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B. E. Cooper Algorithms: Algorithm AS 4: An Auxiliary
Function for Distribution Integrals . . 190--192
B. E. Cooper Algorithms: Algorithm AS 5: The Integral
of the Non-Central $t$-Distribution . . 193--194
M. J. R. Healy Algorithms: Algorithm AS 6: Triangular
Decomposition of a Symmetric Matrix . . 195--197
M. J. R. Healy Algorithms: Algorithm AS 7: Inversion of
a Positive Semi-Definite Symmetric
Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198--199
B. E. Cooper Algorithms: Algorithm AS 10: The Use of
Orthogonal Polynomials . . . . . . . . . 283--287
A. V. Swan Computing Maximum-Likelihood Estimates
for Parameters of the Normal
Distribution from Grouped and Censored
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65--69
A. V. Swan Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 16:
Maximum Likelihood Estimation from
Grouped and Censored Normal Data . . . . 110--114
Anonymous Statistical Algorithms: Algorithms AS 6
and AS 7: Corrigenda . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
B. E. Cooper Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 4:
An Auxiliary Function for Distribution
Integrals: Corrigenda . . . . . . . . . 118--118
R. P. Thayer and
R. F. Storer Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 21:
Scale Selection for Computer Plots . . . 206--208
D. G. Tipping Price Changes and Income Distribution 1--17
A. J. B. Anderson and
Bridget I. Lowe A Multivariate Analysis Computer Program 18--26
J. Peel and
G. E. Skipworth Sequential Sampling as a Technique in
Sociological Surveys . . . . . . . . . . 27--33
L. F. Carter and
H. M. Blalock Underestimation of Error in
Wald-Bartlett Slope Estimation . . . . . 34--41
J. S. Wabe Congestion and the Speed of Traffic on
Trunk Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42--49
F. K. Lyness Security of Supply in a Gas-Transmission
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50--63
R. Mead Plant Density and Crop Yield . . . . . . 64--81
R. A. Kronmal and
Linda Bender and
J. Mortensen Miscellanea: A Conversational
Statistical System for Medical Records 82--92
F. R. Oliver Miscellanea: Estimating the Exponential
Growth Function by Direct Least Squares 92--100
D. Machin Book Reviews: \em Introduction to
Statistics, by R. E. Walpole . . . . . . 101--101
B. P. Welford Book Reviews: \em Mathematical Model
Building in Economics and Industry . . . 102--102
B. P. Welford Book Reviews: \em Statistical Selection
of Business Strategies, by J. Forester 103--103
D. Machin Book Reviews: Statistics for
Mathematicians --- An Introduction, by
D. J. Finney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104--104
I. G. Evans Book Reviews: \em Teach Yourself
Operational Research, by M. S. Makower
and E. Williamson . . . . . . . . . . . 104--105
Paul Davies Book Reviews: \em Evolutionary
Operation, by George E. P. Box and
Norman R. Draper . . . . . . . . . . . . 105--106
J. D. Griffiths Book Reviews: \em Exercises in
Industrial Management, by S. Eilon, R.
I. Hall and J. R. King . . . . . . . . . 106--106
Kathleen Gales Book Reviews: \em Introduction to
Statistical Analysis and Inference for
Psychology and Education, by Sidney J.
Armore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
Norman R. Draper Book Reviews: \em Statistical Techniques
in Technological Research, by W. E.
Duckworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107--109
Anonymous Preparation of Typescript for Algorithm
Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110--110
P. R. Freeman Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 26:
Ranking an Array of Numbers . . . . . . 111--113
G. A. R. Taylor Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 27:
The Integral of Student's
$t$-Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . 113--114
W. J. Krzanowski Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 28:
Transposing Multiway Structures . . . . 115--118
Anonymous Volume Information . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
F. K. Lyness and
E. H. M. Badger A Measure of Winter Severity . . . . . . 119--134
V. D. Barnett Fitting Straight Lines-The Linear
Functional Relationship with Replicated
Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135--144
H. Goldstein Data Processing for Longitudinal Studies 145--151
Mohan L. Garg and
B. Raja Rao and
Carol K. Redmond Maximum-Likelihood Estimation of the
Parameters of the Gompertz Survival
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152--159
E. P. Cunningham A Program for Large-Scale Non-Orthogonal
Analysis of Variance and Covariance . . 160--172
J. M. Craddock and
C. R. Flood Miscellanea: The Distribution of the $
\chi^2 $ Statistic in Small Contingency
Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173--181
A. F. Bissell Book Reviews: \em Sampling Inspection
and Quality Control, by G. Barrie
Wetherill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
J. F. Scott Book Reviews: \em Review of Elementary
Statistical Methods, by G. Barrie
Wetherill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183--183
W. C. Henshaw Book Reviews: \em Readings in Applied
Statistics, by W. S. Peters . . . . . . 183--184
L. C. Chapas Book Reviews: \em Biological Research
Method: Practical Statistics for
Non-Mathematicians, by H. H. Holman . . 184--185
M. H. Quenouille Book Reviews: \em Principles of
Statistical Techniques, by P. G. Moore 185--185
Denis H. Ward Book Reviews: \em Introduction to
Applied Statistical Analysis, by H. P.
Hartkemeier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186--186
D. J. Page Book Reviews: \em Applied Statistics for
Management Studies, by D. Croft . . . . 186--187
W. J. Allum Book Reviews: \em Statistics in the
Computer Age, by J. M. Craddock . . . . 187--188
H. M. Ferres Book Reviews: \em Statistics for
Biologists, by R. C. Campbell . . . . . 188--188
G. A. Garreau Book Reviews: \em Statistics for
Experimentalists, by B. E. Cooper . . . 189--189
D. Y. Downham Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 29:
The Runs Up and Down Test . . . . . . . 190--192
D. N. Sparks Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 30:
Half Normal Plotting . . . . . . . . . . 192--196
I. D. Hill Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 31:
Operating Characteristic and Average
Sample Size for Binomial Sequential
Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197--203
B. E. Cooper Statistical Algorithms: Corrigendum:
Algorithm AS 4: An Auxiliary Function
for Distribution Integrals . . . . . . . 204--204
G. J. S. Ross The Efficient Use of Function
Minimization in Non-Linear
Maximum-Likelihood Estimation . . . . . 205--221
Richard R. Prairie and
William J. Zimmer Continuous Sampling Plans Based on
Cumulative Sums . . . . . . . . . . . . 222--230
David H. Doehlert Uniform Shell Designs . . . . . . . . . 231--239
C. Chatfield and
G. J. Goodhardt The Beta-Binomial Model for Consumer
Purchasing Behaviour . . . . . . . . . . 240--250
M. S. Avadhani and
B. V. Sukhatme A Comparison of Two Sampling Procedures
with An Application to Successive
Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251--259
Janet R. Daling and
H. Tamura Use of Orthogonal Factors for Selection
of Variables in a Regression Equation
--- An Illustration . . . . . . . . . . 260--268
F. R. Oliver Miscellanea: Some Asymptotic Properties
of Colquhoun's Estimators for a
Rectangular Hyperbola . . . . . . . . . 269--273
H. F. Huddleston and
P. L. Claypool and
R. R. Hocking Miscellanea: Optimal Sample Allocation
to Strata Using Convex Programming . . . 273--278
J. N. R. Jeffers Book Reviews: \em Statistical Methods in
Engineering, by Gerald J. Hahn and
Samuel S. Shapiro . . . . . . . . . . . 279--279
E. M. L. Beale Book Reviews: \em Dynamic Programming,
by D. J. White . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280--281
Bernard Benjamin Book Reviews: \em Demography. 4th
Edition, by Peter R. Cox . . . . . . . . 281--282
H. Herne Book Reviews: \em Biomedical Computer
Programs. $X$-Series Supplement, by W.
J. Dixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282--283
D. K. Lindley Book Reviews: \em Forest Biometrics, by
Michail Prodan and Sabine H. Gardiner 283--283
P. R. Freeman Book Reviews: \em Introduction to
Statistics: Selected Procedures for the
Behavioural Sciences, by Robert Fried 284--284
G. P. Bhattacharjee Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 32:
The Incomplete Gamma Integral . . . . . 285--287
F. B. Leech Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 33:
Calculation of Hypergeometric Sample
Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287--289
C. A. McGilchrist Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 34:
Sequential Inversion of Band Matrices 290--292
M. J. Box A parameter estimation criterion for
multiresponse models applicable when
some observations are missing . . . . . 1--7
M. J. Garside Some computational procedures for the
best subset problem . . . . . . . . . . 8--15
M. H. Quenouille and
J. A. John Paired Comparison Designs for $ 2^n $
Factorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16--24
J. A. Nelder Statistical Computing 1970: Statistical
Computing and Computer Languages . . . . 25--32
J. C. Gower and
I. D. Hill Statistical Computing 1970: Internal
Data Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . 32--45
Michael D. Godfrey Statistical Computing 1970: Operating
System Considerations for Statistical
Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45--56
J. A. Nelder and
B. E. Cooper Statistical Computing 1970: Input/Output
in Statistical Programming . . . . . . . 56--73
A. J. van Reeken Statistical Computing 1970: Report on
the Work of the Dutch Working Party on
Statistical Computing . . . . . . . . . 73--79
Gordon Hilton Miscellanea: An Algorithm for Detecting
Differences Between Transition
Probability Matrices . . . . . . . . . . 80--86
B. P. Hsi and
D. M. Burych Miscellanea: Games of Two Players . . . 86--92
S. Gulliver Book Reviews: \em Abstract of Statistics
1968--69 for the City of Birmingham, by
Alan B. Neale and Gillian Haine . . . . 93--93
J. N. R. Jeffers Book Reviews: \em An Introduction to
Mathematical Ecology, by E. C. Pielou 93--94
C. Chatfield Book Reviews: \em Statistics and
Probability, by J. H. Durran . . . . . . 94--95
C. Holmes Book Reviews: \em Professional Mail
Surveys, by Paul L. Erdos . . . . . . . 95--96
J. Luckman Book Reviews: \em Abridged Tables for
Use of Examination Candidates, by The
Institute of Statisticians . . . . . . . 96--96
D. V. Lindley Book Reviews: \em Optimal Statistical
Decisions, by Morris de Groot . . . . . 97--97
G. M. Clarke Book Reviews: \em Statistics, With
Applications to the Biological and
Health Sciences, by R. D. Remington and
M. A. Schork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97--98
I. D. Hill and
Richard Peto Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 35:
Probabilities Derived from Finite
Populations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--105
Donald G. Thomas Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 36:
Exact Confidence Limits for the Odds
Ratio in a $ 2 \times 2 $ Table . . . . 105--110
M. J. Garside Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 37:
Inversion of a Symmetric Matrix . . . . 111--112
M. J. Garside Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 38:
Best Subset Search . . . . . . . . . . . 112--115
I. D. Hill Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 39:
Arrays with a Variable Number of
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115--117
R. I. Jennrich and
P. I. Sampson Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R3: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 10 . . . . . . . 117--118
D. N. Sparks Statistical Algorithms: Corrigenda:
Algorithm AS 30: Half Normal Plotting 118--118
R. P. Thayer and
R. F. Storer Statistical Algorithms: Corrigenda:
Algorithm AS 21: Scale Selection for
Computer Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous Volume Information . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
Kalman J. Cohen and
Wolfgang Muller and
Manfred W. Padberg Autoregressive Approaches to
Disaggregation of Time Series Data . . . 119--129
Winifred D. Ashton Gap-Acceptance Problems at a Traffic
Intersection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130--138
A. R. Sen Some Recent Developments in Waterfowl
Sample Survey Techniques . . . . . . . . 139--147
W. G. Warren Correlation or Regression: Bias or
Precision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--164
Leo A. Goodman A Simple Simultaneous Test Procedure for
Quasi-Independence in Contingency Tables 165--177
A. D. Joffe On the productivity of machines tended
by a single operator . . . . . . . . . . 178--186
P. A. P. Moran and
J. Neyman Miscellanea: The IASPS and Its Satellite
Symposia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187--192
J. H. Roger and
R. G. Carpenter Miscellanea: The Cumulative Construction
of Minimum Spanning Trees . . . . . . . 192--194
D. H. Ward Book Reviews: \em Dealing with Data, by
Arthur J. Lyon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
J. C. Gower Book Reviews: \em Les Bases de la
Classification Automatique, by I. C.
