Book Reviews

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Abstract Abstract Differential Mortality in the United States: A Study in Socioeconomic Epidemiology, Evelyn M. Kitagawa and Philip M. Hauser. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1973. xx + 255 pp. $9.00. Reviewed by Samuel H. Preston A Guide to Probability Theory and Application, Cyrus Derman, Leon J. Gleser and Ingram Olkin. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1973. xvi + 750 pp. $14.95. Reviewed by Tim Robertson Nonparametric Statistical Methods, Myles Hollander and Douglas A. Wolfe. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1973. xvii + 503 pp. $19.85. Reviewed by David S. Moore Statistics in Biology, Volume II, Chester I. Bliss. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1970. xiii + 639 pp. $23.00. Reviewed by L.N. Balaam Statistical Analysis for Business: A Conceptual Approach, Lee H. Smith and Donald R. Williams. Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1971. xviii + 774 pp. $11.95; study guide $3.50. Reviewed by Othmar W. Winkler Biometrika Tables for Statisticians, Volume II, E.S. Pearson and H.O. Hartley, Editors. London: Cambridge University Press, 1972. xvii + 385 pp. $17.50. Reviewed by Richard J. Beckman Statistics for Modern Business Decisions, Lawrence L. Lapin. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1973. xviii + 790 pp. $12.95. Reviewed by Kinley Larntz Probability, Induction and Statistics, Bruno de Finetti. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1972. xxiv + 266 pp. $17.95. Reviewed by V.P. Godambe Introduction to Biostatistics, Robert R. Sokal and F. James Rohlf. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1973. xiii + 368 pp. $9.50. Reviewed by S.R. Chakravorti Simulation: Statistical Foundations and Methodology, G. Arthur Mihram. New York: Academic Press, 1972. xv + 526 pp. $29.50. Reviewed by Edward Ignall Fundamental Statistical Concepts, Frederic E. Fischer. San Francisco: Canfield Press, 1973. ix + 371 pp. $9.95. Reviewed by William O. Williford Statistical Methods for Rates and Proportions, Joseph L. Fleiss. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1973. xiii + 223 pp. $12.95. Reviewed by Sanford Weisberg Mathematics Through Statistics, Louis Auslander, Frank J. Avenoso, Philip Cheifetz, Eldon Dyer, Allan Gerwitz, Beryl E. Hunte, Louis V. Quintas and Harry E. Rauch. Baltimore: William and Wilkins Company, 1973. vii + 215 pp. $6.50 paperback. Reviewed by Leon Jay Gleser Mathematical Models for the Growth of Human Populations, J.H. Pollard. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1973. xii + 186 pp. $17.50. Reviewed by C.M. Suchindran Probability and Statistical Analysis, Edgar P. Hickman and James G. Hilton. Scranton, Pennsylvania: Intext Educational Publishers, 1971. × + 366 pp. $9.00. Reviewed by F.C. Nold Staff Reviews: Discriminant Analysis and Applications, T. Cacoullos, Editor. New York: Academic Press, Inc., 1973. xviii + 434 pp. $16.50. Reviewed by P.K.S. Staff Reviews: Russian-English/English-Russian Glossary of Statistical Terms, Samuel Kotz. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1971. vii + 87 pp. $3.00 Reviewed by M.H.D. Staff Reviews: Statistical Analysis for Business Decisions, Revised Edition, William A. Spurr and Charles P. Bonini. Homewood, Illinois: Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1973. xi + 743 pp. $12.95. Reviewed by J.K. Staff Reviews: Introduction to Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, Revised Edition, Ralph H. Kolstoe. Homewood, Illinois: The Dorsey Press, Inc., 1973. xvi + 383 pp. $12.00. Reviewed by D.Q. Staff Reviews: The Art of Counting (Selected Writings edited by Joel Spencer), Paul Erdös. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1973. xxiii + 742 pp. $22.50. Reviewed by M.H.D.