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Abstract Statistics in Medicine. Theodore Colton. Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, 1974. xii + 372 pp. $17.50 (cloth), $12.50 (paperback). Reviewed by Judith D. Goldberg Prediction Analysis of Cross Classifications. David K. Hildebrand, James D. Laing, and Howard Rosenthal. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1977. xv + 311 pp. $19.95. Reviewed by Shelby J. Haberman A Manual of Sampling Techniques. R. K. Som. New York: Crane, Russak and Co., Inc., 1973. xv + 384 pp. $24.50. Reviewed by P.S.R.S. Rao Probability and Statistics: Theory and Applications. D.A.S. Fraser. North Scituate, Mass.: Duxbury Press, 1976. xi + 623 pp. $18.95. Reviewed by Vijay K. Rohatgi Introductory Statistics with Applications. Wayne W. Daniel. Boston, Mass.: Houghton-Miffln Co., 1977. 475 pp. $13.95. Reviewed by Sanford Weisberg Introduction to Statistics, Revised Edition. Robert Fried. New York: Halsted Press, 1976. xv + 304 pp. $12.95. Reviewed by Bruce Edward Trumbo Dynamic Stochastic Models from Empirical Data. R.L. Kashyap and A. Ramachandra Rao. New York: Academic Press, 1976. xvi + 334 pp. $34.50. Reviewed by William W. Davis Econometric Models of World Agricultural Commodity Markets: Cocoa, Coffee, Tea, Wool, Cotton, Sugar, Wheat, Rice. F.G. Adams and J.R. Behrman. Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1976. xi + 160 pp. $20.00. Reviewed by Dennis L. Warner A Model of Macroeconomic Activity, Volume I: A Theoretical Model. Ray C. Fair. Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1974, xiv + 226 pp. $15.00. Reviewed by Harold T. Shapiro A Model of Macroeconomic Activity, Volume II: The Empirical Model. Ray C. Fair. Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1976. xxi + 234 pp. $17.50. Reviewed by Harold T. Shapiro The Methods and Materials of Demography. Henry S. Shryock, Jacob S. Siegel, and Associates (Condensed Edition by Edward G. Stockwell). New York: Academic Press, 1976. ix + 577 pp. $16.50. Reviewed by Bryan L. Boulier Field Experimentation with Fruit Trees and Other Perennial Plants. D.C. Pearce. Kent, England: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, 1976. 182 pp. $28.80. Reviewed by Paul N. Hinz Reviews of United Kingdom Statistical Sources, Volume I: Personal Social Services, Voluntary Organizations in the Personal Social Service Field. W.F. Maunder, Ed. New York: Holmes & Meier, 1975. xii + 126 + 54 pp. $12.00. Reviewed by Patricia Munch Reviews of United Kingdom Statistical Sources, Volume II: Central Government Routine Health Statistics, Social Security Statistics. W.F. Maunder, Ed. New York: Holmes & Meier, 1975. xiv + 145 + 112 pp. $13.50. Reviewed by Patricia Munch Reviews of United Kingdom Statistical Sources, Volume III: Housing in Great Britain, Housing in Northern Ireland. W.F. Maunder, Ed. New York: Holmes & Meier, 1975. xii + 165 + 65 pp. $16.00. Reviewed by Patricia Munch Reviews of United Kingdom Statistical Sources, Volume IV: Leisure, Tourism. W.F. Maunder, Ed. New York: Holmes & Meier, 1975. xii + 51 + 117 pp. $20.00. Reviewed by Patricia Munch Solving Least Squares Problems. Charles L. Lawson and Richard J. Hanson. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1974. xii + 340 pp. $14.50. Reviewed by Robert F. Ling Queueing Systems, Vol. II: Computer Applications. Leonard Kleinrock. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1976. xx + 549 pp. $24.95. Reviewed by Richard W. Butterworth Mathematical Methods for Digital Computers, Vol. III: Statistical Methods for Digital Computers. Kurt Enslein, Anthony Ralston, and Herbert S. Wilf, Eds. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1977. viii + 454 pp. $24.95. Reviewed by John Petkau Minitab Student Handbook. Thomas A. Ryan, Brian L. Joiner, and Barbara F. Ryan. North Scituate, Mass.: Duxbury Press, 1976. ix + 341 pp. $6.95. Reviewed by James Inglis