Lerman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195--197
R. Van Slooten Book Reviews: \em Mathematical Models of
the Economy and Other Essays, by R.
Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
W. A. Pridmore Book Reviews: \em Managing with
Statistics, by T. W. Lewis and R. M. Fox 199--199
G. B. Newman Book Reviews: \em Planning and Analysis
of Clinical Studies, by Walter J.
Burdette and Edmund A. Gehan . . . . . . 199--200
R. J. Nicholson Book Reviews: \em Regression and
Econometric Methods, by David S. Huang 200--201
E. E. Bassett Book Reviews: \em Mathematics and
Sociology, by Roy Mapes . . . . . . . . 201--202
B. E. Cooper Letter to the Editors . . . . . . . . . 203--203
J. H. Roger Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 40:
Updating a Minimum Spanning Tree . . . . 204--206
M. R. B. Clarke Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 41:
Updating the Sample Mean and Dispersion
Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206--209
B. E. Cooper Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 42:
The Use of Orthogonal Polynomials with
Equal $x$-Values . . . . . . . . . . . . 209--213
F. Yates Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 43:
Variable Format in Fortran . . . . . . . 213--216
B. E. Cooper Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R4: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 10: ``The Use of
Orthogonal Polynomials'' . . . . . . . . 216--216
C. Chatfield and
M. P. G. Pepper Time-Series Analysis: An Example from
Geophysical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . 217--238
James A. Nathanson An Application of Multivariate Analysis
in Astronomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239--249
Ronald D. Snee and
Horace P. Andrews Statistical Design and Analysis of Shape
Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250--258
Peter MacDonald The Analysis of a 2 $n$ Experiment by
Means of Ranks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--275
A. J. Scott and
T. M. F. Smith Interval Estimates for Linear
Combinations of Means . . . . . . . . . 276--285
E. G. Charatsis A computer program for estimation of the
constant elasticity of substitution
production function . . . . . . . . . . 286--296
Karen K. Yuen Miscellanea: A Note on Winsorized $t$ 297--304
A. Veevers and
M. C. K. Tweedie Miscellanea: Variance-Stabilizing
Transformation of a Poisson Variate by a
Beta Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304--308
W. Johnston Miscellanea: The Case History of a
Simulation Study . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--313
G. Baikunth Nath Miscellanea: Estimation in Truncated
Bivariate Normal Distributions . . . . . 313--319
I. D. Hill Miscellanea: Report on a Medical
Statistical Conference . . . . . . . . . 319--321
D. T. Bryant Book Reviews: \em Basic Statistics for
Social Research, by Dean J. Champion . . 322--323
R. A. Cooper Book Reviews: \em National Economic
Accounting, by Carleen O'Loughlin . . . 323--324
B. P. Murphy Book Reviews: \em Solving Problems in
Statistics II, by J. Aitchison . . . . . 324--325
J. R. Ashford Book Reviews: \em The Generation of
Random Variates, by T. G. Newman and P.
L. Odell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
P. R. Cox Book Reviews: \em The Analysis of
Mortality and Other Actuarial
Statistics, by B. Benjamin and H. W.
Haycocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--326
D. N. Sparks Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 44:
Scatter Diagram Plotting . . . . . . . . 327--331
D. N. Sparks Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 45:
Histogram Plotting . . . . . . . . . . . 332--335
D. G. Clayton Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 46:
Gram--Schmidt Orthogonalization . . . . 335--338
R. O'Neill Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 47:
Function Minimization Using a Simplex
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338--345
I. D. Hill and
Richard Peto Statistical Algorithms: Corrigenda:
Algorithm AS 35: Probabilities Derived
from Finite Populations . . . . . . . . 346--346
F. Yates Statistical Algorithms: Corrigenda:
Algorithm AS 43: Variable Format in
Fortran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346--346
Charles J. Kowalski On the Effects of Non-Normality on the
Distribution of the Sample
Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient 1--12
M. J. Box and
N. R. Draper Estimation and Design Criteria for
Multiresponse Non-Linear Models with
Non-Homogeneous Variance . . . . . . . . 13--24
J. Craig and
Anne Driver The Identification and Comparison of
Small Areas of Adverse Social Conditions 25--35
J. P. Burman Data Editing and Estimation:
[Introduction] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36--36
I. D. Hill Data Editing and Estimation: The Use of
Algol in a Bronchitis Survey . . . . . . 37--41
J. S. Chapman Data Editing and Estimation: Surveys in
Town-Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42--45
C. R. Newing Data Editing and Estimation: Data
Arrangement and Checking in the
Insurance Business . . . . . . . . . . . 45--53
M. Richardson and
A. D. Cunningham Data Editing and Estimation: Vetting of
Industrial Survey Questionnaires by
Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--55
D. W. Flaxen Data Editing and Estimation: Credibility
Tests and Data Editing in the New
Earnings Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . 55--57
W. F. F. Kemsley Data Editing and Estimation:
Pre-Computer Editing of Budgets for the
Family Expenditure Survey . . . . . . . 58--64
B. E. Cooper Data Editing and Estimation: Computing
Aspects of Data Management . . . . . . . 65--75
J. K. Kihlberg and
J. H. Herson and
W. E. Schotz Miscellanea: Square Root Transformation
Revisited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76--81
J. C. Ahuja Miscellanea: Recurrence Relation for
Minimum Variance Unbiased Estimation of
Certain Left-Truncated Poisson
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81--86
Norma K. Cherrington and
J. V. Smart Miscellanea: Use of Hotelling's $ T^2 $
Statistic in Testing the Significance of
Individual Regressors in Multivariate
Regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86--88
Anonymous Miscellanea: Addendum . . . . . . . . . 89--89
N. T. Jazairi Miscellanea: Fisher Ideal Index Numbers
Formula: A Note . . . . . . . . . . . . 89--92
L. R. LaMotte Miscellanea: The SELECT Routines: A
Program for Identifying Best Subset
Regressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92--93
John Luckman Book Reviews: \em Principles of
Operations Research, with Applications
to Managerial Decisions, by Harvey M.
Wagner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94--94
J. F. Smithson Book Reviews: \em Mathematical Models in
Marketing, by Robert B. Murdick . . . . 94--94
J. N. R. Jeffers Book Reviews: \em Principles of
Management Science, with Applications to
Executive Decisions, by Harvey M. Wagner 95--95
E. J. Snell Book Reviews: \em The Teaching of
Probability and Statistics, by Lenart
Rade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95--95
H. Herne Letter to the Editors . . . . . . . . . 96--96
J. P. N. Phillips Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 48:
Uncertainty Function for a Binary
Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97--99
J. P. N. Phillips Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 49:
Autocorrelation Function for a Binary
Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100--103
Donald G. Thomas Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 50:
Tests of Fit for a One-Hit vs. Two-Hit
Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103--112
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6]
Anonymous Conference on data editing and
estimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
Anonymous Volume Information . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
D. R. Cox The Analysis of Multivariate Binary Data 113--120
Lawrence L. Kupper Fourier Series and Spherical Harmonics
Regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121--130
D. Sheppard Obtaining Samples of Drivers for Surveys 131--135
Donald B. Rubin A non-iterative algorithm for least
squares estimation of missing values in
any analysis of variance design . . . . 136--141
J. G. Fryer and
R. J. Pethybridge Maximum Likelihood Estimation of a
Linear Regression Function with Grouped
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142--154
M. J. R. Healy Animal Litters as Experimental Units . . 155--159
I. T. Jolliffe Discarding Variables in a Principal
Component Analysis. I: Artificial Data 160--173
Larry E. Richards Refinement and Extension of
Distribution-Free Discriminate Analysis 174--176
H. Ekblom A Monte Carlo Investigation of Mode
Estimators in Small Samples . . . . . . 177--184
S. D. Hodges and
P. G. Moore Data Uncertainties and Least Squares
Regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185--195
Michael C. Carter A Model for Thunderstorm Activity: Use
of the Compound Negative
Binomial-Positive Binomial Distribution 196--201
M. J. R. Healy Miscellanea: Drawing a Probability
Ellipse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202--204
David B. Montgomery Miscellanea: Note on a Limit
Distribution Arising in Certain
Stochastic Response Models . . . . . . . 204--207
D. N. Sparks Book Reviews: \em Scientific Marketing
Research, by Gerald Albaum and M.
Venkatesan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208--208
E. M. L. Beale Book Reviews: \em Introduction to
Optimization Techniques: Fundamentals
and Applications of Nonlinear
Programming, by Masanao Aoki . . . . . . 208--209
A. D. Cliff Book Reviews: \em Regional Variations in
Britain: Studies in Economic and Social
Geography, by B. E. Coates and E. M.
Rawstron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209--210
J. A. Lewis Book Reviews: \em Probit Analysis (3rd
ed), by D. Finney . . . . . . . . . . . 210--211
Pamela G. Walker Book Reviews: \em Statistical Functions,
by Buddy L. Myers and Norbert L. Enrick 211--211
John Luckman Book Reviews: \em Applications of
Queueing Theory, by G. F. Newell . . . . 212--212
S. H. Ellis Book Reviews: \em Quality Control
Workbook: Procedures for Implementing
Statistical Quality Control, by David J.
Desmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212--213
D. V. Lindley Book Reviews: \em Elements of Decision
Theory, by B. W. Lindgren . . . . . . . 213--214
W. F. Maunder Book Reviews: \em Sources of Statistics,
by Joan M. Harvey . . . . . . . . . . . 214--214
Michael Hills Book Reviews: Bancroft's Introduction to
Biostatistics, by Johannes Ipsen and
Polly Feigl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214--215
T. Golikova and
L. Panchenko Letter to the Editors . . . . . . . . . 216--217
S. J. Haberman Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 51:
Log-Linear Fit for Contingency Tables 218--225
C. C. Spicer Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 52:
Calculation of Power Sums of Deviations
about the Mean . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--227
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [7]
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
William R. Fairweather A Method of Obtaining an Exact
Confidence Interval for the Common Mean
of Several Normal Populations . . . . . 229--233
J. K. Lindsey Fitting Response Surfaces with Power
Transformations . . . . . . . . . . . . 234--247
C. J. Taylor A stochastic model of temperature
variations at weather stations in
Britain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248--260
K. E. Kemp and
D. F. Butcher Methods of analysing binomial data in a
two-factor experiment without
replication compared by computer
simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261--273
Marcello Pagano An Algorithm for Fitting Autoregressive
Schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274--281
A. H. Conway-Jones Analysis of Small-Bore Shooting Scores 282--296
T. S. O'Neill System Reliability Assessment from Its
Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297--320
M. Panneton and
P. Robillard The Exact Distribution of Kendall's $S$
with Ties in One Ranking . . . . . . . . 321--323
M. Davenport and
G. Studdert-Kennedy Miscellanea: The Statistical Analysis of
Aesthetic Judgment: An Exploration . . . 324--333
C. Michelini Miscellanea: Estimating the Exponential
Growth Function by Direct Least Squares:
A Comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333--335
I. D. Hill Book Reviews: \em Faster Than Thought. A
Symposium on Digital Computing Machines,
by The Earl of Halsbury and B. V. Bowden 336--336
J. N. R. Jeffers Book Reviews: \em Computer Programming
in Quantitative Biology, by R. G. Davies 336--337
C. P. Burrows Book Reviews: \em Distribution
Management: Mathematical Modelling and
Practical Analysis, by Samuel Eilon, C.
D. T. Watson-Gandy and Nicos
Christofides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337--338
E. J. Snell Book Reviews: \em Advanced General
Statistics, by B. C. Erricker . . . . . 338--338
E. M. L. Beale Book Reviews: \em Cost Considerations in
Systems Analysis, by Gene H. Fisher . . 338--339
J. C. Gower Book Reviews: \em Factor Analysis as a
Statistical Method. 2nd ed, by D. N.
Lawley and A. E. Maxwell . . . . . . . . 339--340
C. Chatfield Book Reviews: \em Statistics for
Physicists, by B. R. Martin . . . . . . 340--340
W. B. Smith and
R. R. Hocking Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 53:
Wishart Variate Generator . . . . . . . 341--345
M. Panneton and
P. Robillard Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 54:
Kendall's $S$ Frequency Distribution . . 345--348
R. E. Odeh Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 55:
The Generalized Mann--Whitney
$U$-Statistic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348--351
A. G. Munford Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R5: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 30: Half Normal
Plotting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351--351
I. D. Hill and
Richard Peto Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R6: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 35: Probabilities
Derived from Finite Populations . . . . 352--352
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [8]
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
R. Mead and
K. H. Freeman An Experiment Game . . . . . . . . . . . 1--6
Christopher Chatfield Statistical Inference Regarding Markov
Chain Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--20
I. T. Jolliffe Discarding Variables in a Principal
Component Analysis. II: Real Data . . . 21--31
Andrew W. Evans The Estimation of Road Traffic Flow by
Registration Number Observation . . . . 32--49
H. S. Sichel On a Significance Test for Two Poisson
Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50--58
A. Springall Response Surface Fitting Using a
Generalization of the Bradley-Terry
Paired Comparison Model . . . . . . . . 59--68
E. A. Kiountouzis Linear Programming Techniques in
Regression Analysis . . . . . . . . . . 69--73
B. D. Bunday and
C. Mack Efficiency of Bi-Directionally Traversed
Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74--81
David M. Borth A Modification of Owen's Method for
Computing the Bi-Variate Normal Integral 82--85
Richard Peto Experimental Survival Curves for
Interval-Censored Data . . . . . . . . . 86--91
Henry R. Neave Miscellanea: On Using the Box-Muller
Transformation with Multiplicative
Congruential Pseudo-Random Number
Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92--97
S. L. George Miscellanea: Optimal Strategy in Tennis:
A Simple Probabilistic Model . . . . . . 97--104
K. T. Boyd Miscellanea: A Note on Paired Comparison
Designs for 2 $n$ Factorials . . . . . . 104--106
A. C. Atkinson Book Reviews: \em Developments in
Operations Research Vol. I, by B.
Avi-Itzhak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
C. Chatfield Book Reviews: \em Probability and
Statistics in Engineering and Management
Science, by William W. Hines and Douglas
C. Montgomery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
D. M. G. Wishart Book Reviews:
Russian-English/English-Russian Glossary
of Statistical Terms, by Samuel Kotz . . 108--108
A. Veevers Book Reviews: \em Statistical Design and
Analysis of Experiments, by Peter W. M.
John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108--109
R. J. Nicholson Book Reviews: \em The Distribution of
Personal Income in the United Kingdom
1949--63, by Thomas Stark . . . . . . . 109--110
R. J. Nicholson Book Reviews: \em The Analysis of Family
Budgets, by S. J. Prais and H. S.
Houthakker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110--110
Monica A. Walker Book Reviews: \em The Amalgamation of
Police Districts. Reconciliation of
Statistics: 1960--1970. Part A, by
Christian Economic and Social Research
Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110--111
J. N. R. Jeffers Book Reviews: \em An Introduction to
Computer Programming Using the BASIC
Language, by William F. Sharpe and Nancy
L. Jacob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111--111
Richard Peto Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 56:
Permutational Significance Testing . . . 112--118
S. J. Haberman Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 57:
Printing Multidimensional Tables . . . . 118--126
D. N. Sparks Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 58:
Euclidean Cluster Analysis . . . . . . . 126--130
P. R. Freeman Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 59:
Hypergeometric Probabilities . . . . . . 130--133
P. R. Freeman Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R7: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 26: Ranking an
Array of Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . 133--133
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6]
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
Anonymous Volume Information . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
P. R. Shearer Missing Data in Quantitative Designs . . 135--140
P. L. Goldsmith and
R. Boddy Critical Analysis of Factorial
Experiments and Orthogonal Fractions . . 141--160
F. Yates The analysis of surveys on
computers-features of the Rothamsted
survey program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161--171
S. Kullback and
Marian Fisher Partitioning Second-Order Interaction in
Three-Way Contingency Tables . . . . . . 172--184
Robert H. Lochner A Bayesian method for comparing the
means of multinomial populations . . . . 185--191
David F. Andrews and
John W. Tukey Teletypewriter plots for data analysis
can be fast: $6$-line plots, including
probability plots . . . . . . . . . . . 192--202
R. J. Pethybridge Maximum Likelihood Estimation of a
Polynomial Regression Function with
Grouped Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203--212
P. A. Golder and
K. A. Yeomans The Use of Cluster Analysis for
Stratification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213--219
D. N. Sparks and
A. D. Todd A comparison of FORTRAN subroutines for
calculating latent roots and vectors . . 220--225
A. F. Bissell Process Monitoring with Variable Element
Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--238
J. Taylor A Method of Fitting Several Linear
Functional Relations and of Testing for
Differences Between Them . . . . . . . . 239--248
Margaret J. G. Ansell Miscellanea: Robustness of Location
Estimators to Asymmetry . . . . . . . . 249--254
M. Stone Book Reviews: Statistical Papers in
Honor of George W. Snedecor, by T. A.
Bancroft and Susan Alice Brown . . . . . 255--255
D. H. Ward Book Reviews: \em Statistical Methods in
Research and Production with Special
Reference to the Chemical Industry. 4th
Revised, by Owen L. Davies and Peter L.
Goldsmith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
Alan Stuart Book Reviews: \em Likelihood. An Account
of the Statistical Concept of Likelihood
and Its Application to Scientific
Inference, by A. W. F. Edwards . . . . . 257--257
D. N. Sparks Book Reviews: \em Repeat-Buying: Theory
and Applications, by A. S. C. Ehrenberg 258--258
R. K. Wilkinson Book Reviews: Statistical Methods for
the Analysis of Earnings Data with
Special Application to Salaries in
Swedish Industry, by Anders Klevmarken 258--259
D. N. Sparks and
A. D. Todd Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 60:
Latent Roots and Vectors of a Symmetric
Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260--265
David F. Andrews and
John W. Tukey Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 61:
Six-Line Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265--269
L. C. Dinneen and
B. C. Blakesley Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 62:
A Generator for the Sampling
Distribution of the Mann--Whitney $U$
Statistic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269--273
D. N. Sparks Statistical Algorithms: Corrigendum:
Algorithm AS 45: Histogram Plotting . . 274--274
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [8]
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
Douglas M. Hawkins On the investigation of alternative
regressions by principal component
analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275--286
Danny D. Dyer On moments estimation of the parameters
of a truncated bivariate normal
distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287--291
Paul Seeger and
Ulf Thorsson Two-sided tolerance limits with
two-stage sampling from normal
populations: Monte Carlo studies of the
distribution of coverages . . . . . . . 292--300
R. L. Prentice and
A. El. Shaarawi A model for mortality rates and a test
of fit for the Gompertz force of
mortality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301--314
S. W. Cunningham The Predictability of British Stock
Market Prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315--331
B. Littlewood and
J. L. Verrall A Bayesian reliability growth model for
computer software . . . . . . . . . . . 332--346
A. M. Gross A Monte Carlo Swindle for Estimators of
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347--353
John McDonald An Analysis of Residual Error in the
Quarterly National Accounts of the U.K. 354--367
Victor A. Ginsburgh A Further Note on the Derivation of
Quarterly Figures Consistent with Annual
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368--374
S. J. Pocock Daily Variations in Sickness Absence . . 375--391
G. N. Wilkinson and
C. E. Rogers Symbolic Description of Factorial Models
for Analysis of Variance . . . . . . . . 392--399
G. B. Wetherill Book Reviews: \em Introductory
Statistics: A Service Course, by A. H.
Pollard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400--400
D. A. Preece Book Reviews: \em Introduction to
Probability and Statistics. 5th Ed, by
H. L. Alder and E. B. Roessler . . . . . 400--401
H. Herne Book Reviews: \em How to Lie with
Statistics, by Darrell Huff . . . . . . 401--402
Harry W. Richardson Book Reviews: \em Surveys of Personal
Income in London, by R. U. Redpath, M.
G. Powell and S. Kingaby . . . . . . . . 402--403
J. Taylor Book Reviews: \em An Introduction to
Statistical Science in Agriculture. 4th
ed, by D. J. Finney . . . . . . . . . . 403--403
I. D. Hill Book Reviews: Fortran Techniques, With
Special Reference to Non-Numerical
Applications, by A. Colin Day . . . . . 404--404
R. J. Nicholson Book Reviews: \em National Income,
Expenditure and Output of the United
Kingdom 1855--1965, by C. H. Feinstein 404--405
J. F. Smithson Book Reviews: \em Mathematical Model
Building in Economics and Industry.
