Book Reviews

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Works on the Foundations of Statistical Physics. Nikolai Sergeevich Krylov. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1979. xxviii + 283 pp. $19.50 ($7.50 paperback). Reviewed by E.T. Jaynes Probability and Statistical Inference (Vols. I and II). J.G. Kalbfleisch. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1979, 1–342 pp., $15.00; II—316 pp., $15.00. Reviewed by Mikel Aickin Philosophical Problems of Statistical Inference. Teddy Seidenfeld. Dordrecht, Holland: D. Reidel, 1979. xiii + 245 pp. $37.00. Reviewed by Glen Meeden Lattice Path Counting and Applications. Sri Gopal Mohanty. New York: Academic Press. 1979. xi + 185 pp. $21.00. Reviewed by John P. Lehoczky Revolution in United States Government Statistics, 1926–1976. Joseph W. Duncan and William C. Shelton. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1978. ix + 257 pp. $4.50 (paperback). Reviewed by Conrad Taeuber Privacy and Government Data Banks: An International Perspective. David H. Flaherty, London: Mansell, 1979. 353 pp. $37.00. Reviewed by T.A. Bancroft The Reign of ETS: The Corporation That Makes Up Minds. Allan Nairn and Associates. Washington, D.C.: Ralph Nader, 1980. xvii + 554 pp. $30.00. Reviewed by Malcolm J. Sherman The Impact of Labor-Management Relations on Productivity and Efficiency in Urban Mass Transit: Employee Attitudes, Withdrawal Behavior, and Bargaining Unit Structure. James L. Perry and Harold L. Angle. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1980. xv + 236 pp. (paperback). Reviewed by Eli Noam National Health Insurance: Conflicting Goals and Policy Choices. Judith Feder, John Holahan, and Theodore Marmor (eds.). Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute, 1980. xxi + 721 pp. $25.00 ($12.50 paperback). Reviewed by Joseph P. Newhouse Health Care in the United States: Equitable for Whom? LuAnn Aday, Ronald Andersen, and Gretchen V. Fleming. Beverly Hills: Sage, 1980. 415 pp. $25.00. Reviewed by Fred Nobrega Research in Health Economics (Vol. 1). Richard M. Scheffler (ed.), Greenwich, Conn.: JAI Press, 1979. ix + 401 pp. $31.00. Reviewed by Jacques Van Der Gaag CDC Newsletter (No. 21, June and No. 22, December). Cairo Demographic Centre. Cairo: Cairo Demographic Centre, 1979. No. 21, 16 pp., No. 22, 16 pp. Reviewed by Mohammad F. El-Sabbagh An Introduction to Econometric Forecasting and Forecasting Models. Lawrence R. Klein and Richard M. Young. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath, 1980. xi + 155 pp. $17.95. Reviewed by Johannes Ledolter Forecasting O.D. Anderson (ed.). Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1979. vii + 279 pp. $39.00 Reviewed by Robert B. Miller Practical Experiences with Modelling and Forecasting Time Series. G.M. Jenkins. Lancaster, England: Gwilym Jenkins, 1979. 146 pp. $19.00 (paperback). Reviewed by Robert B. Miller Survey Sampling and Multivariate Analysis for Social Scientists and Engineers. Peter R. Stopher and Arnim H. Meyburg. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath, 1979. xix + 386 pp. $27.95. Reviewed by D. R. Bellhouse Multivariate Statistical Analysis. R.P. Gupta (ed.). New York: North-Holland, 1980. viii + 289 pp. $41.50. Reviewed by Chien-Pai Han Introduction to Bivariate and Multivariate Analysis. Richard H. Lindeman, Peter F. Merenda, and Ruth Z. Gold. Glen-view, Ill.: Scott, Foresman, 1980. x + 444 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by P. K. Sen Monte Carlo Studies on Robustness. Alfredo Rizzi (ed.). Roma: Cooperativa Informazione Stampa Universitaria a r.l., 1979. 163 pp. $17.00 (paperback). Reviewed by Paul Velleman Principles and Procedures of Statistics: A Biometrical Approach. Robert G.D. Steel and James H. Torrie, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1980. xxi + 633 pp. $26.00. Reviewed by Gordon D. Booth