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Abstract Studies in Subjective Probability (2nd ed). Henry E. Kyburg, Jr., and Howard E. Smokler (eds). New York: Krieger Publishing Co., Inc., 1980. 262 pp. $9.50 (paperback) Reviewed by Glen Meeden Order Statistics (2nd ed), Herbert A. David. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1981. xiii + 360 pp. $34.95. Reviewed by I. Richard Savage Practical Nonparametric Statistics (2nd Ed). W.J. Conover, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1980, xiv + 493 pp. Reviewed by Richard A. Groeneveld Applied Regression Analysis (2nd ed.). N.R. Draper and H. Smith. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1981. xiv + 709 pp. $24.95 Reviewed by José Ferreira De Carvalho Optimal Design: An Introduction to the Theory for Parameter Estimation. S.D. Silvey. London: Chapman and Hall, 1980. viii + 86 pp. $17.95. Reviewed by Corwin L. Atwood Modern Statistics: Methods and Applications Proceedings of Symposia in Applied Mathematics, Volume XXIII Robert V. Hogg (ed.). Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society, 1980. vi + 110 pp. $18.00 Reviewed by Peter C. O'Brien Interactive Statistics. D.R. McNeil (ed.). Amsterdam and New York: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1979. x + 254 pp. $39.00. Reviewed by David L. Sylwester Systems Analysis of Ecosystems (Statistical Ecology Series, Vol. 9, edited by G.P. Patil). G.S. Innis and R.V. O'Neill (eds.). Fairland, Md.: International Cooperative Publishing House, 1979. xxiii + 402 pp. $40.00 Reviewed by Gordon Swartzman Sampling Biological Populations (Statistical Ecology Series, Vol. 5, edited by G.P. Patil). R.M. Cormack, G.P. Patil, and D.S. Robson (eds.). Fairland, Md.: International Cooperative Publishing House, 1979. xxiii + 392 pp. $40.00 Reviewed by E.C. Pielou Statistical Distributions in Ecological Work (Statistical Ecology Series, Vol. 4, edited by G.P. Patil). J.K. Ord, G.P. Patil, and C. Taillie (eds.). Fairland, Md.: International Cooperative Publishing House, 1979. xxiii + 464 pp. $40.00 Reviewed by E.C. Pielou Analysis with Standard Contagious Distributions. J.B. Douglas. Burtonsville, Md.: International Co-operative Publishing House, 1980. xiv + 520 pp. $35.00 Reviewed by S.K. Katti Blostatistics Casebook. Rupert G. Miller, Jr., Bradley Efron, Byron Wm. Brown, Jr., and Lincoln E. Moses (eds.). New York: John Wiley & Sons 1980. xii + 238 pp. $14.95 Reviewed by Peter C. O'Brien Mathematics and Statistics for the Bio-Sciences. G. Eason, C.W. Coles, and G. Gettinby. New York: Halsted Press, a Division of John Wiley, 1980. 578 pp. $78.95. Reviewed by Stephanie Green Taxonomy and Behavioral Science: Comparative Performance of Grouping Methods. Juan E. Mezzich and Herbert Solomon. London: Academic Press, 1980. xiv + 178 pp. $25.00. Reviewed by Robert R. Sokal Model Building for Decision Analysis. Patrick Rivett. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1980. xi + 172 pp. $22.50. Reviewed by Richard McClure The Analysis of Time Series: An Introduction (2nd ed.). C. Chatfield. London: Chapman and Hall, 1980. xiv + 268 pp. $14.95 (paperback). Reviewed by David A. Dickey Time Series and Forecasting: An Applied Approach Bruce L. Bowerman and Richard T. O'Connell. North Scituate, Mass.: Duxbury Press, 1979. xiii + 481 pp. $22.95. Reviewed by Johannes Ledolter Forecasting: Tims Studies in the Management Sciences, Vol. 12. S. Makridakis and S.C. Wheelwright (eds.). Amsterdam and New York: North-Holland Publishing Co., 1979. vii + 392 pp. $29.25 (paperback). Reviewed by Bovas Abraham Queueing Tables and Graphs. Frederick S. Hillier and Oliver S. Yu. New York and Amsterdam: Elsevier North-Holland, 1981. ix + 231 pp. $32.95. Reviewed by Marcel F. Neuts Population Growth, Society and Culture. Richard Grey Sipes. New Haven, Conn.: HRAF Press, 1980. viii + 126 pp. $12.00 ($6.00 paperback). Reviewed by Anne R. Pebley