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Randomization and Monte Carlo Methods in Biology. Bryan F. J. Manly. London: Chapman and Hall, 1991. viii + 281 pp. $65 (USA); $78 (Canada). Influence Diagrams, Belief Nets, and Decision Analysis. R. M. Oliver and J. Q. Smith (eds.), 1988, New York: John Wiley, xxix + 465 pp. $79.95. Probability: Theory and Examples. Richard Durrett. Pacific Grove, CA; Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole, 1991, x + 453 pp. $53.95. A History of Inverse Probability: From Thomas Bayes to Karl Pearson. Andrew I. Dale. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1991. xx + 495 pp. $59. Nonlinear Multivariate Analysis. Albert Gifi. New York: John Wiley, 1990. xx + 579 pp. $72.95. Statistical Models in Behavioral Research. William K. Estes. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1991. ix + 159 pp. $36 (cloth); $16.50 (paperback). Applied Computational Statistics in Longitudinal Research. Michael J. Rovine and Alexander von Eye. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1991. xiii + 237 pp. $34.50 (paperback). Statistical Analysis of Reliability Data. M. J. Crowder, A. C. Kimber, R. L. Smith, and T. J. Sweeting. London: Chapman and Hall, 1991. xii + 250 pp. $49.95 (U.S.); $62.50 (Canada). Spatial Data Analysis in the Social and Environmental Sciences. Robert P. Haining. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1990. xxi + 409 pp. $65. Statistical Methods in Cancer Research, Volume II: The Design and Analysis of Cohort Studies. N. E. Breslow and N. E. Day. Lyon, Fr.: International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1987. xii + 406 pp. $45 (available from Oxford University Press). Sample Size Choice: Charts for Experiments With Linear Models. (2nd ed.) (Vol. 122 in the Statistics: Textbooks and Monographs Series). Robert E. Odeh and Martin Fox. New York: Marcel Dekker. x + 194 pp. $69.75. Statistical Design and Analysis of Industrial Experiments. Subir Ghosh (ed.). New York: Marcel Dekker, 1990. xi + 533 pp. $55.00. The NORC General Social Survey: A User's Guide. James A. Davis and Tom W. Smith. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1992. viii + 95 pp. $8.95 (softcover); $17.95 (hardcover).