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The Probabilistic Revolution: Volume 1, Ideas in History; Volume 2, Ideas in the Sciences.; Vol. 1: L. Kruger, L. J. Daston, and M. Heidelberger (eds.). Vol. 2: L. Kruger, G. Gigerenzer, and M. S. Morgan (eds.). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987. Vol. 1: xiv + 449 pp., $32; Vol. 2: xvii + 459 pp., $32.50; $60 (set). Reviewed by James T. Austin
Lectures on Topics in Probability Inequalities.; M. L. Eaton. Amsterdam: Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science, 1986. vi + 191 pp. Dfl. 30.40. Reviewed by Y. L. Tong
Probability: An Introduction.; Geoffrey Grimmett and Dominic Welsh. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1986. ix + 211 pp. $19.95 (paperback). Reviewed by Marcel Neuts
Dependence in Probability and Statistics: A Survey of Recent Results.; Ernst Eberlein and Murad S. Taqqu (eds.). Boston: Birkhäuser, 1986. xi + 473 pp. $39.50. Reviewed by Wlodzimierz Bryc
Non-Uniform Random Variate Generation.; Luc Devroye. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1986. xvi + 834 pp. $68. Reviewed by Bruce Schmeiser
Akaike Information Criterion Statistics.; Y. Sakamoto, M. Ishiguro, and G. Kitagawa. Dordrecht: D. Reidel, 1986. xix + 290 pp. $89. Reviewed by Emanuel Parzen
Probability and Statistics (2nd ed.).; Morris H. DeGroot. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1986. xi + 723 pp. $41.95. Reviewed by Jeffrey A. Witmer
Italian Contributions to the Methodology of Statistic.; A. Naddeo (ed.). Padova, Italy: Società Italiana di Statistica, 1987. xvi + 660 pp. L. 50,000. Reviewed by Theodore M. Porter
Nonlinear Parameter Estimation: An Integrated System in BASIC.; John C. Nash and Mary Walker-Smith. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1987. xiii + 493 pp. $65 (U.S. and Canada); $78 (elsewhere). Reviewed by Douglas M. Bates
Statistical Design: Theory and Practice.; Charles E. McCulloch, Steven J. Schwager, George Casella, and Shayle R. Searle (eds.). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, 1986. ix + 231 pp. $20. Reviewed by Dallas E. Johnson
Optimal Paired Comparison Designs for Factorial Experiments.; E. E. M. van Berkum. Amsterdam: Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science, 1987. ii + 153 pp. Dfl. 24.20 (paperback). Reviewed by John Stufken
Measurement Error Models.; Wayne A. Fuller. New York: John Wiley, 1987. xxiii + 440 pp. $44.95. Reviewed by John Buonaccorsi
Linear Models for Unbalanced Data.; Shayle R. Searle. New York: John Wiley, 1987. xxiv + 536 pp. $49.95. Reviewed by Robert J. Boik
Applied Statistics: Analysis of Variance and Regression (2nd ed.).; Olive Jean Dunn and Virginia A. Clark. New York: John Wiley, 1987. xii + 445 pp. $36.95. Reviewed by Nancy J. Carter
A First Course in Linear Regression.; Mary Sue Younger. Boston: Duxbury Press, 1985. xv + 703 pp. $33.75. Reviewed by Ronald R. Regal
A Distance Approach to Nonlinear Multivariate Analysis.; Jacqueline Meulman. Leiden, Holland: DSWO Press, 1986. viii + 206 pp. Dfl. 30 (paperback). Reviewed by Wei-Yin Loh
Bayesian Analysis and Uncertainty in Economic Theory.; Richard M. Cyert and Morris H. DeGroot. Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield, 1987. xiv + 206 pp. $34.95. Reviewed by Thomas Leonard
Traffic Processes in Queueing Networks: A Markov Renewal Approach.; R. L. Disney and P. C. Kiessler. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987. xix + 251 pp. $49.50. Reviewed by P. A. Jacobs
Applied Reliability.; Paul A. Tobias and David Trindade. New York: Van Nostrand, 1986. x + 237 pp. $34.95. Reviewed by Donald S. Ermer
Quality Programming.; Chin-Kuei Cho. New York: John Wiley, 1987. xxvi + 473 pp. $43.95. Reviewed by Thomas Beilman
