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A. F. Bissell Analysis of Data Based on Incident
Counts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215--247
Anonymous Statistical Algorithms . . . . . . . . . 249--254
J. A. Nelder and
B. E. Cooper and
J. M. Craddock and
J. C. Gower and
P. J. Harrison and
I. D. Hill The Construction and Description of
Algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255--260
Anonymous 1969 Examinations Examiners' Reports . . 261--345
H. D. Elton Book Review: \booktitleStatistics in the
Computer Age, by J. M. Craddock . . . . 347--347
A. J. Westlake Book Review: \booktitleStatistical
Techniques in Technological Research ---
An Aid to Research Productivity, by W.
E. Duckworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348--350
Douglas M. Hawkins Book Review: \booktitleMathematical
Methods for Digital Computers, by A.
Ralston; H. S. Wilf . . . . . . . . . . 350--350
D. H. Ward Book Review: \booktitleIntroduction to
Statistical Analysis, by Wilfrid J.
Dixon; Frank J. Massey . . . . . . . . . 351--352
A. J. Westlake Book Review: \booktitleIntroduction to
Probability Theory and Statistical
Inference, by Harold J. Larson . . . . . 352--353
Douglas M. Hawkins Book Review: \booktitleElements of
Continuous Multivariate Analysis, by A.
P. Dempster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353--354
J. Fawthrop Book Review: \booktitleUncertainty and
Estimation in Economics, by D. G.
Champernowne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354--356
Alan Huitson Book Review: \booktitleStatistics: A
Computer Approach, by Roger L. Burford 356--357
A. Huitson Book Review: \booktitleCumulative Sum
Tests: Theory and Practice, by C. S. van
Dobben de Bruyn . . . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
Anonymous Report of Council for the Year 1969 to
the Twenty-First Annual General Meeting 358--367
Anonymous Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368--374
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Editorial: The Responsibility of the
Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375--376
S. K. Sen Gupta Application of Discriminatory Analysis
to an Engineering Problem . . . . . . . 377--389
H. Nabb Some Uses of Statistics in a
Nationalized Gas Undertaking . . . . . . 391--402
A. K. Shahani A Saturated Experiment in Sequential
Determination of Operating Conditions 403--408
R. W. Blackmore Book Review: \booktitleA Course in
Theortical Statistics, by N. A. Rahman 409--409
P. Armitage Book Review: \booktitleA Dictionary and
Bibliography of Discrete Distributions,
by G. P. Patil; S. W. Joshi . . . . . . 409--410
B. Benjamin Book Review: \booktitlePrinciples of
Demography, by Donald J. Bogue . . . . . 410--411
A. J. Westlake Book Review: \booktitleIntroduction to
Statistical Procedures: With Computer
Exercises, by P. R. Lohnes; W. W. Cooley 411--413
Anonymous Book Review: \booktitleStatistics for
Mathematicians --- An Introduction, by
D. J. Finney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413--414
W. R. Buckland Book Review: \booktitleGraphical
Rational Patterns: A New Approach to
Graphical Presentation of Statistics, by
R. Bachi; \booktitleDiagrams: A Visual
Survey of Graphs, Maps, Charts and
Diagrams, by A. Lockwood . . . . . . . . 414--415
W. R. Buckland Book Review: \booktitleAdvanced Theory
of Statistics Volume 1, by M. G.
Kendall; A. Stuart . . . . . . . . . . . 415--416
W. R. Buckland Book Review: \booktitle4th International
Conference in Operations Research,
Proceedings, by D. B. Hertz; J. Melese 417--418
Anonymous Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419--426
Anonymous 1970 Examinations Examiners Reports . . 427--503
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504--504
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1--1
Anonymous Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2--2
D. J. Bartholomew The Statistical Approach to Manpower
Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3--26
A. F. Forbes Non-Parametric Methods of Estimating the
Survivor Function . . . . . . . . . . . 27--52
M. L. Marshall Some Statistical Methods for Forecasting
Wastage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--68
A. D. Butlers An Analysis of Flows in a Manpower
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--84
Pauline Sales The Validity of the Markov Chain Model
for a Class of the Civil Service . . . . 85--110
Anonymous Statistical Enquiries and the Small
Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111--115
J. Gani Book Review: \booktitleConcepts of
Probability, by William C. Guenther;
\booktitleThe Structure of Probability
Theory with Applications, by Aram J.
Thomasian; Probability. by Leo Breiman 116--117
R. W. Blackmore Book Review: \booktitleIntroductory
Statistics, by T. H. Wonnacott; R. J.
Wonnacott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117--117
Pamela G. Kneller Book Review: \booktitleApplied
Statistics for Management Studies, by
David Croft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
D. Hawkins Book Review: \booktitleApplied
Statistics for Engineers, by W. Volk;
\booktitleStatistical Models in
Engineering, by G. J. Hahn; S. S.
Shapiro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118--119
R. J. Duff Book Review: \booktitlePrinciples of
Statistical Technques, by P. G. Moore 119--120
Anonymous The Institute of Statisticians November
1970 Examinations Pass List . . . . . . 120--120
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1--1
Anonymous Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2--2
Dennis Newman The Census of Population in Britain . . 3--14
Dennis Newman The Planning of the 1971 Census of
Population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15--31
J. Waksberg and
W. M. Perkins The Role of Evaluation in U.S. Censuses
of Population and Housing . . . . . . . 33--46
D. A. Lury A Note on Census-Taking During 1955--64 47--52
Anonymous The Institute of Statisticians Minutes
of the 21st Annual General Meeting . . . 53--55
A. J. Westlake Book Review: \booktitleProbability and
Random Processes for Engineers and
Scientists, by A. B. Clarke; R. L.
Disney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57--57
A. Huitson Book Review: \booktitleStatistics for
Experimentalists, by B. E. Cooper . . . 58--58
C. R. Gent Book Review: \booktitleRank Order
Probabilities: Two-Sample Normal Shift
Alternatives, by Roy C. Milton . . . . . 58--59
D. A. Lury Book Review: \booktitleElementary
Statistics for Economics and Business,
by E. Mansfield; W. W. Norton;
\booktitleThe Quantitative Analysis of
Social Problems, by E. R. Tufte;
\booktitleReadings in Statistics, by A.
