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Abstract Abstract Statistical Studies of Historical Social Structure.: Kenneth W. Wachter with Eugene A. Hammel and Peter Laslett. New York: Academic Press, 1978. xxii + 229 pp. $17.50. Reviewed by Daniel Scott Smith Applied Research for Social Policy: The United States and the Federal Republic of Germany Compared.: Kenneth J. Arrow, Clark C. Abt, and Stephen J. Fitzsimmons (eds.). Cambridge, Mass.: Abt Books, 1979. x + 322 pp. $30.00. Reviewed by Mack Shelley Demystifying Social Statistics.: John Irvine, Ian Miles, and Jeff Evans (eds.). London: Pluto Press, 1979. x + 390 pp. $8.50 ($4.95 paperback). Reviewed by Mack Shelley Survival Probabilities: The Goal of Risk Theory.: Hilary L. Seal. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1978. x + 103 pp. $24.50. Reviewed by Roger H. Moore Infinitely Divisible Point Processes.: K. Matthes, J. Kerstan, and J. Mecke. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1978. xii + 532 pp. $42.50. Reviewed by Alan F. Karr Selecting and Ordering Populations: A New Statistical Methodology.: Jean Dickinson Gibbons, Ingram Olkin, and Milton Sobel. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1978. xxi + 569 pp. $24.95. Reviewed by Robert E. Bechhofer Urn Models and Their Application: An Approach to Modern Discrete Probability Theory.: Norman L. Johnson and Samuel Kotz. New York: John Wiley & Sons, xiii + 402 pp. $21.95. Reviewed by C. J. Park Introduction to the Theory of Nonparametric Statistics.: Ronald H. Randies and Douglas A. Wolfe. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1979. xiii + 450 pp. $24.95. Reviewed by Peter C. O'Brien Introduction to Statistics: A Nonparametric Approach for the Social Sciences.: Chris Leach. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1979. xv + 339 pp. $37.50. Reviewed by Gottfried E. Noether Analysis of Economic Time Series: A Synthesis.: M. Nerlove, D.M. Grether, and J.L. Carvalho. New York: Academic Press, 1979. xvi + 468 pp. $29.50. Reviewed by Cheng Hsiao A Guide to Econometrics.: Peter Kennedy. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1979. xi + 175 pp. $19.95 ($7.95 paperback). Reviewed by Mark Plant Basic Statistics for Education and Behavioral Sciences.: Sharon L. Weinberg and Kenneth P. Goldberg. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1979. xiv + 546 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by James E. McLean Multiple Indicators: An Introduction.: John L. Sullivan and Stanley Feldman. Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1979. 87 pp. $3.00 (paperback). Reviewed by Leroy Wolins Statistical Methods in Education and Psychology.: Albert K. Kurtz and Samuel T. Mayo. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1979. xiv + 538 pp. $12.00. Reviewed by Frederick W. Morgan Fundamentals of Business Statistics.: Jerome D. Braverman. New York: Academic Press, 1978. xiv + 597 pp. $15.50. Reviewed by Craig F. Ansley Business Statistics: Basic Concepts and Methodology (2nd ed.).: Wayne W. Daniel and James C. Terrell. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1979. xv + 672 pp. $16.95. Reviewed by Craig F. Ansley Essential Statistics Methods for Business.: Edward N. Dubois. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1979. xvi + 396 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by Craig F. Ansley Applied Business Statistics (2nd ed.).: Elam E. McElroy. San Francisco: Holden-Day, 1979. x + 548 pp. $16.95. Reviewed by Craig F. Ansley Coal, Gas, Electricity: Reviews of United Kingdom Statistical Sources (Vol. XI).: D.J. Harris, H. Nabb, and D. Nuttall. Elmsford, N.Y.: Pergamon Press, 1980. xii + 297 pp. $40.00. Reviewed by Joel Darmstadter Fundamentals of Mathematics and Statistics for Students of Chemistry and Applied Subjects.: C.J. Brookes, I.G. Betteley, and S.M. Loxston. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1979. vii + 496 pp. $48.25 ($20.25 paperback). Reviewed by Karl Pool