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The Theory of Blackjack. : Peter A. Griffin. Las Vegas: Gambler's Book Club, 1981, 214 pp. $8.95. Reviewed by Edward O. Thorp The Reagan Experiment: An Examination of Economic and Social Policies Under the Reagan Administration. : John L. Palmer and Isabell V. Sawhill (eds.). Washington, DC: The Urban Institute Press, 1982, xvii + 530 pp. $12.95 (paperback). Reviewed by Werner Z. Hirsch Statistical Analysis of Weather Modification Experiments. : Edward J. Wegman and Douglas J. DePriest (eds.). New York: Marcel Dekker Inc., 1980, x + 145 pp. $24.75 (paperback). Reviewed by David R. Brillinger The Jackknife, The Bootstrap and Other Resampling Plans. : Bradley Efron. Philadelphia, PA: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1982, vii + 92 pp. $12.50 (paperback). Reviewed by Leone Y. Low The Maximum Entropy Formalism. : Raphael Levine and Myron Tribus (eds.). Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1979, xi + 498 pp. $22.50. Reviewed by I.J. Good The Theory of Linear Models and Multivariate Analysis. : Steven F. Arnold. New York: John Wiley, 1981, xv + 457 pp. $34.95. Reviewed by P.K. Sen Kernel Discriminant Analysis. : D.J. Hand. New York: John Wiley, 1982, x + 253 pp. $37.95. Reviewed by James D. Knoke Survival Analysis. : Rupert G. Miller, Jr. New York: John Wiley, 1981, xi + 238 pp. $18.95 (paperback). Reviewed by Vern Farewell Contributions to Statistics. : William G. Cochran. New York: John Wiley, 1982, xviii + 1,842 pp. $85.00. Reviewed by L. Billard Quantitative Population Dynamics. : Douglas G. Chapman and Vincent F. Gallucci, eds., G.P. Patil, General Editor. (Statistical Ecology Series, Vol. 13.) Fairland, MD: International Co-operative Publishing House, 1981, xxx + 290 pp. $30.00. Reviewed by John A. Hendrickson, Jr. Essays in Statistical Science: Papers in Honour of PAP. Moran. : J. Gani and E.J. Hannan (eds.). Sheffield, England: Applied Probability Trust, 1982, 434 pp. $34.00. Reviewed by L. Billard Blas in Mental Testing. : Arthur R. Jensen. New York: The Free Press, 1980. xiii + 786 pp. $29.95 Reviewed by Ted H. Emigh Ability Testing: Uses, Consequences and Controversies, Vols. I & II. : National Research Council Committee on Ability Testing; Alexandra K. Wigdor and Wendell R. Garner, editors. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1982, x + 242 pp. (Vol. I) and x + 414 pp. (Vol. II). $13.95 and $24.95 (paperbacks). Reviewed by Malcolm J. Sherman The Social Sciences: Their Nature and Uses. : William H. Kruskal (ed.). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1982. xv + 166 pp. $12.00. Reviewed by Tore Dalenius Response Behaviour in the Survey-Interview. : W. Dijkstra and J. van der Zouwen. New York: Academic Press, 1982. xiii + 247 pp. $26.50. Reviewed by Charles Proctor Surveys by Telephone: A National Comparison With Personal Interviews. : Robert M. Groves and Robert L. Kahn. New York: Academic Press, Inc., 1979. xii + 358 pp. $21.50. Reviewed by Paul Biemer Research in Human Capital and Development, Vol. 2: Equity, Human Capital and Development. : Ali Khan and Ismail Sirageldin (eds.). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press Inc., 1981. xvi + 228 pp. $40.00. Reviewed by Edward E. Leamer Factor Analysis and Measurement in Sociological Research. : David J. Jackson and Edgar R. Borgatta (eds.). Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1981. 313 pp. $22.50. Reviewed by Keith E. Muller Sampling and Statistics Handbook for Research. : Chester H. McCall, Jr. Ames, IA: The Iowa State University Press, 1982. xi + 340 pp. $32.00, (paperback). Reviewed by Charles Proctor Measurement Theory for the Behavioral Sciences. : Edwin E. Ghiselli, John P. Campbell and Sheldon Zedeck. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1981. xv + 494 pp. $27.95. Reviewed by Neal Schmitt Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Econometrics. : George G. Judge, R. Carter Hill, William E. Griffiths, Helmut Lütkepohl and Tsoung-Chao Lee. New York: John Wiley, 1982. xxix + 839 pp. $31.95. Reviewed by Ramona L. Trader Introduction to Probability Theory and Statistical Inference (3rd ed.). : Harold J. Larson. New York: John Wiley, 1982. xi + 637 pp. $27.95. Reviewed by Michael C. Costanza Probability and Statistics With Reliability, Queuing, and Computer Science Applications. : Kishor Shridharbhai Trivedi. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1982. x + 624 pp. $27.50. Reviewed by W.A. Thompson Statistics: Discovering Its Power. : Ronald J. Wonnacott and Thomas H. Wonnacott. New York: John Wiley, 1982. xviii + 378 pp. $20.95. Reviewed by Bruce Cooil Handbook of Applicable Mathematics, Vol. I: Algebra. : Walter Ledermann and Steven Vajda (eds.); Walter Ledermann (chief ed.). New York: John Wiley, 1980. xix + 524 pp. $85.00. Reviewed by William F. Eddy Handbook of Applicable Mathematics, Vol. II: Probability. : Emlyn Lloyd (ed.); Walter Ledermann (chief ed.). New York: John Wiley, 1980. xix + 450 pp. $85.00. Reviewed by William F. Eddy Handbook of Applicable Mathematics, Vol. Ill: Numerical Methods. : Robert F. Churchhouse (ed.); Walter Ledermann (chief ed.). New York: John Wiley, 1981. xvii + 565 pp. $85.00. Reviewed by William F. Eddy Probability Theory and Elements of Measure Theory. : Heinz Bauer. London: Academic Press, 1981. xiii + 460 pp. $92.00. Reviewed by Steven Orey Rates of Convergence in the Central Limit Theorem. : Peter Hall. London: Pitman Books Limited, 1982. 251 pp. £10.50 (paperback). Reviewed by A.K. Basu Statistical Performance of Location Estimators. : C.A.J. Klaassen. Amsterdam: Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, 1981. 100 pp. Dfl. 12.60 (paperback). Reviewed by Stephanie Green Probability Measures on Groups: Proceedings, Oberwolfach 1981. : H. Heyer (ed.). New York: Springer-Verlag, 1982. vi + 477 pp. $23.00 (paperback). Reviewed by Morris L. Eaton Stationary Random Processes Associated With Point Processes. : Tomasz Rolski. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1981. vi + 139 pp. $12.00 (paperback). Reviewed by Shaler Stidham, Jr. Stochastic Processes. : J. Medhi. New York: Halsted Press, 1982. xi + 387 pp. $17.95. Reviewed by William D. Sudderth Optimality in Nonlinear Programming: A Feasible Directions Approach. : A. Ben-Israel, A. Ben-Tal, and S. Zlobec. New York: John Wiley, 1981. xii + 144 pp. $21.95. Reviewed by William B. Widhelm Network Optimisation Practice. : David K. Smith. New York: John Wiley, 1982. 237 pp. $59.95. Reviewed by Bruce Golden and Edward Baker