Haber; R. P. Runyon; P. Badia . . . . . 59--60
D. A. L. Book Review: \booktitleDocuments Pour
l'Élaboration d'Indices due Coût de la
Vie, by J. Fourastie . . . . . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1--1
Anonymous Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2--2
A. A. S. Rodger and
W. J. Rawlings and
J. M. Simpson Forecasting in an Area Gas Board . . . . 3--14
C. L. Myers Forecasting Electricity Sales . . . . . 15--22
H. W. G. Gearing Forecasting Demand . . . . . . . . . . . 23--28
R. G. Coates A Partially Subjective System for
Setting Sales Targets . . . . . . . . . 29--34
L. J. Marchant and
D. J. Hockley A Comparison of Two Forecasting
Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35--44
Madge Dugdale Long Term Trend Projections as an Aid to
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45--54
J. M. Craddock and
Sheila A. Farmer Two Robust Methods of Random Number
Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55--66
A. R. Ilersic and
R. A. Pluck Social Trends: A Comment . . . . . . . . 67--72
J. J. Grimshaw Book Review: \booktitleManaging with
Statistics, by T. W. Lewis; R. A. Fox 73--73
J. M. Bevan Book Review: \booktitleRank Correlation
Methods, by M. G. Kendall . . . . . . . 74--74
A. Basilevsky Book Review: \booktitleAn Introduction
to Applied Probability and Random
Processes, by J. B. Thomas . . . . . . . 74--75
W. R. Buckland Book Review: \booktitleDiscrete
Distributions; Continuous Univariate
Distributions I and II, by N. L.
Johnson; S. Kotz . . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
D. A. Lury Book Review: \booktitleA Dictionary of
Statistical Terms, by Maurice G.
Kendall; William R. Buckland . . . . . . 76--76
W. R. Buckland Book Review: \booktitleRandom Counts in
Models and Structures, by G. P. Patil 76--77
Eryl Bassett Book Review: \booktitleStatistical
Tolerance Regions: Classical and
Bayesian, by I. Guttman . . . . . . . . 77--78
W. R. Buckland Book Review: \booktitleNon-Parametric
Techniques in Statistical Inference, by
M. L. Puri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78--78
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1--1
Anonymous The Institute of Statisticians:
Appointment of New President and
Vice-President . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2--2
P. J. Brown Keys to Correlate Biological Activity
with Molecular Structure of Chemical
Compounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3--49
W. J. Krzanowski The Algebraic Basis of Classical
Multivariate Methods . . . . . . . . . . 51--61
S. A. Farmer An Investigation into the Results of
Principal Component Analysis of Data
Derived from Random Numbers . . . . . . 63--72
S. V. Lincoln and
Anthony Piepe and
R. Prior An Application of Principal Components
Analysis to Voting in Scottish Municipal
Elections 1967--9 . . . . . . . . . . . 73--88
J. H. Kirk Book Review: \booktitleExperimental
Marketing, by E. J. Davis . . . . . . . 89--89
L. Marchant Book Review: \booktitleStochastic Models
of Buying Behaviour, by William F.
Massy; David B. Montgomery; David G.
Morrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90--90
D. J. Bartholomew Book Review: \booktitleMaking Decisions,
by D. V. Lindley . . . . . . . . . . . . 90--92
W. D. Ashton Book Review: \booktitleApplications of
Queueing Theory, by G. F. Newell . . . . 92--93
J. M. Bevan Book Review: \booktitleMeasurement in
Medicine, by P. D. Oldham . . . . . . . 93--94
A. Lancaster Book Review: \booktitleAnalysis of
Binary Data, by D. R. Cox . . . . . . . 94--94
Peter D. Saalmans Book Review: \booktitleIntroduction to
Optimisation Techniques, by Masanao Aoki 95--95
M. F. Fuller Book Review: \booktitleElements of
Decision Theory, by B. W. Lindgren . . . 96--97
M. F. Fuller Book Review: \booktitleSolving Problems
in Statistics II, by J. Aitchison;
\booktitleThe Statistical Argument, by
R. M. Cormack; \booktitleAdvanced
General Statistics, by B. C. Erricker;
\booktitleStatistics --- Definitions and
Formulae for Students, by R. W. Hiorns;
\booktitleThe Language of Basic
Statistics, by John Newson; Michael
Matthews; \booktitleProblems in
Statistics --- The Poisson and
Exponential Distributions, by K.
Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97--98
Anonymous The Institute of Statisticians June 1971
Examinations Pass List . . . . . . . . . 99--103
Anonymous [Announcements] . . . . . . . . . . . . 104--105
Anonymous Editor's Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous Volume Information . . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1--2
J. N. R. Jeffers The Statistician's Role in the
Environmental Sciences . . . . . . . . . 3--17
F. P. Thompson Statistics and the Environment --- The
Third London Airport Study . . . . . . . 19--30
A. D. J. Flowerdew The Cost of Airport Noise . . . . . . . 31--46
W. W. Kirkby and
G. W. A. Salmond and
K. W. Davies The Assessment for Safety of Food
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47--61
J. M. Craddock Urban Development and Its Effects on the
Local Temperature Regime . . . . . . . . 63--75
Damaraju Raghavarao and
D. A. Preece Combinatorial Analysis and Experimental
Design: A Review of
\booktitleConstructions and
Combinatorial Problems in Design of
Experiments, by Damaraju Raghavarao . . 77--87
A. E. Maddison Book Review: \booktitleDistribution
Management: Mathematical Modelling and
Practical Analysis, by S. Eilon; C. D.
T. Watson-Gandy; N. Christofides . . . . 89--90
R. A. Pluck Book Review: \booktitleStatistical
Methods for Behavioural Science
Research, by L. A. Marascuilo . . . . . 90--90
D. A. Lury Book Review: \booktitleBiological
Aspects of Demography, by W. Brass . . . 90--91
A. Lancaster Book Review: \booktitleModels in
Regression and Related Topics, by Peter
Sprent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
A. D. Pack Book Review: \booktitleRegression and
Econometric Methods, by David S. Huang 92--93
Garry Phillips Book Review: \booktitleEconometrics, by
R. J. Wonnacott; T. H. Wonnacott . . . . 93--94
D. A. Lury Book Review: \booktitleStudies in the
History of Statistics and Probability,
by E. S. Pearson; M. G. Kendall . . . . 95--95
J. R. Goy Book Review: \booktitleThe Use of
Economics Literature, by John Fletcher 95--96
J. J. Grimshaw Book Review: \booktitleA First Course in
Statistics, by F. N. David;
\booktitleBancroft's Introduction to
Biostatistics, by Johannes Ipsen; Polly
Feigl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--97
K. Lainton Book Review: \booktitleLeading Cases in
Market Research, by Max K. Adler . . . . 97--98
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Volume Information . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Joseph F. Daly and
Harvey Kailin and
Ralph S. Woodruff and
Max Shor Some Experience in the Large Scale Use
of Administrative Lists in a Monthly
Business Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--113
P. T. Harris Opinion and Market Survey Methodology 114--125
Ken Williams Statistics and Communication . . . . . . 127--128
K. Williams A Criticism of the Neyman--Pearson
Theory of Testing . . . . . . . . . . . 128--131
D. A. Lury Book Review: \booktitleThe Econometric
Study of the United Kingdom . . . . . . 132--140
Anonymous Institute of Statisticians November 1971
Examination Pass List . . . . . . . . . 141--142
M. J. Garside Book Review: \booktitleThe Generation of
Random Variates, by T. G. Newman; P. L.