Second Series, by Scientific Control
Systems Ltd. and M. G. Kendall . . . . . 405--406
Anonymous Book Reviews: Statistical Methods for
the Analysis of Earnings Data with
Special Application to Salaries in
Swedish Industry: Corrigendum . . . . . 406--406
R. K. Wilkinson Book Reviews: Statistical Methods for
the Analysis of Earnings Data with
Special Application to Salaries in
Swedish Industry, by Anders Klevmarken 406--406
D. A. Williams Letter to the Editors . . . . . . . . . 407--408
K. L. Majumder and
G. P. Bhattacharjee Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 63:
The Incomplete Beta Integral . . . . . . 409--411
K. L. Majumder and
G. P. Bhattacharjee Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 64:
Inverse of the Incomplete Beta Function
Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411--414
C. E. Rogers Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 65:
Interpreting Structure Formulae . . . . 414--424
I. D. Hill Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 66:
The Normal Integral . . . . . . . . . . 424--427
D. Hitchin Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R8: A
Remark on Algorithms AS 4 and AS 5: An
Auxiliary Function for Distribution
Integrals, and The Integral of the
Non-Central $t$- Distribution . . . . . 428--428
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6]
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
M. N. Bhattacharyya Forecasting the Demand for Telephones in
Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1--10
Subhash C. Narula Predictive Mean Square Error and
Stochastic Regressor Variables . . . . . 11--17
Zaffar Ali A Model for the Occurrence of North
Winds at Kingston, Jamaica . . . . . . . 18--21
S. C. Pearce The Estimation of Treatment Means by
Designed Experiments . . . . . . . . . . 22--25
Janet Dixon Elashoff and
R. M. Elashoff Two-Sample Problems for a Dichotomous
Variable with Missing Data . . . . . . . 26--34
R. J. Bhansali Asymptotic Mean-Square Error of
Predicting More than One-Step Ahead
Using the Regression Method . . . . . . 35--42
D. E. Walters The Use of Asymptotic Models in Multiple
Hormone Assays . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43--50
D. R. Cox and
E. J. Snell The Choice of Variables in Observational
Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51--59
J. C. Gower and
K. V. Mardia Miscellanea: Multivariate Analysis and
its Applications: A Report on the Hull
Conference, 1973 . . . . . . . . . . . . 60--66
Alan J. Miller Miscellanea: A Note on the Analysis of
Gap-Acceptance in Traffic . . . . . . . 66--73
D. A. Preece and
J. C. Gower Miscellanea: An iterative computer
procedure for mixed-up values in
experiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73--74
T. W. R. Collings Miscellanea: A queueing problem in which
customers have different service
distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75--82
Klim McPherson Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 67:
The Evaluation of Absorption
Probabilities in Sequential Binomial
Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--86
G. Wyshak Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 68:
A Program for Estimating the Parameters
of the Truncated Negative Binomial
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87--91
M. C. Pike and
Diana Bull Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 69:
Knox Test for Space-Time Clustering in
Epidemiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92--95
R. E. Odeh and
J. O. Evans Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 70:
The Percentage Points of the Normal
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--97
D. J. Best and
P. G. Gipps Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 71:
The Upper Tail Probabilities of
Kendall's Tau . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--100
William Knight Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R9: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 37 . . . . . . . 100--101
D. N. Sparks and
A. D. Todd Statistical Algorithms: Corrigendum:
Algorithm AS 60: Latent Roots and
Vectors of a Symmetric Matrix . . . . . 101--102
Anonymous Index of Remarks and Corrigenda on
Applied Statistics Algorithms . . . . . 102--102
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6]
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
Anonymous Volume Information . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
S. J. Pocock Harmonic Analysis Applied to Seasonal
Variations in Sickness Absence . . . . . 103--120
R. R. Hocking and
H. F. Huddleston and
H. H. Hunt A Procedure for Editing Survey Data . . 121--133
B. V. Hamon and
E. J. Hannan Spectral estimation of time delay for
dispersive and non-dispersive systems 134--142
G. B. Wetherill and
W. K. Chiu A Simplified Attribute Sampling Scheme 143--148
V. Barnett Economic choice of sample size for
sampling inspection plans . . . . . . . 149--157
G. E. P. Box and
G. M. Jenkins and
J. F. MacGregor Some recent advances in forecasting and
control. Part II . . . . . . . . . . . . 158--179
D. A. Ratkowsky Maximum likelihood estimation in small
incomplete samples from the bivariate
normal distribution . . . . . . . . . . 180--189
D. F. Butcher and
K. E. Kemp Analysing Binomial Data in a Two-Factor
Experiment with Unequal Observations per
Cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190--202
A. V. Swan Corrigendum: Computing
Maximum-Likelihood Estimates for
Parameters of the Normal Distribution
from Grouped and Censored Data . . . . . 202--202
I. D. Hill Miscellanea: Association Football and
Statistical Inference . . . . . . . . . 203--208
E. M. L. Beale and
P. C. Hutchinson Miscellanea: Note on Constrained Optimum
Regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208--210
J. Whittaker Miscellanea: Generating gamma and beta
random variables with non-integral shape
parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210--214
Gerald J. Hahn and
Arthur F. Dershowitz Miscellanea: Evolutionary Operation
Today --- Some Survey Results and
Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214--218
C. W. Lowe Miscellanea: Evolutionary Operation in
Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218--226
Fritz Von Fleckenstein Miscellanea: Correction of an Error in
I.B.M. Subroutine KRANK the Computation
of Kendall's $ \tau $ . . . . . . . . . 226--228
D. N. Sparks Book Reviews: A Manual of Sampling
Techniques, by R. K. Som . . . . . . . . 229--229
A. Springall Book Reviews: \em The Generalised
Jackknife Statistic, by H. L. Gray and
W. R. Schucany . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--230
J. N. R. Jeffers Book Reviews: BASIC: An Introduction to
Computer Programming using the BASIC
Language, by William F. Sharpe and Nancy
L. Jacob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230--231
J. A. Nelder and
David A. Swick Letters to the Editors . . . . . . . . . 232--233
Douglas M. Hawkins Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 72:
Computing Mean Vectors and Dispersion
Matrices in Multivariate Analysis of
Variance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234--238
E. L. Frome Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 73:
Cross-Spectrum Smoothing via the Finite
Fourier Transform . . . . . . . . . . . 238--244
A. N. Sadovski Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 74:
$ L_1 $-norm Fit of a Straight Line . . 244--248
G. J. Rowlands and
Rita M. Pocock Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R10:
On Scale Selections for Scatter Diagrams 248--249
John M. Chambers and
J. E. Ertel Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R11: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 47 ``Function
Minimization using a Simplex Procedure'' 250--251
R. O'Neill Statistical Algorithms: Corrigendum:
Algorithm AS 47: Function Minimization
using a Simplex Procedure . . . . . . . 252--252
E. M. L. Beale and
P. C. Hutchinson Note on constrained optimum regression 2108--2110
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6]
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
G. B. Wetherill and
J. B. Ofosu Selection of the Best of $k$ Normal
Populations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253--277
J. T. Wood An extension of the analysis of
transformations of Box and Cox . . . . . 278--283
D. A. H. Thomas Error rates in multiple comparisons
among means-results of a simulation
exercise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284--294
G. V. Dyke Designs to minimize loss of information
in polynomial regression . . . . . . . . 295--299
G. Baikunth Nath Progressively Censored Bivariate Normal
Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300--312
Malcomn L. Marshall Fitting the two-term mixed exponential
and two-parameter lognormal
distributions to grouped and censored
data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313--322
J. A. Nelder Log linear models for contingency
tables: a generalization of classical
least squares . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323--329
D. A. Griffiths A Catalytic Model of Infection for
Measles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330--339
M. O. Hill Correspondence analysis: A neglected
multivariate method . . . . . . . . . . 340--354
Lyndhurst Collins Estimating Markov transition
probabilities from micro-unit data . . . 355--371
Sonja M. McKinlay The expected number of matches and its
variance for matched-pair designs . . . 372--383
B. Wierenga Paired comparison product testing when
individual preferences are stochastic 384--396
J. A. Anderson Diagnosis by logistic discriminant
function: further practical problems and
results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397--404
Morton B. Brown Identification of the sources of
significance in two-way contingency
tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405--413
D. Brook and
G. J. G. Upton Biases in Local Government Elections Due
to Position on the Ballot Paper . . . . 414--419
W. K. Chiu The economic design of cusum charts for
controlling normal means . . . . . . . . 420--433
D. H. Ward Miscellanea: Joint Conference at Warwick
--- a Summary Report . . . . . . . . . . 434--435
D. J. Daley Miscellanea: Computation of bi- and
tri-variate normal integrals . . . . . . 435--438
C. Chatfield Book Reviews: \em Elements of
Statistics, by D. R. Byrkit . . . . . . 439--439
David Hinkley Book Reviews: A Bibliography of
Multivariate Statistical Analysis, by T.
W. Anderson, Somesh Das Gupta and George
P. H. Styan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439--440
G. M. Clarke Book Reviews: \em Introduction to
Biostatistics, by R. R. Sokal and F. J.
