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Abstract Data Analysis for Politics and Policy, Edward R. Tufte. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1974. × + 179 pp. $3.95 (paperback). Reviewed by Sanford Weisberg Display and Analysis of Spatial Data: NATO Advanced Study Institute, John C. Davis and Michael J. McCullagh (eds.). New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1975. xiv + 378 pp. $34.50. Reviewed by John M. Chambers Elements of Spatial Structure: A Quantitative Approach, A.D. Cliff, P. Haggett, J.K. Ord, K. Bassett and R. Davies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Geographical Series No. 6), 1975. viii + 258 pp. $19.50. Reviewed by Brian J.L. Berry Studies in Correlation: Multivariate Analysis and Econometrics, Sydney Afriat, M.V. Rama Sastry and Gerhard Tintner. Gottingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 1975. 149 pp. DM 32. Reviewed by Karl A. Fox Essays on Economic Behavior Under Uncertainty, M.S. Balch, D.L. McFadden and S.Y. Wu (eds.). New York: American Elsevier Publishing Co., 1974. xvi + 436 pp. $47.95. Reviewed by Sidney G. Winter The Brookings Model: Perspective and Recent Developments, Gary Fromm and Lawrence R. Klein (eds.). Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Co., 1975. xi + 679 pp. $62.50. Reviewed by Gregory C. Chow Statlab: An Empirical Introduction to Statistics, J.L. Hodges, Jr., David Krech and Richard S. Crutchfield. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1975. vi + 372 pp. $11.95 (paperback). Reviewed by Marilyn Hixson Basic Ideas of Statistics, Bernard W. Lindgren. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1975. xii + 352 pp. $10.95. Reviewed by Roger H. Moore Introduction to Probability and Statistics, Fourth Edition, William Mendenhall, North Scituate, Mass.: Duxbury Press, 1975. xiv + 460 pp. $12.95. Reviewed by Roger H. Moore Elementary Statistics, G.A.F. Seber. Sydney, Australia: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Australia Pty Ltd, 1974. × + 216 pp. $13.50 (paperback). Reviewed by Roger H. Moore Statistical Concepts for the Social Sciences, Basil P. Korin. Cambridge, Mass.: Winthrop Publishers, Inc., 1975. xii + 407 pp. $11.95. Reviewed by E. M. Beck General Applied Statistics, 2nd Edition, Fadil H. Zuwaylif. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Inc., 1974. xiv + 313 pp. $10.95. Reviewed by David S. Moore Queueing Systems Volume 1: Theory, Leonard Kleinrock. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1975. xvii + 417 pp. $19.95. Reviewed by Richard W. Butterworth Lecture Notes on Queueing Systems, Brian Conolly. New York: Halsted Press, 1975. × + 176 pp. $9.95 (paperback). Reviewed by Roger H. Moore The Design of Sample Surveys, Des Raj. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1972. xvii + 390 pp. $12.95. Reviewed by Harold F. Huddleston Statistical Design of Fatigue Experiments, R.E. Little and E.H. Jebe. New York: Halsted Press, 1975. ix + 280 pp. $32.50. Reviewed by Nancy R. Mann Reviewed by A.J. Yorgiadis Reviewed by H. Himelblau Probability with Applications, Michael Woodroofe. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. × + 372 pp. $16.50. Reviewed by William Davis Probability and Statistics, In Engineering and Management Science, William W. Hines and Douglas C. Montgomery. New York: Ronald Press Co., 1972. xii + 509 pp. $13.50. Reviewed by Dan Anbar The Logit Transformation: with Special Reference to Its Uses in Bioassay, W.D. Ashton. New York: Hafner Publishing Co., 1972. viii + 88 pp. $8.25 (paperback). Reviewed by Colin White Index Numbers in Theory and Practice, R.G.D. Allen. Chicago: Aldine Publishing Co., 1975. 278 pp. $25.00. Reviewed by David Folkerts-Landau Population of the United States, Trends and Prospects: 1950–1990, Paul C. Glick, ed. U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports Series P-23, No. 49. Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1974. iv + 221 pp. $2.75. Reviewed by Joan W. Lingner Limit Theorems of Probability Theory, P. Revesz (ed.). Amsterdam: North Holland Publishing Co., 1975. 420 pp., $39.75. Reviewed by P. K. Sen Multivariate Statistical Methods: Among-Groups Covariation, William R. Atchley and Edwin H. Bryant (eds.). Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania: Dowden, Hutchinson, and Ross, Inc., 1975. xv + 464 pp. $27.00. Reviewed by P.K. Sen Concepts in Geostatistics, Richard B. McCammon (ed.). New York: Springer-Verlag, 1975. v + 168 pp. $12.00. Reviewed by Paul Switzer Basic Concepts in Information Theory and Statistics: Axiomatic Foundations and Applications, A.M. Mathai and P.N. Rathie. New York: Halsted Press, 1975. × + 137 pp. $9.95. Reviewed by David V. Hinkley Stochastic Deviation from Elliptical Shape: An Applied Study, Marianne Frisen. Stockholm, Sweden: Almqvist & Wiksell Publishers, 1974. 63 pp. $29.40 Skr. (paperback). Reviewed by David V. Hinkley Elementary Principles of Probability and Information, R.F. Wrighton. New York: Academic Press, Inc., 1973. viii + 91 pp. $5.50 (paperback). Reviewed by Louis Jensen