Odell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143--143
M. J. Garside Book Review: \booktitleBasic Fortran 4,
by B. J. Dowding; C. B. Rogers . . . . . 143--144
A. Huitson Book Review: \booktitleOptimal
Statistical Decisions, by M. H. DeGroot 144--144
A. Huitson Book Review: \booktitleHandbook of
Probability and Statistics. 2nd Ed, by
R. S. Burington; D. C. May . . . . . . . 144--144
J. A. Dowie Book Review: \booktitleThink Tanks and
Problem Solving, by Paul I. Slee Smith 145--145
Colin Seymour-Ure Book Review: \booktitleContent Analysis
in Communication Research, by Bernard
Berelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145--145
P. G. Kneller Book Review: \booktitleQuality Control
Bookwork, by David J. Desmond . . . . . 146--146
A. Huitson Book Review: \booktitleStatistical
Analysis for Managerial Decisions, by J.
C. G. Boot; E. B. Cox . . . . . . . . . 147--147
P. S. Taylor Book Review: \booktitleThe Significance
Test Controversy, by R. E. Henkel; D. E.
Morrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147--149
Anonymous Book Review: \booktitleRandom Counts in
Biomedical and Social Sciences, by G. P.
Patil; \booktitleRandom Counts in
Biomedical and Social Sciences: Vol. I.
Vol. II. Random Counts in Scientific
Work, by G. P. Patil . . . . . . . . . . 149--149
W. R. Buckland Book Review: \booktitleRandom Counts in
Physical Science, Geo Science and
Business, by G. P. Patil;
\booktitleRandom Counts in Physical
Science, Geo Science and Business: Vol
III, Random Counts in Scientific Work,
by G. P. Patil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149--150
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
K. T. Boyd Product Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . 151--159
D. N. Sparks and
R. K. Landells Marketing Experiments in Retail Grocery
Outlets --- The Contimart Marketing
Laboratory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161--167
J. G. Boggis Data Conflict and Reconciliation . . . . 169--180
V. R. Thompson Sequential Dichotomisation: Two
Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--194
Anonymous The Institute of Statisticians Minutes
of the 22nd Annual General Meeting . . . 195--196
Henry R. Neave Some Quick Tests for Slippage . . . . . 197--208
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209--209
W. O. Binns Purpose, Understanding and Authority in
Forestry Research: Their Bearing on
Statistical Consultancy . . . . . . . . 211--213
P. Greig-Smith Some Problems of Analytical Data . . . . 215--219
Alan Huitson Book Review: \booktitleBasic Statistics
for Business and Economics, by Roger L.
Burford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221--221
D. A. Lury Book Review: \booktitleFacts in Focus,
by Central Statistical Office . . . . . 221--222
G. J. S. Ross Book Review: \booktitleProbit Analysis,
by D. J. Finney . . . . . . . . . . . . 222--222
R. Mead Book Review: \booktitleComputer
Programming in Quantitative Biology, by
R. G. Davies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223--224
G. D. A. Phillips Book Review: \booktitleSelected Readings
in Econometrics from Econometrica, by J.
W. Hooper; M. Nerlove . . . . . . . . . 224--225
A. C. Harvey Book Review: \booktitleSurvey Methods in
Social Investigation, by C. A. Moser; G.
Kalton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225--225
D. A. Preece Book Review: \booktitleCyclic Designs,
by J. A. John; F. W. Wolock; H. A.
David; J. M. Cameron; J. A. Speckman . . 226--226
A. Basilevsky Book Review: \booktitleFactor Analysis
as a Statistical Method, by D. N.
Lawley; A. E. Maxwell . . . . . . . . . 226--227
Keith G. Jones Book Review: \booktitleUnderstanding
Modern Business Mathematics, by A. M. C.
Morrison; R. Burden; M. G. Crabtree;
\booktitleManagement Planning and
Control: Mathematical Models, by John
Leslie Livingstone . . . . . . . . . . . 227--229
M. J. Garside Book Review: \booktitleJournal of
Statistical Computation and Simulation,
by Richard G. Krutchkoff . . . . . . . . 229--229
D. A. Lury Book Review: \booktitleStatistical
Methods for Research Workers, by R. A.
Fisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--229
D. A. Preece Book Review: \booktitleStatistical
Design and Analysis of Experiments, by
Peter W. M. John . . . . . . . . . . . . 230--232
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i-290
J. M. Bevan Medical Information Systems:
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233--236
J. M. Bevan Some General Remarks on the Nature and
Purpose of Medical Information Systems 237--243
J. M. Forsythe Hospital Activity Analysis . . . . . . . 245--253
George Cust Morbidity and Utilisation Data in the
Local Health Authority . . . . . . . . . 255--264
J. R. Ashford Patient Contacts in General Practice in
the National Health Service . . . . . . 265--289
J. G. Davies Medical Information Systems for a
Unified Health Service: A Scottish View 291--299
Graham Kalton The Role of Population Surveys as a
Source of Morbidity and Other Health
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301--324
J. A. Baldwin Linked Record Health Data Systems . . . 325--338
Alwyn Smith Summing Up: The Problems of Obtaining
Information on the Health of Populations 339--357
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1--68
J. Grange Moore The Manager as a User of Statistics . . 3--9
Jack J. Grimshaw The Statistician and Management . . . . 10--15
D. A. H. Thomas Multiple Comparisons among Means --- A
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16--42
A. F. Bissell Monitoring Event Rates Using Varying
Sample Element Sizes . . . . . . . . . . 43--58
Pamela Walker Non-Parametric Methods in Quality
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59--67
M. H. Cadman Animal Spirits or Cold Calculation? An
Introduction to Investment Appraisal . . 69--79
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80--88
Anonymous The Institute of Statisticians June 1972
Examination Pass List . . . . . . . . . 81--85
Anonymous Volume Information . . . . . . . . . . . 86--87
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89--150
K. Williams Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90--90
J. M. Craddock Foreword by the Organizer . . . . . . . 91--91
Anonymous A Report on a Geophysical--Statistical
Symposium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92--92
A. H. Cook Statistical Problems in Geophysics . . . 93--102
A. Bleasdale Statistical Problems in Practical
Hydrometeorology . . . . . . . . . . . . 103--123
D. Lynden-Bell Quasar Statistics and the Most
Independent Variables . . . . . . . . . 125--127
M. G. Kendall Techniques in Spectral Analysis . . . . 129--131
J. M. Craddock Problems and Prospects for Eigenvector
Analysis in Meteorology . . . . . . . . 133--145
P. E. O'Connell Time Series Analysis . . . . . . . . . . 147--149
P. Sprent Frank Yates and Experimental Design ---
Reflections Inspired by his Selected
Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151--158
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159--160
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161--164
