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Abstract Methods for Statistical Analysis of Reliability and Life Data: Nancy R. Mann, Ray E. Schafer and Nozer D. Singpurwalla. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1974. ix+564 pp. 824.95. Reviewed by John R. Collins Characterization Problems in Mathematical Statistics: A. M. Kagan, Yu. V. Linnik and C. Radhakrishna Rao. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1973. xii+499 pp. $22.50. Reviewed by R.G. Laha Statistical Analysis for Administrative Decisions, 2nd edition: Charles T. Clark and Lawrence L. Schkade. Cincinnati: Southwestern Publishing Company, 1974. vii+887 pp. $13.35. Reviewed by Bernard Benjamin Statistical Analysis: A Decision-Making Approach: Robert Parsons. New York: Harper and Row Publishers, Inc., 1974. xvi+836 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by Bernard Benjamin Statistical Analysis and Modeling for Management Decision-Making: Raymond E. Willis and Norman L. Chervany. Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth Publishing Company, Inc., 1974. xi+558 pp. $13.95. Reviewed by Bernard Benjamin Geomathematics: F.P. Agterberg. Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, 1974. xvi+596 pp. $31.50. Reviewed by G.S. Watson Applied Statistical Methods: Irving W. Burr. New York: Academic Press, 1974. xix+479 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by Kinley Larntz Data Analysis for Scientists and Engineers: Stuart L. Meyer. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1975. 513 pp. $16.95. Reviewed by George T. Duncan Behavioral Research: Theory, Procedure and Design: Lawrence S. Meyers and Neal E. Grossen. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1974. x+355 pp. $10.00. Reviewed by Donald L. Meyer Unemployment and Inflation: The New Economics of the Wage-Price Spiral: Roger L. Miller and Raburn M. Williams. St. Paul: West Publishing Company, 1974. vii + 110 pp. $6.50. Reviewed by George Rhodes Basic Statistics: A Modern Approach: Morris Hamburg. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1974. x+451 pp. $11.95. Reviewed by Kenneth J. Tiahrt Understanding Statistical Reasoning: How to Evaluate Research Literature in the Behavioral Sciences: Eleanor Walker Willemsen. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1974. xi+223 pp. $10.00, cloth; $4.95, paperback. Reviewed by William Ray Arney Applicable Finite Mathematics: David S. Moore and James W. Yackel. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974. xi+398 pp. $10.95. Reviewed by Michael D. McKay Linear Statistical Inference and Its Applications, 2nd edition: C. Radhakrishna Rao. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1973. xx+625 pp. $22.50. Reviewed by Stephen E. Fienberg Risk, Choice, and Prediction, An Introduction to Experimentation: W.J. Youden. N. Scituate, Mass.: Duxbury Press, 1974. vii+81 pp. $1.95, paperback. Reviewed by N. Scott Urquhart Linkage and Retrieval of Microeconomic Data: Martin H. David, William A. Gates and Roger F. Miller. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath and Company, 1974. xv+297 pp. $16.00. Reviewed by Nelson McClung Statistics: The Essentials for Research, 2nd edition: Henry E. Klugh. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1974. xiii+426 pp. $11.95. Reviewed by Donald L. Meyer Staff Reviews: Sturdy Statistics: Nonparametrics and Order Statistics: Frederick Mosteller and Robert E.K. Rourke. Reading: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1973. xv+395 pp. $11.95 Living Statistics: An Introductory Text for West African Students: John Bibby. London: Longman Group Ltd., 1972. iv+76 pp. £0.50, paperback Multivariate Analysis III: Paruchuri R. Krishnaiah (ed.). New York: Academic Press, 1973. xvii+410 pp. $36.00 Statistics for Biologists, 2nd edition: R.C. Campbell. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1974. xii+385 pp. $15.50, cloth; $5.95, paperback Statistics for Comparative Studies: Michael Hills. New York: Halsted Press, 1975. viii + 194 pp. $7.95, paperback Almost Sure Convergence: William F. Stout. New York: Academic Press, 1974. x+381 pp. $24.50 Random Processes, 2nd edition: Murray Rosenblatt. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1974. x+228 pp. $12.80