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Abstract Logic, Laws, and Life: Some Philosophical Complications. Robert G. Colodny (ed.). Pittsburgh, Pa.: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1977. xiv + 258 pp. $13.95. Reviewed by I. J. Good Chance, Cause, Reason. Arthur W. Burks. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1977. xvi + 694 pp. $27.50. Reviewed by I.J. Good Introduction to Statistics: A Nonparametric Approach (2nd ed.). Gottfried E. Noether. Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. xv + 292 pp. $11.95. Reviewed by James C. Daly Elements of Probability Theory. Robert Fortet. London: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, 1977. xix + 524 pp. $45.00. Reviewed by T.C. Sun Elementary Statistics in Social Research (2nd ed.). Jack Levin. New York: Harper and Row, 1977. x + 293 pp. $12.95. Reviewed by Geohge T. Duncan Basic Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences. Kenneth D. Hopkins and Gene V. Glass. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1978. xi + 436 pp. $13.95. Reviewed by Statistical Reasoning in Psychology and Education. Edward W. Minium. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1978. vii + 563 pp. $14.95. Reviewed by George T. Duncan Statistics for Modern Business Decisions (2nd ed.). Lawrence Lapin. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. xxi + 929 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by W.H. Locke Anderson Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists (2nd ed.). Ronald E. Walpole and Raymond H. Myers. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1978. xii + 580 pp. $16.95. Reviewed by Roger H. Moore Beginning Statistics. R. Lowell Wine. Cambridge, Mass.: Winthrop Publishers, 1976. viii + 432 pp. $13.95. Mathematical Statistics: Basic Ideas and Selected Topics. Peter J. Bickel and Kjell A. Doksum. San Francisco: Holden-Day, 1977. ix + 493 pp. $18.95. Reviewed by Kenneth W. Wachter Information Theory, Statistical Decision Functions, Random Processes. Transactions of the Conference on Information Theory, Statistical Decision Functions, Random Processes, 7th Prague Conference and European Meeting of Statisticians, 1974. Jaroslav Kožešník (ed.). Boston: D. Reidel Publishing Co., 1977. 602 pp. $52.00. Reviewed by Prem K. Goel Identification of Systems. Daniel Graupe. Huntington, N.Y.: Robert E. Krieger Publishing Co., 1976. xi + 276 pp. $15.50. Reviewed by Edward C. Deland Econométrie Appliquée: Modèles de Consommation. Georges Rottier. Paris: Dunod, Gauthier-Villas, 1975. 284 pp. Reviewed by Carl Erik Sarndal Dynamic Programming and Stochastic Control. Dimitri P. Bertsekas. New York: Academic Press, 1976. xv + 397 pp. $22.50. Reviewed by S. Christian Albright Social Statistics in Use. Philip M. Hauser. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1975. x + 385 pp. $12.50. Reviewed by Robert Parke Fiji Fertility Survey, 1974. World Fertility Survey. Suva, Fiji: Bureau of Statistics, 1976. xv + 563 pp. $3.00 (paperback). Reviewed by Anne R. Cross Population: Analysis and Models. Louis Henry. New York: Academic Press, 1976. xiii + 301 pp. $19.50. Reviewed by John Bongaarts Quantitative Approach to Management. Richard I. Levin and Charles A. Kirkpatrick. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1978. xix + 625 pp. $17.00. Reviewed by Shimshon Kinory Elementary Statistical Method (Revised ed.). James Lumsden. Nedlands: University of Western Australia Press, 1976. xiv + 166 pp. $10.50. Statistical Methods for Engineers and Scientists: A Student's Course Book. A.C. Bajpai, I.M. Calus, and J.A. Pairley. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1978. xii + 444 pp. $14.50 (paperback). Reviewed by Jay L. Devore