E. S. Pearson Some Historical Reflections on the
Introduction of Statistical Methods in
Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165--179
D. Conniffe and
Joan Stone A Critical View of Ridge Regression . . 181--187
G. P. Hyett Standardizing Analysis by Social
Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189--198
V. Barnett Bayesian, and Decision Theoretic,
Methods Applied to Industrial Problems 199--226
G. M. Jenkins Written Contribution . . . . . . . . . . 227--232
J. M. Craddock A Reply to Professor G. M. Jenkins . . . 233--235
D. A. H. Thomas Errata: Multiple Comparison Among Means 236--236
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237--240
Douglas Liddell Multi-Variate Response in the Matched
(One Sample) Situation . . . . . . . . . 241--255
Dennis P. Van Gerven and
Gail B. Oakland Univariate and Multivariate Statistical
Model in the Analysis of Human Sexual
Dimorphism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256--268
Henry R. Neave A Power Study of Some Tests for Slippage 269--280
C. Chatfield and
C. M. Theobald Mixtures and Random Sums . . . . . . . . 281--287
B. P. Murphy and
C. P. Chalmers Assessing Modern Electronic Calculators 289--297
J. N. R. Jeffers A Basic Subroutine for Geary's
Contiguity Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . 299--302
R. A. Fox Book Review: \booktitlePractical
Business Statistics, by F. E. Croxton;
D. J. Cowden; B. W. Bolch . . . . . . . 303--303
E. J. Davis Book Review: \booktitleScientific
Marketing Research, by Gerald Albaum; M.
Venkatesan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303--304
M. F. Fuller Book Review: \booktitlePractical
Nonparametric Statistics, by W. J.
Conover; \booktitleNonparametric
Statistical Inference, by Jean Dickinson
Gibbons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304--305
J. N. R. Jeffers Book Review: \booktitleMultivariate
Morphometrics, by R. E. Blackith; R. A.
Reyment; \booktitleMathematical
Taxanomy, by Nicholas Jardine; Robin
Sibson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305--306
Ian A. Andrew Book Review: \booktitleProceeding of the
Third Conference of the Advisory Group
of Forest Statisticians, Jouy-en-Josas,
1970, by M. R. Tomassone . . . . . . . . 306--307
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--312
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i--iv
Keith G. Jones Statistical Investment Analysis and
Accounting: An Introduction . . . . . . 1--3
J. P. Dickenson Some Statistical Aspects of Portfolio
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5--16
A. H. Russell Estimation of $B$ in the Sharpe/Tobin
Capital Asset Evaluation Model . . . . . 17--30
David H. S. Hobbs The Development of a Practical Share
Evaluation Model . . . . . . . . . . . . 31--56
T. W. McRae The Problem of Containing Error in
Highly Skewed Accounting Populations . . 57--65
Iain W. Symon The Place of Statistics in the Education
of Chartered Accountants . . . . . . . . 67--70
J. M. Sully Statistical Sampling in Auditing . . . . 71--80
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Anonymous Obituary: Dr. C. Oswald George . . . . . 85--88
J. M. Hammersley Statistical Tools . . . . . . . . . . . 89--106
Ed McKenzie A Comparison of Standard Forecasting
Systems with the Box--Jenkins Approach 107--116
K. J. Button A Critical Review of Techniques Used for
Forecasting Car Ownership in Discrete
Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117--128
D. I. Holmes Graphical Methods for the Analysis of
Discrete Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129--134
D. J. Bartholomew Book Review: \booktitleScientific Truth
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A. C. Harvey Book Review: \booktitleThe Statistical
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Lawrence D. Phillips Book Review: \booktitleEmpirical Bayes
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Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146--148
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G. Gudgin and
J. B. Thornes Probability in Geographic Research:
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Lyndhurst Collins and
Roy Drewett and
Rob Ferguson Markov Models in Geography . . . . . . . 179--209
D. J. Unwin and
L. W. Hepple The Statistical Analysis of Spatial
Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211--227
A. G. Wilson and
P. H. Rees Population Statistics and Spatial
Demographic Accounts . . . . . . . . . . 229--257
D. Clark and
W. K. D. Davies and
R. J. Johnston The Application of Factor Analysis in
Human Geography . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--281
P. Mather and
S. Openshaw Multivariate Methods and Geographical
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283--308
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--311
A. C. Harvey Spectral Analysis in Economics . . . . . 1--36
B. S. Everitt and
P. Nicholls Visual Techniques for Representing
Multivariate Data . . . . . . . . . . . 37--49
G. P. Hyett and
J. R. McKenzie Forecasting of Residential Telephone
Penetration 1974--81 by Use of the
Technique of Social Sections . . . . . . 51--60
A. F. M. Smith and
M. Goldstein and
D. Conniffe and
Joan Stone Ridge Regression: Some Comments on a
Paper of Conniffe and Stone . . . . . . 61--68
Allan H. Murphy Expressing the Uncertainty in Weather
Forecasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--71
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A. F. Bissell and
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Weapon? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79--100
Saw Swee-Hock Methodology of the Hong Kong Consumer
Price Index 1963--1973 . . . . . . . . . 101--114
J. D. G. Furlong and
R. Szreter The Trend of the Performance
Differential Between Leading Men and
Women Athletes, 1951--67 . . . . . . . . 115--128
D. F. Phipps The Logistic Curve: A Fitting Technique 129--136
Davitt Moroney Divinity in Odd Numbers . . . . . . . . 137--143
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John E. Rowcroft Book Review: \booktitleDistributions in
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R. W. Hiorns Book Review: \booktitleBiomathematics
Volume 1 --- Mathematical Topics in
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Analysis for Business: A Conceptual
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Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--149
J. J. Grimshaw Book Review: \booktitleModern Statistics
for Business and Economics, by W. L.
L'Esperance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149--149
Eveline Wilson Book Review: \booktitleFORTRAN
Techniques with Special Reference to
Non-Numerical Applications, by A. Colin
Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149--150
D. A. Lury Book Review: \booktitleAdvances in
Social Research, by R. Cochrane . . . . 150--151
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Fisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151--151
J. J. Grimshaw Book Review: \booktitleStatistics in
Theory and Practice, by L. R. Connor; A.
