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Abstract Abstract Measurement and Prediction. Samuel A. Stouffer, Louis Guttman, Edward A. Suchman, Paul F. Lazarsfeld, Shirley A. Star, and John A. Clausen. Volume IV of Studies in Social Psychology in World War II. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1950. Pp. vii, 756. $10.00. See the article by William G. Madow, pp. 508–514 in this issue. What Happens During Business Cycles. Wesley C. Mitchell (Late Member of the Research Staff, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.). New York: National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1951. Pp. xxxi, 390. $5.00. Reviewed by C. Ashley Wright Production Forecasting, Planning, and Control. E. H. MacNiece (Director of Quality Control, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, N. J.). New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1951, Pp. xiii, 305. $5.50. Reviewed by Loring G. Mitten World Resources and Industries, A Functional Appraisal of the Availability of Agricultural and Industrial Materials. Revised Edition. Erich W. Zimmermann. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1951. Pp. xvi, 832. $7.50. United Nations, Statistical Yearbook, 1949–50, Second Issue. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations, 1950. Pp. 553. $6.00. Elementary Principles of Statistics. A. C. Rosander. New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc. 1951. Pp. x, 693. $6.00. Reviewed by Harry P. Hartkemeier Laboratory Manual for Elementary Statistical Methods as Applied to Business and Economic Data. William A. Neiswanger, Floyd B. Haworth and William L. Leavitt. New York: The Macmillan Company. Pp. iii, 96. $2.50. Reviewed by Ernest Kurnow Biometric Analysis: An Introduction. Alan E. Treloar (Professor, Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota). Minneapolis: Burgess Publishing Company, 1951, Pp. v, 251. $4.50. Reviewed by Jerome Cornfield Educational Measurement. Edited by E. F. Lindquist. Washington, D. C.: American Council on Education, 1951. Pp. xix, 819. $6.00. Reviewed by Lincoln E. Moses The Burden of Diseases in the United States. Alfred E. Cohn (Member Emeritus, The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research) and Claire Lingg (Secretary, Former Committee on Research, New York Heart Association). New York: Oxford University Press, 1950. Pp. viii, 129 + 5 charts in separate slip case. $10.00. Reviewed by Margaret Merrell Selection for Parole: A Manual of Parole Prediction. Lloyd E. Ohlin (Research Sociologist, Illinois Division of Correction). Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 1951. Pp. 143. $2.00. Reviewed by David Durand Measuring Social Need: The Method of Standard Scores Applied to the Measurement of Need in Cuyahoga County. Virginia Kann White. Cleveland, Ohio: The Press of Western Reserve University, 1951. Pp. 72. Paper. Reviewed by F. Stuart Chapin Logical Foundations of Probability. Rudolph Carnap (Professor of Philosophy, University of Chicago). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1950. Pp. xvii, 607. Originally $12.50, now $8.50. Reviewed by Bruno de Finetti The Nature and Application of Inductive Logic. Rudolph Carnap. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1951. Pp. viii, 161–202, 242–279. $1.25. Paper. Theory of Probability. M. E. Munroe. New York: McGraw-Hill Company, 1951. Pp. viii, 213. $4.50. Reviewed by Gopinath Kallianpur Trabajos de Estadistica, Vol. I, 1950. Madrid. Revue Statistique, Numero 1, Mars 1951. Revue Economique, No. 1, May 1950. Librairie Armand Colin, Paris.