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Collected Papers of R.A. Fisher, Volumes III, IV, and V. : J.H. Bennet (ed.). Adelaide: The University of Adelaide, 1974. III: 560 pp., IV: 668 pp., V: 575 pp. $25.00/volume, $115.00/set. Reviewed by I. J. Good The Analysis of Cross-Tabulated Data. : Graham J.G. Upton. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1978. xii + 148 pp. $26.50. Reviewed by Robert E. Fay III Studies in Nonlinear Estimation. : Stephen M. Goldfeld and Richard E. Quandt (eds.). Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger Publishing Co., 1976, xiv + 278 pp. $22.00. Reviewed by Leon Wegge Statistical Density Estimation: A Survey. : Wolfgang Wertz. Göttingen und Zurich: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 1978. 108 pp. $12.20. Reviewed by Keh-Shin Lii The H -Function With Applications in Statistics and Other Disciplines. : A.M. Mathai and R.K. Sazena. New York: Halsted Press, 1978. 192 pp. $9.95. Reviewed by Patrick L. Brockett Problems and Solutions in Theoretical Statistics. : David R. Cox and David V. Hinkley. London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd.; New York: Halsted Press, 1978. 193 pp. $12.95. Reviewed by Gerald Shea Principles of Discrete Event Simulation. : George S. Fishman. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1978. xviii + 514 pp. $24.50. Reviewed by Mark E. Johnson Rejoinder to Mark E. Johnson's Review of Principles of Discrete Event Simulation. Reviewed by George S. Fishman The Acquisition of Consumer Durables, A Cross-Sectional Investigation. : J.F. Pickering. New York: Halsted Press, 1977. xi +255 pp. $18.50. Reviewed by Marnie W. Mueller Méthodes Statistiques de l'Econométrie (3rd ed.). : Edmond Malinvaud. Paris: Bordas Publishing, 1978. xviii + 846 pp. $41.00 (paperback). Reviewed by Lise Salvas-Bronsard Lectures on Macroeconomic Planning. : Leif Johansen. Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Co., 1977. x + 355 pp. $28.75. Reviewed by David Zilberman Mining Geostatistics. : Andre G. Journel and Charles J. Huijbregts. London: Academic Press, 1979. x + 600 pp. $67.50. Reviewed by G. S. Watson Perspectives in Biometrics. : Robert M. Elashoff (ed.). New York: Academic Press, 1975. xii + 200 pp. $27.50. Reviewed by Dana Quade Basic Statistics for Nurses. : Rebecca Grant Knapp. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1978. viii + 308 pp. $9.50 (paperback). Reviewed by Donna L. Vredevoe The Ways and Means of Statistics. : Leonard J. Tashman and Kathleen R. Lamborn. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979. xiii + 527 pp. $15.95. Introductory Statistics. : James A. Twaite and Jane A. Monroe. Glenview, Ill.: Scott, Foresman and Co., 1979. ix + 592 pp. $14.95. Reviewed by Stephen A. Book A Sampler on Sampling. : Bill Williams. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1978. xv + 254 pp. $15.95. Statistical Survey Techniques. : Raymond J. Jessen. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1978. vi + 520 pp. $24.95. Reviewed by Samprit Chatterjee The Analysis of Survey Data: Volume 1, Exploring Data Structures; Volume 2, Model Fitting. : Colm A. Muircheartaigh and Clive Payne. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1977. Vol. 1: 273 pp., $19.95; Vol. 2: 255 pp., $23.95. Reviewed by Bahadur Singh Conflicting Objectives in Decisions. : David E. Bell, Ralph L. Keeney, and Howard Raiffa (eds.). New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1977. x + 442 pp. $32.00. Reviewed by Herbert Moskowitz Introduction to Decision Theory. : J. Morgan Jones. Homewood, Ill.: Richard D. Irwin, 1977. xiv + 369 pp. $15.50. Statistical Decision Theory With Business and Economic Applications: A Bayesian Approach. : Ik-Whan Kwon. New York: Petrocelli/Charter, 1978. xv + 351 pp. $17.95. Reviewed by Robert L. Winkler Specification Searches: Ad Hoc Inference With Nonexperimental Data. : Edward E. Learner. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1978. xiii + 370 pp. $24.95. Reviewed by Bruce Hill Handbook of Graphic Presentation (2nd ed.). : Calvin F. Schmid and Stanton E. Schmid. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1979. vii + 308 pp. $12.95 (paperback). Reviewed by Robert F. Ling Time Series Analysis and Forecasting: The Box-Jenkins Approach. : Oliver D. Anderson, Boston: Butterworths and Company, 1975. vi + 182 pp. $13.95. Reviewed by D. A. Hsu