theorems of Mathematical Statistics. Edward B. Manoukian. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1986. xvi + 156 pp. $29.80. Reviewed by Leonard A. Stefanski

Mathematical Theory of Statistics. Helmut Strasser. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1985. xii + 492 pp. $71.80. Reviewed by James V. Bondar

Selected Tables in Mathematical Statistics (Vol. 10). B. K. Shah and R. E. Odeh. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society, 1986. xi + 347 pp. $39.00. Reviewed by Barry C. Arnold

Graduation: The Revision of Estimates. Dick London. Winsted, CT: ACTEX Publications, 1985. viii + 183 pp. $25.00 (paperback). Reviewed by Stuart Klugman

Truncated and Censored Samples From Normal Populations. Helmut Schneider. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1986. vii + 273 pp. $49.75 (U.S. and Canada); $59.50 (all other countries). Reviewed by Raymond J. Carroll

Metric Methods for Analyzing Partially Ranked Data. Douglas E. Critchlow. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1985. x + 216 pp. $16.40. Reviewed by John H. Skillings

Nonparametrlc Statistical Inference (2nd ed). Jean Dickinson Gibbons. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1985. xv + 408 pp. $34.50. Reviewed by Shashikala Sukhatme

The Fascination of Statistics. Richard J. Brook, Gregory C. Arnold, Thomas H. Hassard, and Robert M. Pringle (eds.). New York: Marcel Dekker, 1986. xi + 433 pp. $24.75 (U.S. and Canada); $29.50 (all other countries). Reviewed by Robert Hooke

The American Profile Poster. Stephen J. Rose. New York: Pantheon Books, 1986. iv + 37 pp. $8.95 (paperback). Reviewed by Charles B. Nam

Teaching of Statistics in the Computer Age. Lennart Råde and Terry Speed (eds.). Lund, Sweden: Studentlitteratur, 1985. 244 pp. $35.00. Reviewed by George Cobb

Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences (2nd ed.). Alan Agresti and Barbara Finlay. San Francisco: Dellen, 1986. xv + 556 pp. $27.00.

Statistical Thinking for Behavioral Scientists. David K. Hildebrand. Boston: Duxbury Press, 1986. xv + 812 pp. $35.25. Reviewed by Donald R. Ploch

A Guide to Econometrics (2nd ed.). Peter Kennedy. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1985. x + 238 pp. $25.00 (cloth); $9.95 (paperback). Reviewed by Jeffrey Pliskin

The Collection and Analysis of Economic and Consumer Behavior Data: In Memory of Robert Ferber. Seymour Sudman and Mary A. Spaeth (eds.). Champaign, IL: University of Illinois, Bureau of Economic and Business Research and Survey Research Laboratory, 1984. x + 406 pp. $14.95 (paperback). Reviewed by Paul S. Busch. Reviewed by Jakki Mohr

Advanced Econometrics. Takeshi Amemiya. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1985. vi + 521 pp. $39.95.

Advanced Econometric Methods. Thomas B. Fomby, R. Carter Hill, and Stanley R. Johnson. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1984. xix + 624 pp. $54.00. Reviewed by Jerry G. Thursby

Spatial Data Analysis by Example, Volume 1: Point Pattern and Quantitative Data. Graham Upton and Bernard Fingleton. Chichester, U.K.: John Wiley, 1985. xi + 409 pp. $56.00. Reviewed by J. Richard Alldredge

Mathematical Methods in Medicine: Part 1, Statistical and Analytical Techniques. David Ingram and Ralph Bloch (eds.). New York: John Wiley, 1985. xix + 453 pp. $49.95.

Mathematical Methods In Medicine: Part 2, Applications in Clinical Specialities. David Ingram and Ralph Bloch (eds). New York: John Wiley, 1986. xxiii + 514 pp. $54.95. Reviewed by Bruce Levin

Profiles of Social Research. Morton Hunt. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1986. xxiii + 337 pp. $17.50 (cloth); $8.95 (paperback). Reviewed by James N. Morgan

The Perception of Poverty. Alai J. M. Hagenaars. Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1986. xv + 301 pp. $43.00. Reviewed by Greg J. Duncan

Randomization and Field Experimentation (New Directions for Program Evaluations, No. 28). Robert F. Boruch and Werner Wothke (eds.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1985. vi + 122 pp. $9.95 (paperback). Reviewed by Kinley Larntz

Modeling and Analysis of Conventional Defense in Europe: Assessment of Improvement Options. Reiner K. Huber (ed.). New York: Plenum Press, 1986. viii + 215 pp. $45.00. Reviewed by Patrick O'Sullivan

Migration and Settlement: A Multlregional Comparative Study. Andrei Rogers and Frans J. Willekens (eds.). Dordrecht: D. Reidel, 1986. xix + 496 pp. $54.00. Reviewed by Robert Schoen

The Logic of Collective Choice. Thomas Schwartz. New York: Columbia University Press, 1986. xiv + 315 pp. $35.00. Reviewed by Philip A. Schrodt