J. H. Morrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152--152
D. A. Preece Book Review: \booktitleStatistics for
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Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158--158
J. M. Hammersley The Wide Open Spaces . . . . . . . . . . 159--160
P. A. P. Moran The Use of Statistics in Geography . . . 161--162
Bernard Benjamin A Demographic Viewpoint . . . . . . . . 163--165
J. F. C. Kingman Markov Models for Spatial Variation . . 167--174
D. J. Bartholomew Comments on Markov Models in Geography 175--177
Julian Besag Statistical Analysis of Non-Lattice Data 179--195
C. W. J. Granger Aspects of the Analysis and
Interpretation of Temporal and Spatial
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197--210
J. F. Scott Multivariate Analysis in Geography: Some
Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211--216
J. J. Grimshaw Statistical and Management Problems in
Clinical Trials . . . . . . . . . . . . 217--226
J. J. Grimshaw Book Review: \booktitleModern
Mathematics for Managers, by Ken
Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227--227
Bernard Benjamin Book Review: \booktitleSources of Social
Statistics, by Bernard Edwards . . . . . 227--228
A. R. Ilersic Book Review: \booktitleTrends in British
Society Since 1900, by A. H. Halsey . . 228--230
D. A. Preece Book Review: \booktitleTables of
Two-Associate-Class Partially Balanced
Designs, by Willard H. Clatworthy . . . 230--231
L. Marchant Book Review: \booktitleConsumer Market
Research Handbook, by Robert M.
Worcester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231--231
D. F. Phipps An Amendment: The Logistic Curve: A
Fitting Technique . . . . . . . . . . . 232--233
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234--234
Marion Gerson The Techniques and Uses of Probability
Plotting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235--257
D. Conniffe Double Sampling with Regression ---
Extension to the Case of Unequal
Regression Coefficients . . . . . . . . 259--266
T. C. Hsiang A Bayesian View on Ridge Regression . . 267--268
Graham J. Evans and
Colin J. Roberts Short-Run Employment Functions in
Simulation and Forecasting . . . . . . . 269--282
O. D. Anderson Moving Average Processes . . . . . . . . 283--297
P. D. P. Wood A Method of Multivariate Analysis by
Order Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . 299--305
A. F. M. Smith Book Review: \booktitleContiguity of
Probability Measures: Some Applications
in Statistics, by George G. Roussas . . 307--308
P. Prescott Book Review: \booktitleRobust Estimates
of Location: Survey and Advances, by D.
R. Andrews; P. J. Bickel; F. R. Hampei;
P. J. Huber; W. H. Rogers; J. W. Tukey 308--309
A. C. Harvey Book Review: \booktitleRegression
Estimation from Grouped Observations, by
Y. Haitovsky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--310
Ian Gordon Book Review: \booktitleN.I.E.S.R.
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Unemployment Differences in Great
Britain, and Interregional Migration
Models and Their Application to Great
Britain, by P. C. Cheshire; R. Weeden 310--310
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--312
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
O. D. Anderson The First Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1--2
Ed McKenzie A Comparison of Some Standard Seasonal
Forecasting Systems . . . . . . . . . . 3--14
A. W. F. Edwards Fiducial Probability . . . . . . . . . . 15--35
B. F. J. Manly Exponential Data Transformations . . . . 37--42
G. K. Kanji Sensitivity of the Power in Analysis of
Variance to the Departures from the
In-Built Assumptions . . . . . . . . . . 43--48
Ken Williams The Failure of Pearson's Goodness of Fit
Statistic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49--49
Ken Williams Analysis of Multidimensional Contingency
Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51--58
Alan Wilson and
Philip Rees Spatial Demography: Some Comments . . . 59--61
O. D. Anderson Corrections: Moving Average Processes 62--62
Allan H. Murphy Corrections: Expressing the Uncertainty
in Weather Forecasts . . . . . . . . . . 62--62
M. G. Kendall Book Review: \booktitleClustering
Algorithms, by J. A. Hartigan . . . . . 63--63
O. D. Anderson Book Review: \booktitleSequential
Methods in Statistics, by G. Barrie
Wetherill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63--64
O. D. Anderson Book Review: \booktitleStatistical
Inference, by S. D. Silvey . . . . . . . 64--64
R. Mead Book Review: \booktitleLinear
Statistical Inference and its
Statistical Applications, by C. R. Rao 64--65
A. C. Harvey Book Review: \booktitleTime Series, by
M. G. Kendall . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65--66
D. J. Bartholomew Book Review: \booktitleAn Objective
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D. J. Bartholomew Book Review: \booktitleScientific
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L. C. Chapas Book Review: \booktitleIntroduction to
Biostatistics, by Robert R. Sokal; F.
James Rohlf; W. H. Freeman . . . . . . . 69--70
T. F. de C. Marshall Book Review: \booktitleStatistical
Methods for Rates and Proportions, by J.
L. Fleiss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70--71
R. A. Cooper Book Review: \booktitleEconometric
Methods, 2nd Ed., by J. Johnston;
\booktitlePrinciples of Econometrics, by
H. Theil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71--72
G. D. A. Phillips Book Review: \booktitleOptimisation
Under Constraints, by P. Whittle . . . . 72--72
D. J. Bartholomew Book Review: \booktitleProbability and
Statistical Inference in Ancient and
Medieval Jewish Literature, by Nachum L.
Rabinovitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73--73
G. S. Davies Book Review: \booktitleStochastic Models
for Social Processes, by D. J.
Bartholomew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73--74
F. D. K. Liddell Book Review: \booktitleCancer in the
United States, by Abraham M.
Lilienfield; Morton I. Levin; Irving I.
