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Alternative Methods for Valuing Selected In-Kind Transfer Benefits and Measuring Their Effect on Poverty (U.S. Bureau of the Census Technical Paper 50). Timothy M. Smeeding. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1982. x + 162 pp. (paperback). Reviewed by MARTHA S. HILL and JAMES N. MORGAN.
Estimates of Poverty Including the Value of Noncash Benefits: 1979 to 1982 (U.S. Bureau of the Census Technical Paper 51). U.S. Bureau of the Census. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984. xxxiii + 172 pp. (paperback). Reviewed by MARTHA S. HILL and JAMES N. MORGAN.
Estimates of Poverty Including the Value of Noncash Benefits: 1983 (U.S. Bureau of the Census Technical Paper 52). U.S. Bureau of the Census. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984. xvii + 71 pp. (paperback). Reviewed by MARTHA S. HILL and JAMES N. MORGAN.
Sources of International Comparative Advantage: Theory and Evidence. Edward E. Leamer. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1984. xx + 353 pp. $45.00. Reviewed by KEITH E. MASKUS.
Mineral Resources Appraisal. DeVerle P. Harris. New York: Clarendon Press and Oxford University Press, 1984. xv + 445 pp. $59.00. Reviewed by RICHARD BRAZEE.
Energy Modeling and Simulation. A. S. Kydes, A. K. Agrawal, S. Rahman, R. Vichnevetsky, and W. F. Ames (eds.). Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1983. xii + 394 pp. $55.25. Reviewed by E. R. BERNDT.
Evaluating the Rellability of Macro-Economic Models. Gregory C. Chow and Paolo Corsi (eds.) New York: John Wiley, 1982. vii + 315 pp. $49.95. Reviewed by JAN KMENTA
Asymptotic Theory for Econometricians. Halbert White. Orlando, FL: Academic Press, 1984. x + 228 pp. $39.00. Reviewed by DAVID K. GUILKEY.
Generalized Linear Models. P. McCullagh and J. A. Nelder. London: Chapman & Hall, 1983. xiii + 261 pp. $29.95. Reviewed by W. A. Thompson, Jr.
An Introduction to Statistical Modelling. Annette J. Dobson. London: Chapman & Hall, 1983. viii + 125 pp. $33.00 cloth; $14.95 paper. Reviewed by W. A. Thompson, Jr.
Theory and Applications of Correspondence Analysis. Michael Greenacre. Orlando, FL: Academic Press, 1984. xi + 364 pp. $56.00. Reviewed by C. L. Mallows.
Multivariate Descriptive Statistical Analysis. Ludovic Lebart, Alain Morineau, and Kenneth M. Warwick. New York: John Wiley, 1984. xvi + 231 pp. $34.95. Reviewed by C. L. Mallows.
Robustness of Bayesian Analyses. Joseph B. Kadane (ed.). Amsterdam: North Holland, 1984. xii + 310 pp. $57.75. Reviewed by I. J. Good.
Functional Relations, Random Coefficients, and Nonlinear Regression With Application to Kinetic Data. Søren Johansen. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1984. vi + 126 pp. $12.00 (paperback). Reviewed by Yasuo Amemiya.
Multivariate Statistics: A Vector Space Approach. Morris L. Eaton. New York: John Wiley, 1983. xvi + 512 pp. $34.95. Reviewed by Leon Jay Gleser.
Developments in Characteristic Function Theory. Eugene Lukacs. New York: Macmillan, 1983. viii + 182 pp. Reviewed by Simeon M. Berman.
Mathematical Techniques of Applied Probability (Vol. 1—Discrete Time Models: Basic Theory; Vol. 2—Discrete Time Models: Techniques and Applications). Jeffrey J. Hunter. New York: Academic Press, 1983. Vol. 1: xiii + 239 pp. $32.00; Vol. 2: xii + 286 pp. $35.00. Reviewed by Simon Tavaré.
Approximation and Weak Convergence Methods for Random Processes, With Applications to Stochastic Systems Theory. Harold J. Kushner. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1984. xvii + 269 pp. $40.00. Reviewed by Ioannis Karatzas.
Mathematics: People, Problems, Results (Vols. 1, 2, and 3). Douglas M. Campbell and John C. Higgins (eds.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1984. xvi + 304 pp., iv + 275 pp., iv + 292 pp. $37.95 for the set (paperback). Reviewed by Lindsay N. Childs.