Rohlf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440--441
Rodney Coleman Book Reviews: A Guide to Probability
Theory and Application, by Cyrus Derman,
Leon J. Gleser and Ingram Olkin . . . . 441--441
R. Harris Book Reviews: OR in World War 2:
Operational Research Against the U-Boat,
by C. H. Waddington . . . . . . . . . . 441--442
John Luckman Book Reviews: \em Operations Research in
Hospitals-Diagnosis and Prognosis, by
David H. Stimson and Ruth H. Stimson . . 442--443
A. Veevers Book Reviews: \em Bibliography on
Experiment and Treatment Design
Pre-1968, by Walter T. Federer and
Leslie N. Balaam . . . . . . . . . . . . 443--444
John Luckman Book Reviews: \em Modern Management
Methods and the Organisation of the
Health Services . . . . . . . . . . . . 444--445
John Luckman Book Reviews: \em Health Practice
Research and Formalised Managerial
Methods, by F. Grundy and W. A. Reinke 445--446
J. F. Scott Book Reviews: \em Statistics, by Roger
A. Carlson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446--447
W. Morven Gentleman Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 75:
Basic Procedures for Large, Sparse or
Weighted Linear Least Problems . . . . . 448--454
J. C. Young and
Ch. E. Minder Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 76:
An Integral Useful in Calculating
Non-Central $t$ and Bivariate Normal
Probabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455--457
W. N. Venables Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 77:
Null Distribution of the Largest Root
Statistic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458--465
J. C. Gower Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 78:
The Mediancentre . . . . . . . . . . . . 466--470
R. W. Farebrother Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 79:
Gram--Schmidt Regression . . . . . . . . 470--476
R. W. Farebrother and
G. Berry Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R12: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 6: Triangular
Decomposition of a Symmetric Matrix . . 477--477
Anonymous Statistical Algorithms: Computational
Problems in Statistics . . . . . . . . . 478--478
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6]
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
J. K. Lindsey Likelihood Analyses and Tests for Binary
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1--16
R. A. Hart and
J. Hutton and
T. Sharot A Statistical Analysis of Association
Football Attendances . . . . . . . . . . 17--27
R. J. Pethybridge Maximum likelihood estimation of a
linear regression function with grouped
data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28--41
J. Taylor Correction: A Method of Fitting Several
Linear Functional Relations and of
Testing for Differences Between Them . . 41--41
J. R. Scott A Regression Assessment Statistic . . . 42--45
G. H. Freeman Analysis of interactions in incomplete
two-way tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46--55
J. A. John and
P. Prescott Critical values of a test to detect
outliers in factorial experiments . . . 56--59
S. C. Pearce Row-and-column designs . . . . . . . . . 60--74
John Osborn A multiplicative model for the analysis
of vital statistics rates . . . . . . . 75--84
Martin Crowder and
Paul R. Grob A Logit Model for Infectious Diseases 85--94
V. Barnett Probability Plotting Methods and Order
Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95--108
D. A. Ratkowsky and
G. R. Dolby Taylor series linearization and scoring
for parameters in nonlinear regression 109--111
J. McKenzie A comparison of Gaussian and logistic
categorical opinion distribution models 112--122
Graham J. Worsdale Tables of Cumulative Distribution
Functions for Symmetric Stable
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123--131
S. C. Chay and
R. D. Fardo and
M. Mazumdar Miscellanea: On using the Box-Muller
transformation with multiplicative
congruential pseudo-random number
generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132--135
A. C. Bebbington Miscellanea: A Simple Method of Drawing
a Sample Without Replacement . . . . . . 136--136
R. W. Morgan Miscellanea: Some Stochastic Models to
Describe the Fertilization of an Egg . . 137--138
J. C. Gower Book Reviews: \em Biometrical
Interpretation, by N. E. Gilbert . . . . 139--139
J. C. Gower Book Reviews: \em Méthodes et Programmes
d'Analyse Discriminante, by Jean-Marie
Romeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
J. St G. Jephcott Book Reviews: \em Statistical Thinking:
A Structural Approach, by J. L. Phillips 140--141
J. St G. Jephcott Book Reviews: \em Market Segmentation,
by R. E. Frank, W. F. Massey and Y. Wind 141--142
R. J. Nicholson Book Reviews: Exeter --- University and
City, by F. M. M. Lewes and Anne
Kirkness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142--142
R. M. Cormack Book Reviews: \em Spatial
Autocorrelation, by A. D. Cliff and J.
K. Ord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142--143
K. V. Mardia and
P. J. Zemroch Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 80:
Spherical Statistics . . . . . . . . . . 144--146
K. V. Mardia and
P. J. Zemroch Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 81:
Circular Statistics . . . . . . . . . . 147--150
J. C. Gower Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 82:
The Determinant of an Orthogonal Matrix 150--153
Donald M. Monro Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 83:
Complex Discrete Fast Fourier Transform 153--160
D. N. Sparks Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R13: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 58: Euclidean
Cluster Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . 160--161
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6]
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K. V. Mardia Assessment of Multinormality and the
Robustness of Hotelling's $ T^2 $ Test 163--171
B. Littlewood A reliability model for systems with
Markov structure . . . . . . . . . . . . 172--177
G. V. Kass Significance Testing in Automatic
Interaction Detection (A.I.D.) . . . . . 178--189
J. A. John and
P. Prescott Estimating Missing Values in Experiments 190--192
R. L. Plackett The Analysis of Permutations . . . . . . 193--202
J. A. Bather A Non-parametric Test for Hertzian
Fracture Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203--209
P. Prescott A Simple Alternative to Student's $t$ 210--217
D. V. Lindley The Effect of Ethical Design
Considerations on Statistical Analysis 218--228
M. Jacobsen Quantifying Radiological Changes in
Simple Pneumoconiosis . . . . . . . . . 229--249
Mark Z. Fabrycy Miscellanea: Multicollinearity caused by
Specification Errors . . . . . . . . . . 250--254
Ian McLeod Miscellanea: Derivation of the
Theoretical Autocovariance Function of
Autoregressive Moving Average Time
Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255--256
D. Kerridge Miscellanea: The Interpretation of Rank
Correlations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257--258
J. A. Nelder Announcement by the Working Party on
Statistical Computing: GLIM (Generalized
Linear Interactive Modelling Program) 259--261
K. V. Mardia and
P. J. Zemroch Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 84:
Measures of Multivariate Skewness and
Kurtosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262--265
J. Buka\vc Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 85:
Critical Values of the Sign Test . . . . 265--267
K. V. Mardia and
P. J. Zemroch Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 86:
The von Mises Distribution Function . . 268--272
E. O. Martinson and
M. A. Hamdan Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 87:
Calculation of the Polychoric Estimate
of Correlation in Contingency Tables . . 272--278
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6]
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G. J. G. Upton and
D. Brook The Determination of the Optimum
Position on a Ballot Paper . . . . . . . 279--287
Morton B. Brown Exploring Interaction Effects in the
ANOVA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288--298
Y. A. S. Hegazy and
J. R. Green Some new goodness-of-fit tests using
order statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . 299--308
R. A. Hart and
J. Hutton and
T. Sharot Correction: A Statistical Analysis of
Association Football Attendances . . . . 308--308
B. E. Rodda and
C. B. Sampson and
D. W. Smith The one-compartment open model: some
statistical aspects of parameter
estimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--318
Michael C. Carter and
William O. Williford Estimation in a Modified Binomial
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319--328
D. Robinson Divination in Ancient China . . . . . . 329--332
W.-Y. T. Chan and
H. Tong A simulation study of the estimation of
evolutionary spectral functions . . . . 333--341
Roger M. Heeler and
George S. Day A supplementary note on the use of
cluster analysis for stratification . . 342--344
K. A. Yeomans and
P. A. Golder Further Observations on the
Stratification of Birmingham Wards by
Clustering: A Riposte . . . . . . . . . 345--346
G. F. McCormick and
V. A. Sposito Miscellanea: A note on $ L_1 $
estimation based on the median positive
quotient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347--350
G. Rex Bryce Miscellanea: MAD: an analysis of
variance program for unbalanced designs 350--352
D. W. Balmer Miscellanea: An observation on the
disaggregation of annual time series
data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352--354
D. O. Chanter Miscellanea: Modifications of the
Angular Transformation . . . . . . . . . 354--359
I. D. Hill Book Reviews: Tables for Bayesian
Statisticians, by Gerald L. Issacs,
David E. Christ, Melvin R. Novick and
Paul H. Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . 360--361
R. W. Hiorns Book Reviews: \em Demographic Data
Collection: A Summary of Experience, by
William Seltzer . . . . . . . . . . . . 361--361
M. J. R. Healy Book Reviews: \em Time-Series, by M. G.
Kendall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361--362
W. J. Paige Book Reviews: \em Uncertainty,
Calibration and Probability, by C. F.
Dietrich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362--363
J. R. Ashford Book Reviews: \em An MMPI Source Book.
Basic Item, Scale and Pattern Data on
50,000 Medical Patients, by Wendell M.
Swenson, John S. Pearson and David
Osborne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363--363
D. J. Thewlis Book Reviews: \em Systems Analysis and
Design Using Network Techniques, by Gary
E. Whitehouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
G. B. Wetherill Book Reviews: \em Quality Control and
Industrial Statistics, by Acheson J.
Duncan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364--365
The Working Party on Statistical Computing The Construction and Description of
Algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366--373
Jane F. Gentleman Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 88:
Generation of All $_N C_R$ Combinations
by Simulating Nested Fortran DO Loops 374--376
D. J. Best and
D. E. Roberts Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 89:
The Upper Tail Probabilities of
Spearman's Rho . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377--379
Robert Bohrer Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 90:
One-Sided Multi-Variable Inference . . . 380--384
D. J. Best and
D. E. Roberts Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 91:
The Percentage Points of the $ \chi^2 $
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385--388
P. Brooker and
M. J. P. Selby Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 92:
The Sample Size for a Distribution-Free
Tolerance Interval . . . . . . . . . . . 388--390
J. C. Gower Statistical Algorithms: Correction: AS
78: The Mediancentre . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous Statistical Algorithms: List of Applied
Statistics Algorithms . . . . . . . . . 391--394
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2]
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
G. H. Brown The efficiency of stratified sampling in
the estimation of parameters for a
bivariate normal population . . . . . . 1--7
Steve Selvin A graphical estimate of the population
mean from censored normal data . . . . . 8--11
E. R. Golder and
J. G. Settle The Box-Muller method for generating
pseudo-random normal deviates . . . . . 12--20
T. P. Hutchinson Combining Two-Tailed Rank-Correlation
Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21--25
P. Charlton and
A. S. C. Ehrenberg Customers of the LEP . . . . . . . . . . 26--30
B. J. T. Morgan Markov Properties of Sequences of
Behaviours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31--36
Morton B. Brown Screening effects in multidimensional
contingency tables . . . . . . . . . . . 37--46
V. Barnett Convenient probability plotting
positions for the normal distribution 47--50
Douglas M. Hawkins Point estimation of the parameters of
piecewise regression models . . . . . . 51--57
Volker W. Steinijans Miscellanea: A Stochastic Point-Process
Model for the Occurrence of Major
Freezes in Lake Constance . . . . . . . 58--61
J. A. John and
S. M. Lewis Miscellanea: Mixed-Up Values in
Experiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61--63
A. A. Greenfield Miscellanea: Selection of Defining
Contrasts in Two-Level Experiments . . . 64--67
R. W. Farebrother Letter to the Editors . . . . . . . . . 68--68
R. Fletcher Book Reviews: \em Introduction to
Optimization Methods, by P. R. Adby and
M. A. H. Dempster . . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
L. H. C. Tippett Book Reviews: \em Statistical Handbook
for Non-Statisticians, by Ray Meddis . . 69--69
Robin Sibson Book Reviews: \em Clustering Algorithms,
by J. A. Hartigan . . . . . . . . . . . 70--70
D. J. Bartholomew Book Reviews: \em Measurement in the
Social Sciences: Theories and
Strategies, by H. M. Blalock . . . . . . 70--71
R. W. Morgan Book Reviews: \em Data Analysis for
Scientists and Engineers, by Stuart L.
Meyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71--71
Graham Watts Book Reviews: \em Statistical Analysis
for Business Decisions, by William A.
Spurr and Charles P. Bonini . . . . . . 71--72
K. H. Pollock Book Reviews: \em Biostatistics: A
Foundation for Analysis in the Health
Sciences, by Wayne W. Daniel . . . . . . 72--72
A. S. C. Ehrenberg Book Reviews: \em Essentials of
Statistics in Marketing, by C. S.
