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Abstract Abstract The Costs of Higher Education: How Much Do Colleges and Universities Spend Per Student and How Much Should They Spend?: Howard R. Buwen. San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass, 1980, xxiii + 287 pp. $15.95 (paperback). Reviewed by: Werner Z. Hirsch A Summary of Reports and Recommendations: The Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education. San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass, 1980, x + 489 pp. $27.95 (paperback). Reviewed by: Charles S. Benson Sampling Methods for Censuses and Surveys (4th ed.): Frank Yates. New York: Macmillan, 1981. xvi + 458 pp. $55.00. Reviewed by: Charles H. Proctor Developments in Dual System Estimation of Population Size and Growth: Karol J. Krotki (ed.). Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: The University of Alberta Press, 1978. xviii + 260 pp. $17.50 (paperback). Reviewed by: Charles D. Cowan An Introduction to Mathematical Risk Theory: Hans U. Gerber. Philadelphia: S. S. Huebner Foundation for Insurance Education, 1979. xv + 164 pp. $15.95 (paperback). Reviewed by: E. Benton Cobb Mathematical Programming for Operations Researchers and Computer Scientists: Albert G. Holzman (ed.). New York: Marcel Dekker, 1981. xii + 373 pp. $45.00. Reviewed by: Patrick L. Brockett Techniques in Operational Research Vol. 2: Models, Search and Randomization.: Brian Conolly. New York: Ellis Horwood Limited Publishers (Division of John Wiley & Sons), 1981. 338 pp. $77.95. Reviewed by: Patrick L. Brockett Linear Programming: Algorithms and Applications.: S. Vajda. London, New York: Chapman and Hall, 1981. vii + 150 pp. $9.95 (paperback). Reviewed by: Salih O. Duffua Probabilistic Mechanical Design.: Edward B. Haugen. New York: John Wiley, 1980. 630 pp. $42.50. Reviewed by: Emil H. Jebe Engineering Applications of Correlation and Spectral Analysis.: Julius S. Bendat and Allan G. Piersol. New York: John Wiley, 1980. xiv + 302 pp. $29.95. Reviewed by: H. Dennis Tolley Matrix-Geometric Solutions in Stochastic Models. An Algorithmic Approach.: Marcel F. Neuts. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981. xiii + 322 pp. $32.50. Reviewed by: C. C. Heyde Probability Inequalities in Multivariate Distributions.: Y. L. Tong. New York: Academic Press, 1980. xiii + 239 pp. $29.50. Reviewed by: Morris L. Eaton Applied Probability.: Frank A. Haight. New York: Plenum Press, 1981. xi + 290 pp. $35.00. Reviewed by: Luke Tierney Multinomial Probit: The Theory and Its Application to Demand Forecasting.: Carlos Daganzo. New York: Academic Press, 1979. xiv + 222 pp. $24.50. Reviewed by: B. B. Bhattacharyya Finite Mixture Distributions.: B. S. Everitt and D. J. Hand. New York: Methuen, 1981. xi + 143 pp. $14.95. Reviewed by: Stephen Vardeman Computational Probability.: P.M. Kahn (ed.). New York: Academic Press, 1980. xi + 340 pp. $21.00. Reviewed by: William F. Eddy Data Reduction: Analysing & Interpreting Statistical Data (revised reprint).: A.S.C. Ehrenberg. New York: John Wiley, 1978. xvii + 391 pp. Reviewed by: Brian L. Joiner Introductory Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (4th ed.): Robert K. Young and Donald J. Veldman. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981. x + 687 pp. $19.95. Reviewed by: M. C. Shelley Basic Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences.: Kenneth Pfeiffer and James N. Olson. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981. xv + 444 pp. $19.95. Selltiz, Wrightsmαn and Cook's Research Methods in Social Relations (4th ed.): Louise H. Kidder. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981. xii + 483 pp. $14.95. Regression: A Second Course in Statistics.: Thomas H. Wonnacott and Ronald J. Wonnacott. New York: John Wiley, 1981. xix + 556 pp. $26.95. Reviewed by: Michael C. Costanza Intermediate Statistical Methods: G. Barrie Wetherill. London: Chapman and Hall, 1981. xv + 390 pp. $25.00. Reviewed by: Peter C. O'Brien Quantitive Methods for Decision Making in Business.: Richard E. Trueman. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981. 733 pp. Reviewed by: Anne B. Koehler Applied Statistical Techniques.: K.D.C. Stoodley, T. Lewis, and C.L.S. Stainton. New York: Halsted Press, 1980. 310 pp. $56.95. Reviewed by: George Thomas