Kessler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74--75
K. V. Mardia Book Review: \booktitleCharacterization
Problems in Mathematical Statistics, by
A. M. Kagan; Yu. V. Linnik; C.
Radhakrishna Rao; B. Ramachandran . . . 75--76
Anonymous Volume Information . . . . . . . . . . . 77--78
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
O. D. Anderson Statistics Teaching in Higher Education 79--94
J. F. Scott Practical Projects in the Teaching of
Statistics at Universities . . . . . . . 95--108
Derek J. Pike Statistical Games as Teaching Aids . . . 109--115
J. D. Griffiths and
B. E. Evans Project Work in Statistics . . . . . . . 117--123
J. D. Griffiths and
B. E. Evans Practical Training Periods for
Statisticians . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125--128
G. R. Braithwaite Coursework, A Discussion of its Role and
Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129--135
Warren Gilchrist Examining Statistics . . . . . . . . . . 137--145
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146--146
Peter G. Moore The Teaching of Statistics at a Business
School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147--154
S. Rosenbaum The Civil Service College . . . . . . . 155--167
G. K. Kanji Correction: Sensitivity of the Power in
Analysis of Variance to the Departures
from the In-Built Assumptions . . . . . 167--167
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168--172
O. D. Anderson The Statistician, Statistical Education
and the Institute . . . . . . . . . . . 173--178
D. F. Kerridge The Menace of Mathematics . . . . . . . 179--189
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190--212
A. S. C. Ehrenberg Symbols or Concepts? . . . . . . . . . . 191--193
A. S. C. Ehrenberg We Must Preach What is Practised: A
Radical Review of Statistical Teaching 195--208
D. I. Holmes Teaching Data Analysis to First Year
Students at a Polytechnic . . . . . . . 209--211
R. Mead Statistical Consulting in a University 213--218
S. M. Farid On Estimating Age-Specific Nuptiality
Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219--224
H. P. Wynn An Unbiased Estimator Under SRS of a
Small Change in a Proportion . . . . . . 225--228
O. D. Anderson Book Review: \booktitleMultivariate
Analysis, by Maurice Kendall . . . . . . 229--229
D. A. Lury Book Review: \booktitleStatistics Made
Relevant: A Casebook of Real Life
Examples, by P. Baum; E. M. Schauer . . 229--230
M. Baldwin Book Review: \booktitleAn Introduction
to Applied Macro-Economics, by E. Kuh;
R. L. Schmalensee . . . . . . . . . . . 230--231
B. J. T. Morgan Book Review: \booktitleA Primer of
Signal Detection Theory, by D. McNicol;
\booktitleTable of $ d' $ and $ \beta $,
by P. R. Freeman . . . . . . . . . . . . 231--233
R. R. MacDonald Book Review: \booktitleLikelihood, by A.
W. F. Edwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233--235
A. C. Harvey Book Review: \booktitleDistributed Lags:
Problems of Estimation and Formulation,
by P. J. Dhrymes . . . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
A. Huitson Book Review: \booktitleApplied
Statistics: Analysis of Variance and
Regression, by Olive Jean Dunn; Virginia
A. Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
O. D. Anderson The Last of Seventy-Six . . . . . . . . 237--246
K. H. Pollock and
I. M. Wilson Statistics Service Teaching in
Universities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247--252
K. H. Pollock Building Models of Capture-Recapture
Experiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253--259
Anonymous June 1976 Examination: Top Three Passes 260--260
V. Barnett The Statistician: Jack of All Trades,
Master of One? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261--279
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280--280
Sally McClean A Comparison of the Lognormal and
Transition Models of Wastage . . . . . . 281--294
Douglas Liddell Practical Tests of $ 2 \times 2 $
Contingency Tables . . . . . . . . . . . 295--304
Bert M. Steece The Implications of a Certain Variable
Selection Criterion in Regression
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305--307
R. J. Whitacre Book Review: \booktitleProblems in
Linear and Non-Linear Programming, by S.
Vajda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
O. D. Anderson Book Review: \booktitleThe Analysis of
Time Series: Theory and Practice, by C.
Chatfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--308
O. D. Anderson Book Review: \booktitleTime-Series, 2nd
edn, by Maurice Kendall . . . . . . . . 308--310
R. M. J. Heuts Book Review: \booktitleTime Series
Analysis and Forecasting: The
Box-Jenkins Approach, by O. D. Anderson 310--311
O. D. Anderson Book Review: \booktitleThe Advanced
Theory of Statistics, Vol. 3: Design and
Analysis, and Time- Series. 3rd Edn, by
Maurice Kendall; Alan Stuart . . . . . . 311--313
D. A. Preece Book Review: \booktitleStatistics and
Society: Data Collection and
Interpretation, by W. T. Federer . . . . 314--315
Anonymous Volume Information . . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Douglas Liddell Multivariate Response in More Than One
Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1--15
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16--45
A. Fielding and
C. A. O'Muircheartaigh Binary Segmentation in Survey Analysis
with Particular Reference to AID . . . . 17--28
S. M. Tam A Case Study: Sample Design of the Hong
Kong 1976 By-Census . . . . . . . . . . 29--39
J. A. Nelder Multi-Dimensional Contingency Table with
One Factor as a Response . . . . . . . . 41--42
Ken Williams The Use of Minimal Models . . . . . . . 43--43
O. D. Anderson and
M. Williamson Some Comments on Mark Williamson's Paper
``The Biological Interpretation of Time
Series Analysis'' . . . . . . . . . . . 46--50
O. D. Anderson A Box--Jenkins Analysis of the Coloured
Fox Data from Nain, Labrador . . . . . . 51--75
O. D. Anderson Book Review: \booktitleMathematical,
Statistical and Financial Tables for the
Social Sciences, by Z. W. Kmietowicz; Y.
Yannoulis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76--76
W. M. Senga Book Review: \booktitleInput-Output
Analysis and Its Applications, by R.
O'Connor; E. W. Henry . . . . . . . . . 76--76
Stan Openshaw Book Review: \booktitleComputational
Methods of Multivariate Analysis in
Physical Geography, by P. M. Mather . . 76--77
Oliver Anderson and
I. G. Omuircheartaigh Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78--78
O. D. Anderson Editorial: Vale, Salve and Into
Mothballs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79--80
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Louis Guttman What is Not What in Statistics . . . . . 81--107
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108--108
J. M. Kingdon The Case for Teaching Statistics in
Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109--126
O. D. Anderson The Interpretation of Box--Jenkins Time
Series Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127--145
G. P. Hyett and
J. R. McKenzie and
H. P. Wynn Estimating a Change in Proportion: Some
Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147--150
Anonymous Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151--152
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Stella V. Cunliffe Opening Address . . . . . . . . . . . . 153--154
Ian Miller The Position of the Expert Witness . . . 155--162
F. Downton Experience as an Expert Witness in
Gambling Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163--179
W. R. Buckland and
W. A. Pridmore Statute Law and Statistical Procedures 181--201
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202--202
D. V. Lindley Probability and the Law . . . . . . . . 203--220
O. D. Anderson On the Distributional Properties of
Serial Correlations for General Time
Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221--230
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231--231
M. R. B. Clarke Book Review: \booktitleIntroduction to
Statistics and Computer Programming, by
Carl F. Kossack; Claudia I. Henschke . . 232--232
J. A. Miller Statistics --- A City View . . . . . . . 233--242
M. Thornton Financial Statistics: Collection and
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243--257
E. H. Fairclough Personal Interviews and Postal
Questionnaires: Some Observations and
Experiences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--268
R. W. Artingstall Random Thoughts on Non-Sampling Error 269--284
O. D. Anderson Time Series Analysis and Forecasting:
Another Look at the Box--Jenkins
Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285--303
P. D. P. Wood On the Importance of Correct Orientation
to Sex in Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . 304--306
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
M. C. K. Tweedie Book Review: \booktitleMultivariate
Analysis in Behavioural Research, by A.
E. Maxwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--308
H. A. Fell Book Review: \booktitleLady Luck: The
Theory of Probability, by W. Weaver . . 308--309
Anonymous Announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310--311
Anonymous Volume Information . . . . . . . . . . . 312--312
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
William A. Belson Investigating Causal Hypotheses
Concerning Delinquent Behaviour, with
Special Reference to New Strategies in
Data Collection and Analysis . . . . . . 1--25
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26--54
Anne Knight Common Factor Analysis: Some Recent
Developments in Theory and Practice . . 27--42
Graham Upton Factors and Responses in
Multidimensional Contingency Tables . . 43--48
A. V. Swan Sample Dimensions for the Comparison of
Growth Rates (or How Long Must You Watch
a Rate of Change?) . . . . . . . . . . . 49--53
C. Chatfield On Analysing Time-Series Data Showing
Cyclic Variation . . . . . . . . . . . . 55--56
Noel Cressie The Exponential and Power Data
Transformations . . . . . . . . . . . . 57--60
D. D. V. Morgan In Defence of Pearson's Goodness of Fit
Statistic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61--62
N. L. Johnson A Comment on Liddell's Practical Test
for Comparative Trials . . . . . . . . . 63--64
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
T. M. F. Smith Statistics: The Art of Conjecture . . . 65--86
A. S. C. Ehrenberg Graphs or Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . 87--96
J. D. Poloniecki The Two-Armed Bandit and the Controlled
Clinical Trial . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97--102
Sik Yum Lee The Gauss--Newton Algorithm for the
Weighted Least Squares Factor Analysis 103--114
James R. Abernathy The International POPLAB Program: A
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115--131
C. Chatfield Book Review: \booktitleElementary
Statistics, by Gene R. Sellers . . . . . 132--132
Tony Greenfield Book Review: \booktitleWinning with
Statistics: A Painless First Look at
Numbers, Ratios, Percentages, Means and
Inference, by Richard P. Runyon . . . . 132--133
Hugh L. Porteous Book Review: \booktitleFurther
Mathematical Diversions, by Martin
Gardner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133--134
S. D. Silvey Book Review: \booktitleProbability and
Statistical Inference, by R. V. Hogg; E.
A. Tanis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134--134
R. M. Loynes Book Review: \booktitleBasic Probability
and Applications, by Miloslav Nosal . . 134--135
Tony Greenfield Book Review: \booktitleProbability and
Statistics for Engineers and Scientists,
by Ronald E. Walpole; Raymond H. Myers 135--136
P. Sprent Book Review: \booktitleStatistics and
Probability in Modern Life. Second
Edition, by Joseph Newmark . . . . . . . 136--137
Tony Greenfield Book Review: \booktitleStatistics and
Research in Urban Administration and
Development, by Bernard Benjamin . . . . 137--137
R. A. Harvey Book Review: \booktitleStatistical
Yearbook 1976 --- Member Countries of
the Council for Mutual Economic
Assistance, by IPC Industrial Press Ltd 137--138
Tony Greenfield Book Review: \booktitleCombinatorial
Algorithms: Theory and Practice, by
Edward M. Reingold; Jurg Nievergeld;
Narsingh Deo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138--139
I. R. Dunsmore Book Review: \booktitleProbability and
Statistics, by A. M. Mathai; P. N.
Rathie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139--139
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140--144
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145--146
M. S. Bartlett Correlation or Spectral Analysis? . . . 147--158
M. B. Priestley Non-Linear Models in Time Series
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159--176
Thomas J. Plewes Seasonal Adjustment of the U.S.
Unemployment Rate: Introductory Remarks 177--179
Anonymous Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180--180
Julius Shiskin and
Thomas J. Plewes Seasonal Adjustment of the U.S.
Unemployment Rate . . . . . . . . . . . 181--202
Estela Bee Dagum Modelling, Forecasting and Seasonally
Adjusting Economic Time Series with the
X-11 ARIMA Method . . . . . . . . . . . 203--216
Hirotugu Akaike On the Likelihood of a Time Series Model 217--235
C. W. J. Granger New Classes of Time Series Models . . . 237--253
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254--268
H. R. Neave Book Review: \booktitleNonparametric
Statistics --- A Contemporary Approach,
by R. P. Runyon . . . . . . . . . . . . 255--255
H. R. Neave Book Review: \booktitleDescriptive
Statistics --- A Contemporary Approach,
by R. P. Runyon . . . . . . . . . . . . 256--257
G. M. Clarke Book Review: \booktitleMathematical
Statistics: Its Setting and
Scope/Univariate Distributions, by Open
University Press . . . . . . . . . . . . 257--257
Michael J. Maher Book Review: \booktitleIntroductory
Statistics: A Decision Map, 2nd edn, by
Thad. R. Harshbarger . . . . . . . . . . 257--258
M. Bhaskara Rao Book Review: \booktitleMultivariate
Analysis --- IV, by P. R. Krishnaiah . . 258--259
Derek Bissell Book Review: \booktitleSampling
Inspection and Quality Control, 2nd edn,
by G. Barrie Wetherill . . . . . . . . . 260--260
A. A. Le Roux Book Review: \booktitleStatistics for
Economics: An Introductory Course, by
Brinley Davies; John Foad . . . . . . . 260--262
D. A. Lury Book Review: \booktitleStudies in the
History of Statistics and Probability,
Volume II, by Maurice Kendall; R. L.
Plackett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262--263
R. M. Loynes Book Review: \booktitleProblems of
Analytical Statistics, by Yu. V. Linnik 263--263
Tony Greenfield Book Review: \booktitleStatistics Tables
for Mathematicians, Engineers,
Economists and the Behavioural and
Management Sciences, by H. R. Neave . . 263--264
J. D. Biggins Book Review: \booktitleModels of Spatial
Processes, by Arthur Getis; Barry Boots 264--265
Oliver D. Anderson Book Review: \booktitleTime Series
Analysis: Forecasting and Control, by
George E. P. Box; Gwilym M. Jenkins . . 265--265
G. I. Hook Book Review: \booktitleCosting
Educational Practice, by J. Fielden; P.