Greensted, A. K. S. Jardine and J. D.
MacFarlane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73--73
J. Taylor Book Reviews: \em Design of Experiments:
A Realistic Approach, by Virgil L.
Anderson and Robert A. McLean . . . . . 73--74
C. Chatfield Book Reviews: \em Applied Statistics, by
R. P. Gupta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74--74
L. C. Dinneen and
B. C. Blakesley Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 93:
A Generator for the Null Distribution of
the Ansari-Bradley $W$ Statistic . . . . 75--81
Mara L. McLaren Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 94:
Coefficients of the Zonal Polynomials 82--87
R. T. Benn and
Susan Sidebottom Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 95:
Maximum-Likelihood Estimation of
Location and Scale Parameters from
Grouped Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88--93
J. A. Nelder Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 96:
A Simple Algorithm for Scaling Graphs 94--96
V. A. Sposito Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R14: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 74: ``$ L_1$-Norm
Fit of a Straight Line'' . . . . . . . . 96--97
P. R. Benyon Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R15:
Function Minimization Using a Simplex
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous Statistical Algorithms: Recent
Statistical Algorithms . . . . . . . . . 98--101
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4]
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A. J. Scott and
M. Knott An Approximate Test for Use with AID . . 103--106
S. R. Brubacher and
G. Tunnicliffe Wilson Interpolating time series with
application to the estimation of holiday
effects on electricity demand . . . . . 107--116
W. M. Kalmijn Simultaneous Confidence Regions for
Repeat Preference Testing . . . . . . . 117--122
Taku Yamamoto Asymptotic Mean Square Prediction Error
for an Autoregressive Model with
Estimated Coefficients . . . . . . . . . 123--127
J. F. Lawless Confidence Interval Estimation in the
Inverse Power Law Model . . . . . . . . 128--138
J. N. R. Jeffers and
Doreen M. Howard and
P. J. A. Howard An analysis of litter respiration at
different temperatures . . . . . . . . . 139--146
Gerald Rosenfeld Identification of Time Series with
Infinite Variance . . . . . . . . . . . 147--153
V. A. Sposito and
W. C. Smith Miscellanea: On a sufficient condition
and a necessary condition for $ L_1 $
estimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154--157
G. R. Dolby Miscellanea: The connection between
methods of estimation in implicit and
explicit nonlinear models . . . . . . . 157--162
Derek Bissell Book Reviews: \em Reading and
Understanding Applied Statistics: A
Self-Learning Approach, by Sidney M.
Stahl and James D. Hennes . . . . . . . 163--163
J. N. R. Jeffers Book Reviews: \em Statistical and
Mathematical Aspects of Pollution
Problems, by John W. Pratt . . . . . . . 164--164
J. Taylor Book Reviews: \em Statistical Methods in
Animal Sciences, by V. N. Amble . . . . 164--165
T. Sharot Book Reviews: \em Statistics and
Econometrics: A Problem-Solving Text, by
Barry R. Chiswick and Stephen J.
Chiswick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
Donald M. Monro Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 97:
Real Discrete Fast Fourier Transform . . 166--172
E. R. Golder Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 98:
The Spectral Test for the Evaluation of
Congruential Pseudo-Random Generators 173--180
I. D. Hill and
R. Hill and
R. L. Holder Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS 99:
Fitting Johnson Curves by Moments . . . 180--189
I. D. Hill Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
100: Normal-Johnson and Johnson-Normal
Transformations . . . . . . . . . . . . 190--192
S. J. Haberman Statistical Algorithms: Correction to AS
51: Log-Linear Fit for Contingency
Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193--193
R. W. M. Wedderburn Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R16: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 29: ``The Runs Up
and Down Test'' . . . . . . . . . . . . 193--193
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2]
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G. E. P. Box and
G. C. Tiao Comparison of Forecast and Actuality . . 195--200
Park M. Reilly The Numerical Computation of Posterior
Distributions in Bayesian Statistical
Inference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201--209
J. C. Nash and
L. P. Lefkovitch Principal components and regression by
singular value decomposition on a small
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210--216
Robert Gilchrist The Use of Verbal-Call Systems to Call
Patients from Waiting Areas to
Consulting Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . 217--227
D. Collett and
T. Lewis The Subjective Nature of Outlier
Rejection Procedures . . . . . . . . . . 228--237
D. M. Titterington Updating a Diagnostic System Using
Unconfirmed Cases . . . . . . . . . . . 238--247
Dean W. Wichern and
Robert B. Miller and
Der-Ann Hsu Changes of Variance in First-Order
Autoregressive Time Series Models ---
With an Application . . . . . . . . . . 248--256
P. Robert and
Y. Escoufier A Unifying Tool for Linear Multivariate
Statistical Methods: The RV- Coefficient 257--265
Gary Simon Computer simulation swindles, with
applications to estimates of location
and dispersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266--274
M. M. Desu and
Subhash C. Narula and
Bernardo Villarreal Sample Size Determination for Estimation
of Guarantee Times . . . . . . . . . . . 275--279
A. S. St Leger Comparison of Two Tests for Seasonality
in Epidemiological Data . . . . . . . . 280--286
C. R. Burch and
I. T. Parsons Miscellanea: ``Squeeze'' Significance
Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287--291
Mohamed El Lozy Miscellanea: An Extension of Ehrenberg's
Relations Between Mean Weights and
Heights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291--295
S. C. Darby and
M. J. Ellis Miscellanea: A Test for Synergism
Between Two Drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 296--299
D. C. G. Skegg Book Reviews: \em An Introduction to
Epidemiology, by Michael Alderson . . . 300--300
G. J. A. Stern Book Reviews: \em Statistical Methods
for Engineers and Scientists, by Robert
M. Bethea, Benjamin S. Duran and Thomas
L. Boullion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300--301
H. D. Patterson Book Reviews: \em Developments in Field
Experiment Design and Analysis, by V. J.
Bofinger and J. L. Wheeler . . . . . . . 301--301
M. J. R. Healy Book Reviews: \em The Analysis of Time
Series: Theory and Practice, by C.
Chatfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301--302
D. N. Sparks Book Reviews: \em Data
Reduction-Analysis and Interpreting
Statistical Data, by A. S. C. Ehrenberg 302--303
P. N. Lee Book Reviews: \em Survival
Distributions: Reliability Applications
in the Biomedical Sciences, by Alan J.
Gross and Virginia A. Clark . . . . . . 303--303
W. Fox Book Reviews: \em Fundamental Statistics
for Psychology: First Course for
Students of Psychology and Education, by
R. B. McCall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304--304
Michael J. Maher Book Reviews: \em Basic Operational
Research. 2 Edition, by P. G. Moore . . 304--305
S. Horsfield Book Reviews: \em Applied Multivariate
Analysis and Experimental Designs, by N.
Krishnan Namboodiri, L. F. Carter and H.
M. Blalock, *Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . 305--306
M. E. Brigden Book Reviews: \em Elementary Dynamic
Programming, by John M. Norman . . . . . 306--306
R. A. Kempton Book Reviews: \em Ecological Diversity,
by E. C. Pielou . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--307
A. Springall Book Reviews: \em Sample Size Choice:
Charts for Experiments with Linear
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Anonymous Book Reviews: Statistical Inference, by
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D. N. Sparks Book Reviews: \em Principal Sources of
Marketing Information, by Christine Hull 308--308
G. Watts Book Reviews: \em Econometrics and
Economic Theory-Essays in Honour of Jan
Tinbergen, by Willy Sellekaerts . . . . 308--308
Subhash C. Narula and
M. M. Desu Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
101: Distribution-Free Confidence
Intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--312
C. F. Banfield Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
102: Ultrametric Distances for a Single
Linkage Dendrogram . . . . . . . . . . . 313--315
J. M. Bernardo Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
103: Psi (Digamma) Function . . . . . . 315--317
R. W. Farebrother Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
104: BLUS Residuals . . . . . . . . . . 317--322
R. W. Farebrother Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R17:
Recursive Residuals --- A Remark on
Algorithm AS 75: Basic Procedures for
Large, Sparse or Weighted Linear Least
Squares Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 323--324
E. R. Golder Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R18:
The Spectral Test for the Evaluation of
Congruential Pseudo-Random Generators 324--324
Anonymous Statistical Algorithms: Recent
Statistical Algorithms . . . . . . . . . 325--327
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2]
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David Machin and
Barry Sanderson Computing Maximum-Likelihood Estimates
for the Parameters of the de Wit
Competition Model . . . . . . . . . . . 1--8
J. C. Nash A Discrete Alternative to the Logistic
Growth Function . . . . . . . . . . . . 9--14
J. Aitchison and
J. D. F. Habbema and
J. W. Kay A Critical Comparison of Two Methods of
Statistical Discrimination . . . . . . . 15--25
S. James Kilpatrick, Jr. An Empirical Study of the Distribution
of Episodes of Illness Recorded in the
1970--71 National Morbidity Survey . . . 26--33
E. R. Mansfield and
J. T. Webster and
R. F. Gunst An Analytic Variable Selection Technique
for Principal Component Regression . . . 34--40
Allan H. Murphy and
Robert L. Winkler Reliability of Subjective Probability
Forecasts of Precipitation and
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41--47
G. Gudmundsson Multivariate Analysis of Economic
Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48--59
Donald B. Rubin and
T. W. F. Stroud The Calculation of the Posterior
Distribution of the Cell Means in a
Two-Way Unbalanced MANOVA . . . . . . . 60--66
David Hinkley Miscellanea: On Quick Choice of Power
Transformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67--69
W. M. Patefield Miscellanea: On the Information Matrix
in the Linear Functional Relationship
Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--70
R. C. H. Cheng Miscellanea: The Generation of Gamma
Variables with Non-Integral Shape
Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71--75
E. Page Miscellanea: Approximations to the
Cumulative Normal Function and its
Inverse for Use on a Pocket Calculator 75--76
O. D. Anderson Miscellanea: A Report on the 1976
Cambridge Forecasting Conference . . . . 76--79
A. S. C. Ehrenberg Book Reviews: \em Assessment of Skeletal
Maturity and Prediction of Adult Height
(TW2 Method), by J. M. Tanner, R. H.
Whitehouse, W. A. Marshall, M. J. R.
Healy and H. Goldstein . . . . . . . . . 80--80
P. N. Lee Book Reviews: \em Interpretation and
Uses of Medical Statistics, by G. J.
Bourke and J. McGilvray . . . . . . . . 81--81
R. Mead Book Reviews: \em Biomathematics: An
Introduction, by David Machin . . . . . 81--82
K. C. Bowen Book Reviews: \em Decision Methodology:
A Formalization of the OR Process, by D.
J. White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
C. F. Banfield Book Reviews: \em Geological Factor
Analysis (Methods in Geomathematics 1),
by K. G. Joreskog, J. E. Klovan and R.
