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Abstract Abstract Introductory Engineering Statistics. Irwin Guttman and Samuel S. Wilks. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1965. Pp. xiv, 340. Reviewed by Eugene L. Grant Decision and Value Theory. Peter C. Fishburn. (Publications in Operations Research, Number 10, Operations Research Society of America) New York: John Wiley and Sons., 1964. Pp. xvi, 451. $13.75. Reviewed by Gordon Antelman Mathematical Theory of Reliability. R. E. Barlow and F. Proschan with contributions by L. C. Hunter. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1965. xiii + 256 pp. Illus. $11.00. Reviewed by Benjamin Epstein Prediction and Regulation by Linear Least-Square Methods. P. Whittle. London: The English Universities Press Ltd., 1963. Reviewed by P. Masani Handbook of Nonparametric Statistics, II. John E. Walsh. Princeton, New Jersey: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc. 1965. Pp. xxvi, 686. $17.50. Reviewed by Lionel Weiss Survey Reliability and Interviewer Competence. Mathew Hauck and Stanley Steinkamp. (Studies in Consumer Savings, No. 4.) Urbana, Illinois: Bureau of Economic and Business Research, University of Illinois, 1964. Pp. x, 112. $3.00. Reviewed by John Neter Railroads and American Economic Growth: Essays in Econometric History. Robert William Fogel. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1964. Pp. xv, 296. $6.95. Reviewed by William G. Whitney The Morphology of Greek Industry. George Coutsoumaris. Athens, Greece; Center of Economic Research, Paper. Pp. viii, 430. Reviewed by Hourmouzis George Georgiadis The Changing Travel Market. John B. Lansing and Dwight M. Blood. Ann Arbor Michigan: University of Michigan Press, 1964. Pp. 374. $10.00. Reviewed by Donald E. Church Mode Choice in Intercity Travel: A Multivariate Statistical Analysis. John B. Lansing and Dwight M. Blood. Ann Arbor: Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, 1964. Pp. 1–64, Appendices. Reviewed by George Fisk On Theory and Verification in Sociology. Hans L. Zetterberg. Third Enlarged Edition. Totowa, N. J.: The Bedminister Press, 1965. Pp. 177. Price $4.50. Reviewed by Charles M. Grigg An Introduction to Psychological Statistics. Philip H. DuBois. New York: Harper and Row, 1965. Pp. xi, 530. $7.95. Reviewed by James K. Brewer Linear Programming and Its Extensions. George B. Dantzig. Princeton, New Jersey. Princeton University Press, 1963. Reviewed by Stanley Reiter Models, Measurement and Marketing. Peter Langhoff (ed.). Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1965. 216 pages. Reviewed by Ronald Frank Quantitative Analysis for Business Decisions. Bierman, Fouraker and Jaedicke. Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1961. Pp. 358 + xi, $7.95. Reviewed by M. J. Moroney Finite Mathematics with Applications in the Social and Management Sciences. Louis O. Kattsoff and Albert J. Simone. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1965. Pp. 407. $8.95. Reviewed by Donald G. Morrison Statistics as Applied to Economics and Business. Wessel, Robert H., Willett, Edward R., and Simone, Albert J. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Inc., 1964. $7.95. Reviewed by James L. Murphy Operations Research: Process and Strategy. David S. Stoller. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1964. Pp. vii, 159. $5.00. Reviewed by Frederick S. Hillier Statistics in Physical Science: Estimation, Hypothesis Testing, and Least Squares. Walter Clark Hamilton. New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1964. Pp. xi, 230. $10.00. Reviewed by W. R. Allen Accounting and Analytical Methods. Richard Mattessich. Illinois, Homewood: Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1964. Pp. 194. Reviewed by Yuji Ijiri The Mathematics of Life Insurance. Walter O. Menge and Carl H. Fischer. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1965. Pp. 191, $6.95. Reviewed by Robert J. Myers Probability, A Programmed Workbook. Albert E. Hickey and Sanford M. Autor. Reviewed by H. D. Brunk Elements of Numerical Analysis. Peter Henrici. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1964. Pp. xv, 328. $8.00. Reviewed by H.A.D. Introduction to FORTRAN, S. C. Plumb, New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1964. Pp. vii+203. $3.50. Reviewed by A.M. Decision-Making: An Annotated Bibliography Supplement, 1958–1963, Paul Wasserman and Fred S. Silander. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cayuga Press, Inc., 1964. Pp. iv-178. $4.75. Reviewed by A.M.