K. Pearson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265--266
S. E. Siday Book Review: \booktitleGraphical
Techniques for Multivariate Data, by
Brian Everitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266--267
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
A. F. Bissell A Semi-Parabolic Mask for Cusum Charts 1--7
S. I. McClean and
D. L. Karageorgos An Age-Stratified Manpower Model Applied
to the Educational System . . . . . . . 9--18
G. K. Kanji The Role of Projects in Statistical
Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19--27
R. J. Gandy The Calculation of Catchment Populations
within the National Health Service . . . 29--37
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38--38
R. A. Harvey Learning in Production . . . . . . . . . 39--57
Ian Miller Letter to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . 58--58
H. L. Porteous Book Review: \booktitleNewer Uses of
Mathematics, by J. Lighthill . . . . . . 59--60
A. Huitson Book Review: \booktitleBasic Statistics
for Medical and Social Science Students,
by A. E. Maxwell . . . . . . . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Obituary: Professor Frank Sewell Bray 61--61
A. Huitson Book Review: \booktitleMaps and
Statistics, by Peter Lewis . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62--62
Anonymous Volume Information . . . . . . . . . . . ??
G. B. Wetherill An Analysis of Data on Trees . . . . . . 63--70
A. A. Greenfield Statisticians in Industrial Research:
The Role and Training of an Industrial
Consultant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71--82
B. M. Hedges Question Wording Effects: Presenting One
or Both Sides of a Case . . . . . . . . 83--99
K. Holden and
D. A. Peel The Determinants of the Unemployment
Rate: Some Empirical Evidence . . . . . 101--107
John Craig Numeracy and Dr Johnson . . . . . . . . 109--117
O. D. Anderson and
J. G. De Gooijer On Discriminating Between IMA (1,1) and
ARMA (1,1) Processes: Some Extensions to
a Paper by Wichern . . . . . . . . . . . 119--133
K. L. Butler Some Comments on Cressie's Observations
of the Exponential and Power Data
Transformations . . . . . . . . . . . . 135--139
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140--152
Donald G. Watts Simple Revealing Approximations to $F$
and $ \chi^2$ Percentage Point . . . . . 141--142
Ronald Brech Obituary: Frank Sewell Bray KM, KCSG,
FCA, FIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143--144
T. H. Mangles Book Review: \booktitleStatistical
Methods for Engineers and Scientists, by
A. C. Bajpai; I. M. Calus; J. A. Fairley 145--145
I. Cooper Book Review: \booktitleProgramming and
Algorithms, by A. J. Guttman . . . . . . 146--146
Alan G. Hawkes Book Review: \booktitleSurvival
Statistics: The Goal and Risk Theory, by
Hilary L. Seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
Michael J. Maher Book Review: \booktitleStatistics for
Technology, by C. Chatfield . . . . . . 147--148
Michael J. Maher Book Review: \booktitleStatistics in
Theory and Practice, by L. R. Connor; A.
J. H. Morrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--148
R. Dunsmore Book Review: \booktitleStatistical
Analysis: A Decision-Making Approach, by
R. Parsons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--149
H. L. Porteous Book Review: \booktitleCatastrophe
Theory and Its Applications, by Tim
Poston; Ian Stewart . . . . . . . . . . 149--150
H. L. Porteous Book Review: \booktitleMathematical
Carnival, by Martin Gardner . . . . . . 150--151
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
S. C. Pearce Experimental Design: R. A. Fisher and
Some Modern Rivals . . . . . . . . . . . 153--161
K. D. C. Stoodley and
M. Mirnia The Automatic Detection of Transients,
Step Changes and Slope Changes in the
Monitoring of Medical Time Series . . . 163--170
P. Armitage The Analysis of Data from Clinical
Trials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171--183
V. Barnett and
R. Kay and
P. H. A. Sneath A Familiar Statistic in an Unfamiliar
Guise --- A Problem in Clustering . . . 185--191
M. G. Kenward An Intuitive Approach to the MANOVA Test
Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193--198
J. L. Haybittle and
L. S. Freedman Some Comments on the Logrank Test
Statistic in Clinical Trial Applications 199--208
S. I. Idele The Law of Large Numbers: Some Issues of
Interpretation and Application for
Beginners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209--217
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218--218
D. E. Walters In Defence of the Arc Sine Approximation 219--222
V. E. Rick Book Review: \booktitleIntroduction to
Quantitative Economics, by Brian Haines 223--223
N. Foster Book Review: \booktitleSSRC/RSS: Reviews
of United Kingdom Statistical Sources,
Vol. 6, by W. F. Maunder; A. B.
Atkinson; A. J. Harrison . . . . . . . . 223--225
Derek Bissell Book Review: \booktitleStatistical
Method for Accounting Students, by D.
Pitt Francis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225--226
Derek Bissell Book Review: \booktitleProbability
Concepts in Engineering Planning and
Design: Vol. I --- Basic Principles, by
Alfredo H. S. Ang; Wilson H. Tang . . . 226--227
Julian Kollerstrom Book Review: \booktitleProbability, by
Raymond K. C. Li . . . . . . . . . . . . 227--228
Roland E. Ubogu Book Review: \booktitleAn Introduction
to Quantitative Economics, by Brian
Haines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228--229
Roger Tarling Book Review: \booktitleEvidence, Proof
and Probability, by Richard Eggleston 229--230
J. D. Biggins Book Review: \booktitleIntroduction to
Probability and Measure, by K. R.
Parthasarathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230--230
Tony Greenfield Book Review: \booktitleThe Art of
Problem Solving (Accompanied by Ackoff's
Fables), by Russell L. Ackoff . . . . . 230--230
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Peter Daisley Statistical Thinking Rather Than
Statistical Methods . . . . . . . . . . 231--239
H.-J. Lenz A System-Theoretic Approach to
Statistical Quality Control in
Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241--252
P. Knight Statistical Sampling in Auditing: An
Auditor's Viewpoint . . . . . . . . . . 253--266
T. M. F. Smith Statistical Sampling in Auditing: A
Statistician's Viewpoint . . . . . . . . 267--280
P. G. Moore The Shackles of Risk . . . . . . . . . . 281--293
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294--294
R. H. Barback and
P. L. Haslett Official Statistics: A View of Their
Value and the ``Cost'' of Their
Provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--307
Anonymous Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--308
C. M. Triggs Book Review: \booktitleProblems and
Solutions in Theoretical Statistics, by
D. R. Cox; D. V. Hinkley . . . . . . . . 309--309
Ian Plewis Book Review: \booktitleThe Analysis of
Cross-Tabulated Data, by Graham J. G.
Upton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--310
Anonymous Volume Information . . . . . . . . . . . 311--312
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Steve Skidmore Some Comments on ``The Calculation of
Catchment Populations within the
National Health Service'' by Gandy . . . 69--72
R. J. Gandy The Calculation of Catchment Populations
Within the National Health Service ---
Reprise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297--302