A. Reyment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--83
Stephen Wanhill Book Reviews: \em Applied Econometrics,
by Meghnad Desai . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--84
I. D. Hill Book Reviews: \em Significance Tests, by
Evelyn Caulcott . . . . . . . . . . . . 84--85
Klim McPherson Book Reviews: \em Sequential Methods in
Statistics. 2nd Edition, by G. Barrie
Wetherill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85--85
J. Radcliffe Book Reviews: \em The Mathematical
Theory of Infectious Diseases and its
Applications. 2nd Edition, by Norman T.
J. Bailey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85--87
Nanny Wermuth and
Eberhard Scheidt Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
105: Fitting a Covariance Selection
Model to a Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . 88--92
J. Sheil and
I. O'Muircheartaigh Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
106: The Distribution of Non-Negative
Quadratic Forms in Normal Variables . . 92--98
B. Leventhal Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
107: Operating Characteristics and
Average Sampling Number for a General
Class of Sequential Sampling Plans . . . 98--106
Subhash C. Narula and
John F. Wellington Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
108: Multiple Linear Regression with
Minimum Sum of Absolute Errors . . . . . 106--111
G. W. Cran and
K. J. Martin and
G. E. Thomas Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R19
and Algorithm AS 109: A Remark on
Algorithms: AS 63: The Incomplete Beta
Integral AS 64: Inverse of the
Incomplete Beta Function Ratio . . . . . 111--114
V. A. Sposito and
W. J. Kennedy and
J. E. Gentle Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
110: $ L_p $ Norm Fit of a Straight Line 114--118
J. D. Beasley and
S. G. Springer Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
111: The Percentage Points of the Normal
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118--121
Jillian E. Beardwood Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R20: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 87: Calculation
of the Polychoric Estimate of
Correlation in Contingency Tables . . . 121--121
A. V. Swan Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R21: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 16 Maximum
Likelihood Estimation from Grouped and
Censored Normal Data . . . . . . . . . . 122--122
Anonymous Statistical Algorithms: Recent
Statistical Algorithms . . . . . . . . . 122--123
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P. D. Oldham and
D. J. Newell Fluoridation of Water Supplies and
Cancer --- A Possible Association? . . . 125--135
B. Johnston and
C. Schwartz The Analysis of an Unbalanced Paired
Comparison Experiment by Multiple
Regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136--142
S. Vieira and
R. Hoffmann Comparison of the Logistic and the
Gompertz Growth Functions Considering
Additive and Multiplicative Error Terms 143--148
Philip M. North A Novel Clustering Method for Estimating
Numbers of Bird Territories . . . . . . 149--155
A. N. Pettitt Testing the Normality of Several
Independent Samples Using the
Anderson--Darling Statistic . . . . . . 156--161
Gareth Horsnell Paired Comparison Product Testing when
Individual Preferences are Stochastic:
An Alternative Model . . . . . . . . . . 162--172
C. F. Ansley and
W. A. Spivey and
W. J. Wrobleski A Class of Transformations for
Box-Jenkins Seasonal Models . . . . . . 173--178
B. Rosner and
A. Donner and
C. H. Hennekens Estimation of Interclass Correlation
from Familial Data . . . . . . . . . . . 179--187
A. C. Harvey Miscellanea: Some Comments on
Multicollinearity in Regression . . . . 188--191
M. S. Mitchell Miscellanea: The Probability of Being
the Lowest Bidder . . . . . . . . . . . 191--194
Ian McLeod Correction: Derivation of the
Theoretical Autocovariance Function of
Autoregressive-Moving Average Time
Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
Graham Kalton Book Reviews: \em Basic Ideas of
Scientific Sampling (2nd Edition), by
Alan Stuart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
D. N. Sparks Book Reviews: \em Multivariate Analysis,
by Maurice Kendall . . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
D. N. Sparks Book Reviews: Time Series (2nd Edition),
by Maurice Kendall . . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
C. J. Clark Book Reviews: \em Forecasting for
Business: Methods and Applications, by
Douglas Wood and Robert Fildes . . . . . 196--196
G. Watts Book Reviews: \em Quantitative Methods
for Business Decisions, by Lawrence L.
Lapin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196--196
Don Neal Book Reviews: \em Probability Sampling
of Hospitals and Patients (2nd Edition),
by Irene Hess, Donald C. Riedel and
Thomas B. Fitzpatrick . . . . . . . . . 196--197
G. M. Paddle Book Reviews: \em Applications of
Statistics to Industrial
Experimentation, by C. Daniel . . . . . 197--197
J. St G. Jephcott Book Reviews: \em Statistical Theory of
Sample Survey Design and Analysis, by H.
S. Konijn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
G. Watts Book Reviews: \em Guide to Official
Statistics, by Central Statistical
Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
R. J. Baker Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
112: Exact Distributions Derived from
Two-Way Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199--206
C. F. Banfield and
L. C. Bassill Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
113: A Transfer for Non-Hierarchical
Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206--210
Burton L. Leathers Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
114: Computing the Numerator of Ordinal
Measures of Association when the Data
are Ordered Categories . . . . . . . . . 211--213
Joyce Baptista and
M. C. Pike Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
115: Exact Two-Sided Confidence Limits
for the Odds Ratio in a $ 2 \times 2 $
Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214--220
I. D. Hill and
Richard Peto Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R22: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 35:
``Probabilities Derived from Finite
Populations'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221--226
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5]
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
R. Kay Proportional Hazard Regression Models
and the Analysis of Censored Survival
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227--237
K. V. Mardia and
R. J. Gadsden A Small Circle of Best Fit for Spherical
Data and Areas of Vulcanism . . . . . . 238--245
Gordon D. Murray A Cautionary Note on Selection of
Variables in Discriminant Analysis . . . 246--250
R. W. Payne and
G. N. Wilkinson A General Algorithm for Analysis of
Variance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251--260
A. B. Sunter List Sequential Sampling with Equal or
Unequal Probabilities without
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261--268
F. M. O'Carroll Subjective Probabilities and Short-Term
Economic Forecasts: An Empirical
Investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269--278
D. A. Hsu Tests for Variance Shift at an Unknown
Time Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279--284
D. J. Finney Dimensions of Statistics . . . . . . . . 285--289
T. Ozaki On the Order Determination of ARIMA
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--301
Ann D. Witte and
Peter Schmidt An Analysis of Recidivism, Using the
Truncated Lognormal Distribution . . . . 302--311
D. J. Finney and
Patricia Phillips The Form and Estimation of a Variance
Function, with Particular Reference to
Radioimmunoassay . . . . . . . . . . . . 312--320
M. F. Franklin and
R. A. Bailey Selection of Defining Contrasts and
Confounded Effects in Two-Level
Experiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321--326
Julian Besag and
Peter J. Diggle Simple Monte Carlo Tests for Spatial
Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327--333
K. R. Sundaram and
I. M. S. Lamba and
A. D. Taskar Miscellanea: The Height and Weight of
Indian Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 334--335
Pat Doyle Book Reviews: \em Statistics for
Comparative Studies, by Michael Hills 336--336
Derek Bissell Book Reviews: \em Sampling Inspection in
Statistical Quality Control, by W. C.
Guenther . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337--337
R. P. Hope Book Reviews: \em Basic Statistics for
Business and Economics 2nd Edition, by
P. G. Hoel and R. J. Jessen . . . . . . 337--338
Jean Morton-Williams Book Reviews: Fertility and Family
Planning in Europe Around 1970, by
United Nations and Department of
Economic and Social Affairs . . . . . . 338--339
M. Hills Book Reviews: \em An Introduction to
Multivariate Techniques for Social and
Behavioural Sciences, by S. Bennett and
D. Bowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--340
D. J. G. Farlie Book Reviews: \em Computer Software for
Social Science Data, by Beverley Rowe
and Marianne Scheer . . . . . . . . . . 340--340
R. J. Prescott Book Reviews: \em Modelling and Control
in the Biomedical Sciences, by H. T.
Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340--341
D. Holt Book Reviews: \em Multivariate Analysis
in Behavioural Research, by A. E.
Maxwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
J. R. Green Book Reviews: \em Statistics in
Geography: A Practical Approach, by
David Ebdon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--342
Morton B. Brown Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
116: The Tetrachoric Correlation and its
Asymptotic Standard Error . . . . . . . 343--351
Donald M. Monro and
John L. Branch Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
117: The Chirp Discrete Fourier
Transform of General Length . . . . . . 351--361
Brian Westcott Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
118: Approximate Rankits . . . . . . . . 362--364
Burton L. Leathers Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
119: Tabulating Sparse Joint Frequency
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364--368
J. P. Ley Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R23: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 61: ``Six-Line
Plots'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2]
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
N. R. J. Fieller Report on the 1977 Sheffield Conference
on Graphical Methods in Statistics . . . 1--3
D. R. Cox Some Remarks on the Role in Statistics
of Graphical Methods . . . . . . . . . . 4--9
P. Prescott Examination of the Behaviour of Tests
for Outliers when More than One Outlier
is Present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10--25
B. W. Silverman Density Ratios, Empirical Likelihood and
Cot Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26--33
Martin J. Crowder Beta-Binomial Anova for Proportions . . 34--37
Richard G. Jarrett The Analysis of Designed Experiments
with Missing Observations . . . . . . . 38--46
G. H. Brown Calibration with an Ultra-Structural
Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47--51
T. C. Mills The Functional Form of the U.K. Demand
for Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52--57
D. G. Jones A Method of Re-Interpreting Promotion
Rates in Terms of Promotion Prospectuses 58--66
Dale J. Poirier The Effect of the First Observation in
Regression Models with First-Order
Autoregressive Disturbances . . . . . . 67--68
N. K. Powell and
J. B. Westwood Buyer-Behaviour in Management Education 69--72
P. R. Freeman Miscellanea: Joint Conference at
Manchester --- A Summary Report . . . . 73--75
Hugo C. Hamaker Miscellanea: Approximating the
Cumulative Normal Distribution and its
Inverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76--77
A. A. Greenfield Miscellanea: Selection of Defining
Contrasts in Two-Level Experiments --- A
Modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78--78
C. M. Theobald and
R. G. Hunt Letters to the Editors . . . . . . . . . 79--80
A. A. Greenfield Book Reviews: \em Programming and
Algorithms: An Introduction, by A. J.
Guttmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81--81
A. A. Greenfield Book Reviews: \em Statistical Methods
for Digital Computers, by Kurt Enslein,
Anthony Ralston and Herbert S. Wilf . . 81--83
A. S. C. Ehrenberg Book Reviews: \em Descriptive
Statistics: A Contemporary Approach, by
Richard P. Runyon . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
A. S. C. Ehrenberg Book Reviews: Winning with Statistics: A
Painless First Look at Numbers, Ratios,
Percentages, Means, and Inference, by
Richard P. Runyon . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
Graham Watts Book Reviews: \em Quantitative Analysis
for Business Decisions, by H. Bierman,
C. P. Bonini and W. H. Hausman . . . . . 84--84
J. Tennant-Smith Book Reviews: \em Models of Preventive
Maintenance, by Ilya B. Gertsbakh . . . 85--85
P. J. Green Book Reviews: \em Probability and
Statistical Inference, by Robert V. Hogg
and Elliot A. Tanis . . . . . . . . . . 85--86
Keith Ord Book Reviews: \em Handbook of
Statistical Distributions, by J. K.
