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Abstract Abstract Balance of Payments Yearbook, 1938, 1946, 1947. International Monetary Fund. Washington, D.C., 1949. Pp. 383. Paper $4.00, Cloth $5.00. Review by Myrtle Brickman International Trade Economist, Office of International Trade U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington 25, D.C. Quality Control in Industry: Methods and Systems. John G. Rutherford. New York: Pitman Publishing Company, 1948. Pp. xvii, 201. $3.50. Review by W. R. Pabst, Jr. Quality Control Division, Bureau of Ordnance Navy Department, Washington 25, D.C. Length of Life, A Study of the Life Table, Revised Edition. Louis I. Dublin, Alfred J. Lotka and Mortimer Spiegelman (Metropolitan Life Insurance Company). New York: The Ronald Press Company, (15E. 26th St.) 1949. Pp. xxv, 379. $7.00. Review by Harold F. Dorn Chief, Biometrics Branch, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Md. Public Health Statistics, 2nd Ed. Rev. Marguerite F. Hall. New York: Paul B. Hoeber, Inc. 1949. Pp. xxvii, 441. $7.50. Review by John W. Fertig Professor of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York Bureau of the Census Manual of Tabular Presentation: An Outline of Theory and Practice in the Presentation of Statistical Data in Tables for Publication. Bruce L. Jenkinson. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1949. Pp. xiv, 266. $1.50. Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D.C. Review bt Ray Ovid Hall Economist, 1763 Columbia Road, Washington, D. C. Experiment Design and Judgment of Evidence. Errett C. Albritton, M.D. (Professor of Physiology, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D. C.) 1949. Pp. vi, 122. $2.75. (Lithoprinted by Edwards Brothers, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan). Review by Margaret Merrell Associate Professor of Biostatistics, School of Hygiene and Public Health, and Lecturer in Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. Applied Experimental Psychology. Alphonse Chapanis (Assistant Professor of Psychology, Johns Hopkins University), Wendell R. Garner (Director, Psychological Laboratory Institute for Cooperative Research, Johns Hopkins University), and Clifford T. Morgan (Professor of Psychology and Chairman of the Department, Johns Hopkins University). New York: Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1949. Pp. xi, 434. $4.50. Review by Reuben L. Revens Head, Special Reports Unit, Air Studies Division, Library of Congress Seasonal Fluctuations in Employment in the Women's Clothing Industry in New York. Gertrud Berta Greig. New York: Columbia University Press, 1949. Pp. 164. $2.75. Review by Lazare Teper Director, Research Department, International Ladies Garment Workers' Union, 1710 Broadway, New York 19, N. Y. Statistical Techniques in Market Research. Robert Ferber (Research Assistant Professor, Bureau of Economic and Business Research, University of Illinois). New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1949. Pp. xiv, 542. $6.00. Review by Melville J. Ulmer Assistant Chief, Current Business Analysis Division, U. S. Department of Commerce, Adjunct Professor of Economics, American University Historical Statistics of the United States, 1789–1945. A Supplement to the Statistical Abstract of the United States. Washington, 1949. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C. Review by W. S. Woytinsky The Johns Hopkins University Proceedings of the Berkeley Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and Probability. Edited by Jerzy Neyman (Director of the Statistical Laboratory, University of California). Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1949. Pp. 501. $7.50. Review by C. C. Craig Professor of Mathematics and Director of the Statistical Research Laboratory, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan National Transportation Policy. Charles L. Dearing and Wilfred Owen. Washington 6, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 1949. Pp. xiv, 459. $4.00. Review by Paul H. Anderson Associate Chief, Program Control Branch, Transportation Corps, Department of the Army, Washington, D. C.