Mathematics: People, Problems, Results (Vols. 1, 2, and 3). Douglas M. Campbell and John C. Higgins (eds.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1984. xvi + 304 pp., iv + 275 pp.; iv + 292 pp. $37.95 for the set (paperback). Reviewed by Magdalen Braden.
A Calculating People: The Spread of Numeracy In Early America. Patricia Cline Cohen. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982. x + 271 pp. $22.50. Reviewed by Edward Tufte.
The Chicago School of Sociology: Institutionalization, Diversity, and the Rise of Sociological Research. Martin Bulmer Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984. xix + 285 pp. $29.00. Reviewed by William Kruskal
Essays in Human Ecology: 2. Donald J. Bogue and Michael J. White (eds.). Chicago: Community and Family Study Center, 1984. vi + 173 pp. $6.00 (paperback). Reviewed by Franklin D. Wilson.
Population: A Basic Orientation (2nd ed.) Charles Nam and Susan Gustavus Philliber. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1984. xv + 384 pp. $21.95. Reviewed by Michael Stoto.
The Population of the United States: Historical Trends and Future Projections. Donald J. Bogue. New York: The Free Press, 1985. viii + 728 pp. $70.00. Reviewed by Charles B. Nam.
The Federal Data Base Finder. Sharon Zarozny and Monica Horner. Potomac, MD: Information USA, Inc., 1984. 12a + 409 pp. $95.00 (paperback). Reviewed by Jan Kmenta.
The Role of Telephone Data Collection in Federal Statistics. Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology. Washington, DC: U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 1984. v + 62 pp. (paperback). Reviewed by Joseph Waksberg.
Survey Research Methods. Floyd J. Fowler, Jr. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1984. 159 pp. $17.95 hardcover, $8.95 paperback. Reviewed by Susan Losh-Hesselbart.
Statistical Sampling for Accountants. T. M. F. Smith. London: Accountancy Age Books, 1976. xvi + 225 pp. £3.80 (paperback). Reviewed by Gary Simon.
Practical Statistical Sampling for Auditors. Arthur J. Wilburn. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1984. x + 410 pp. $39.75. Reviewed by Gary Simon.
Introductory Statistics for Business and Economics (3rd ed.). Thomas J. Wonnacott and Ronald J. Wonnacott. New York: John Wiley, 1984. xxii + 745 pp. $28.95. Reviewed by Sangit Chatterjee.
Applied Business Statistics (2nd ed.). Fadil H. Zuwaylif. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1984. xvi + 608 pp. Reviewed by Sangit Chatterjee.
Statistics for Business and Economics. Paul Newbold. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1984. xvi + 895 pp. $27.95. Reviewed by Donald Richter.
Introductory Statistics for Business and Economics (3rd ed.). Thomas H. Wonnacott and Ronald J. Wonnacott. New York: John Wiley, 1984. xxii + 745 pp. $28.95. Reviewed by Donald Richter.
Statistics With Applications to the Biological and Health Sciences (2nd ed.). Richard D. Remington and M. Anthony Schork. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1984. xvi + 415 pp. $33.95. Reviewed by Philip J. Smith.
Biomedical Statistics With Computing. Mary H. Regier, Ram N. Mohapatra, and Surya N. Mohapatra. New York: Research Studies Press, John Wiley, 1982. 309 pp. $34.95. Reviewed by James Godbold
Randomised Controlled Clinical Trials. Christopher J. Bulpitt. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1983. ix + 262 pp. $52.00. Reviewed by Gerald E. Metter.
Statistical Methods for Survival Data Analysis. Elisa T. Lee. Belmont, CA: Lifetime Learning Publications, 1981. xiii + 557 pp. $34.95. Reviewed by Carol A. Bodian.
Statistical Computation. J. H. Maindonald. New York: John Wiley, 1984. xviii + 370 pp. $39.95. Reviewed by Sanford Weisberg.
Methods of Numerical Integration (2nd ed.). Philip J. Davis and Philip Rabinowitz. Orlando, FL: Academic Press, 1984. xiv + 612 pp. $52.00. Reviewed by John F. Monahan.
Guide to Available Mathematical Software. Ronald F. Boisvert, Sally E. Howe, and David K. Kahaner. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1984. vi + 442 pp. $32.50 (paperback). Reviewed by Samprit Chatterjee.