The Analysis of Cross-Classified Data Having Ordered Categories.; Leo A. Goodman. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984. xvii + 414 pp. $22.50. Reviewed by Kinley Larntz
Order Dependence.; B. F. Schriever. Amsterdam: Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science, 1986. iii + 115 pp. Dfl. 17.60. Reviewed by Kinley Larntz
Contemporary Classics in the Social and Behavioral Sciences.; N. J. Smelser (ed.). Philadelphia: ISI Press, 1987. xv + 361 pp. $39.95. Reviewed by Lloyd G. Humphreys
The Color Line and the Quality of Life in America.; Reynolds Farley and Walter R. Allen. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1987. xxiv + 493 pp. $37.50. Reviewed by William W. Ellis
Analysis of Variance: The Basic Designs.; Charles E. Collyer and James T. Enns. Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1987. x + 310 pp. $29.95 (cloth); $18.95 (paperback). Reviewed by Frank B. Baker
Elements of Statistics for the Life and Social Sciences.; Braxton M. Alfred. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1987. xiii + 190 pp. $36. Reviewed by Richard G. Cornell
Statistics in Linguistics.; Christopher Butler. Oxford, U.K.: Basil Blackwell, 1985. x + 214 pp. $39.95 (cloth); $9.95 (paperback). Reviewed by Richard G. Cornell
Statistical Methods for Psychology (2nd ed.).; David C. Howell. Boston: Duxbury Press, 1987. viii + 636 pp. $40; solutions manual (restricted). Reviewed by Richard G. Cornell
Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences.; David A. Kenny. Boston: Little, Brown, 1987. xvii + 407 pp. $35.25; workbook (restricted); instructors manual (restricted). Reviewed by Richard G. Cornell
New Developments in Statistics for Psychology and the Social Sciences.; A. D. Lovie (ed.). New York: Methuen, 1987. ix + 177 pp. $55. Reviewed by Stanley Wasserman
Dictionary of Demography: Multilingual Glossary.; William Petersen and Renee Petersen. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1986. vii + 259 pp. $100. Reviewed by Edward G. Stockwell
Dictionary of Demography: Biographies (2 vols.).; William Petersen and Renee Petersen. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1986. xx + 1365 pp. $125. Reviewed by Edward G. Stockwell
Dictionary of Demography: Terms, Concepts, and Institutions (2 vols.).; William Petersen and Renee Petersen. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1986. xviii + 1154 pp. $125. Reviewed by Edward G. Stockwell
Population Estimation Methods, Canada.; Minister of Supply and Services. Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 1987. 117 pp. $25 (Canada); $26.50 (elsewhere) (paperback). Reviewed by Richard A. Engels
Multivariate Analysis of Ecological Communities.; P. G. N. Digby and R. A. Kempton. London: Chapman & Hall, 1987. vii + 206 pp. $45 (cloth); $19.95 (paperback). Reviewed by Allan Stewart-Oaten
Modern Statistical Methods in Chronic Disease Epidemiology.; Suresh H. Moolgavkar and Ross L. Prentice (eds.). New York: John Wiley, 1986. xiii + 282 pp. $32.50. Reviewed by Richard G. Cornell
Health Projections in Europe: Methods and Applications.; World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe. Copenhagen: Author, 1986. xxi + 306 pp. Sw. fr. 24. Reviewed by William J. Serow
Clinical Trials: Design, Conduct, and Analysis.; Curtis L. Meinert. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. xxvi + 469 pp. $75. Reviewed by Richard G. Cornell
Basic Data on Fertility in the Provinces of China, 1940-82.; Ansley J. Coale and Chen Sheng Li. Honolulu: East-West Population Institute, 1987. xvii + 366 pp. $5 (paperback). Reviewed by H. Yuan Tien
Misused Statistics—Straight Talk for Twisted Numbers.; A. J. Jaffe and Herbert F. Spirer. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1987. xi + 237 pp. $29.75 (U.S.A. and Canada); $35.50 (elsewhere). Reviewed by Robin H. Lock