Patel, C. H. Kapadia and D. B. Owen . . 86--87
D. V. Lindley Book Reviews: \em Introduction to
Decision Theory, by J. Morgan Jones . . 87--87
S. N. Collings Book Reviews: \em General Sources of
Statistics, by G. F. Lock . . . . . . . 87--88
P. T. Harris Book Reviews: The Analysis of Survey
Data. Vol. 1: Exploring Data Structures,
by C. A. O'Muircheataigh and C. Payne 88--88
P. T. Harris Book Reviews: \em The Analysis of Survey
Data. Vol. 2: Model Fitting, by C. A.
O'Muircheataigh and C. Payne . . . . . . 88--88
I. G. Evans Book Reviews: \em Introductory
Statistics: A Decision Map, by Thad R.
Harshbarger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89--89
H. R. Waters Book Reviews: \em Risk Theory: The
Stochastic Basis of Insurance, by R. E.
Beard, T. Pentikainen and E. Pesonen . . 89--90
Graham Watts Book Reviews: \em Statistical Methods
for Business and Economics, by Roger C.
Pfaffenberger and James H. Patterson . . 90--90
Graham Watts Book Reviews: \em Mathematical Models in
Marketing --- A Collection of Abstracts,
by Ursula H. Funke . . . . . . . . . . . 90--91
Donald B. Rubin and
Thomas W. F. Stroud and
Dorothy Thayer Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
120: A Fortran Algorithm for the
Additive Model in a Two-Way Unbalanced
Manova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92--97
B. E. Schneider Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
121: Trigamma Function . . . . . . . . . 97--99
Robert Bohrer and
Winston Chow Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
122: Weights for One-Sided Multivariate
Inference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100--104
J. M. Bremner Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
123: Mixtures of Beta Distributions . . 104--109
R. J. Baker Statistical Algorithms: Correction: AS
112: Exact Distributions Derived from
Two-Way Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4]
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
Anonymous Volume Information . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
J. A. John Outliers in Factorial Experiments . . . 111--119
Bovas Abraham and
George E. P. Box Deterministic and forecast-adaptive
time-dependent models . . . . . . . . . 120--130
Bovas Abraham and
George E. P. Box Linear Models and Spurious Observations 131--138
G. Cohen and
K. M. Crawford A Problem in Estimating Bus Stop Times 139--148
Graham Kalton and
Martin Collins and
Lindsay Brook Experiments in Wording Opinion Questions 149--161
Patricia M. E. Altham Two Generalizations of the Binomial
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162--167
W.-Y. T. Chan and
Kenneth F. Wallis Multiple Time Series Modelling: Another
Look at the Mink-Muskrat Interaction . . 168--175
J. T. Casagrande and
M. C. Pike and
P. G. Smith The Power Function of the ``Exact'' Test
for Comparing Two Binomial Distributions 176--180
D. J. Best and
R. W. Farebrother Letters to the Editors . . . . . . . . . 181--182
Angela Dean Book Reviews: \em Experiments: Design
and Analysis (2nd Edition), by J. A.
John and M. H. Quenouille . . . . . . . 182--183
P. Holgate Book Reviews: \em On the History of
Statistics and Probability, by D. B.
Owen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183--183
Freda Conway Book Reviews: Statistical Teaching Aids
(2nd Edition), by T. Szmidt and A. F.
Bissell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183--184
I. G. Evans Book Reviews: \em Statistical Analysis
for Decision Making (2nd Edition), by
Morris Hamburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184--185
E. Kay Book Reviews: \em Statistical Design of
Fatigue Experiments, by R. E. Little and
E. H. Jebe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185--185
M. C. Fessey Book Reviews: \em Statistics and Public
Policy, by William B. Fairley and
Frederick Mosteller . . . . . . . . . . 186--186
G. J. A. Stern Book Reviews: \em Queueing Systems,
Volume 2: Computer Applications, by
Leonard Kleinrock . . . . . . . . . . . 186--187
Henry R. Neave Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
124: Sample Sizes for One-Sided and
Strong Two-Sided Distribution-Free
Tolerance Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . 188--190
S. W. Lagakos and
M. H. Kuhns Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
125: Maximum Likelihood Estimation for
Censored Exponential Survival Data with
Covariates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190--197
J. Barnard Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
126: Probability Integral of the Normal
Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197--198
Richard M. Heiberger Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
127: Generation of Random Orthogonal
Matrices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199--206
C. S. Davis and
M. A. Stephens Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
128: Approximating the Covariance Matrix
of Normal Order Statistics . . . . . . . 206--212
J. T. Casagrande and
M. C. Pike and
P. G. Smith Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
129: The Power Function of the ``Exact''
Test for Comparing Two Binomial
Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212--219
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4]
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
A. C. Bebbington A Method of Bivariate Trimming for
Robust Estimation of the Correlation
Coefficient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221--226
D. M. Titterington Estimation of Correlation Coefficients
by Ellipsoidal Trimming . . . . . . . . 227--234
S. W. Lagakos A Covariate Model for Partially Censored
Data Subject to Competing Causes of
Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235--241
Vic Barnett The Study of Outliers: Purpose and Model 242--250
Norm A. Campbell The Influence Function as an Aid in
Outlier Detection in Discriminant
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251--258
R. J. McKay A Graphical Aid to Selection of
Variables in Two-Group Discriminant
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--263
C. Chatfield The Holt-Winters Forecasting Procedure 264--279
Jerrold H. Zar Approximations for the Percentage Points
of the Chi-Squared Distribution . . . . 280--290
C. E. McHenry Computation of a Best Subset in
Multivariate Analysis . . . . . . . . . 291--296
A. G. Constantine and
J. C. Gower Graphical Representation of Asymmetric
Matrices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297--304
B. D. Bunday and
R. A. Lee The Efficiency of a Textile Winding
Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305--309
Martin J. Crowder On Concurrent Regression Lines . . . . . 310--318
Izzet Sahin and
David J. Hendrick On Strike Durations and a Measure of
Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319--324
G. D. Murray and
D. M. Titterington Estimation Problems with Data from a
Mixture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--334
H. D. Patterson and
R. A. Bailey Design Keys for Factorial Experiments 335--343
S. Tavare Miscellanea: Conference on Ecological
Statistics --- A Summary Report . . . . 344--345
Annette J. Dobson Miscellanea: Simple Approximations for
the von Mises Concentration Statistic 345--347
D. G. Altman Miscellanea: Plotting Probability
Ellipses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347--349
S. Nandy Letter to the Editors . . . . . . . . . 350--350
I. D. Hill Book Reviews: \em Computer Programs that
Work!, by J. D. Lee, G. Beech and T. D.
Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351--352
M. R. Sampford Book Reviews: \em Sampling Techniques,
by W. G. Cochran . . . . . . . . . . . . 352--352
D. N. Sparks Book Reviews: \em Tables of Random
Times, by I. D. Hill . . . . . . . . . . 352--353
J. Taylor Book Reviews: \em Basic Statistics for
Medical and Social Students, by A. E.
Maxwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353--353
Jane F. Gentleman Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
130: Moving Statistics for Enhanced
Scatter Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354--358
Burton L. Leathers Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
131: Tabulating Frequency Distributions
for Variables with Structured Code Sets 359--362
Ronald D. Armstrong and
Mabel Tam Kung Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
132: Least Absolute Value Estimates for
a Simple Linear Regression Problem . . . 363--366
A. \vZilinskas Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
133: Optimization of One-Dimensional
Multimodal Functions . . . . . . . . . . 367--375
David C. Hoaglin and
Max L. King Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R24: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 98: The Spectral
Test for the Evaluation of Congruential
Pseudo-Random Generators . . . . . . . . 375--377
Ronald D. Armstrong and
Edward L. Frome Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R25: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 108: Multiple
Linear Regression with Minimum Sum of
Absolute Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . 378--378
I. D. Hill Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R26: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 76: An Integral
Useful in Calculating Non-Central $t$
and Bivariate Normal Probabilities . . . 379--379
J. C. Barrett and
M. J. R. Healy Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R27: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 6: Triangular
Decomposition of a Symmetric Matrix . . 379--380
I. D. Hill Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R28: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 47: Function
Minimization Using a Simplex Procedure 380--382
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6]
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
W. F. Bennett The Analysis of Transient Spectral
Components with the Autoregressive
Spectral Estimator . . . . . . . . . . . 1--13
Trevor F. Cox A Method for Mapping the Dense and
Sparse Regions of a Forest Stand . . . . 14--19
A. P. Dawid and
A. M. Skene Maximum Likelihood Estimation of
Observer Error-Rates Using the EM
Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20--28
A. C. Atkinson The Computer Generation of Poisson
Random Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . 29--35
P. Prescott Critical Values for a Sequential Test
for Many Outliers . . . . . . . . . . . 36--39
Henry D. Kahn Least Squares Estimation for the Inverse
Power Law for Accelerated Life Tests . . 40--46
G. F. Koons and
J. J. Geissler and
B. Perlic A Method for the Statistical Analysis of
a Changeable Independent Variable in a
Batch Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47--54
Colin Aitken and
D. Gordon MacDonald An Application of Discrete Kernel
Methods to Forensic Odontology . . . . . 55--61
D. A. Hsu Long-Tailed Distributions for Position
Errors in Navigation . . . . . . . . . . 62--72
Anonymous Book Reviews: Review of Tables of Random
Times: Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . 72--72
Anonymous Book Reviews: Tables of Random Times, by
I. D. Hill and P. A. Hill . . . . . . . 72--72
K. R. Sundaram and
I. M. S. Lamba and
A. D. Taskar Miscellanea: Corrections: The Height and
Weight of Indian Children . . . . . . . 72--72
V. T. Farewell and
D. R. Cox Miscellanea: A Note on Multiple Time
Scales in Life Testing . . . . . . . . . 73--75
F. H. C. Marriott Miscellanea: Barnard's Monte Carlo
Tests: How Many Simulations? . . . . . . 75--77
P. N. Lee Letter to the Editors . . . . . . . . . 78--78
A. S. C. Ehrenberg Book Reviews: \em Exploratory Data
Analysis, by John W. Tukey . . . . . . . 79--83
I. D. Hill Book Reviews: \em Scientific Analysis on
the Pocket Calculator (2nd Edition), by
Jon M. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--84
A. J. Lawrance Book Reviews: \em Stochastic Modelling
of Daily Rainfall Sequences, by T. A.
Buishand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
Tony Greenfield Book Reviews: A Guide to Operational
Research (3rd Edition), by W. E.
Duckworth, A. E. Gear and A. G. Lockett 85--85
Tony Greenfield Book Reviews: \em Introduction to the
Design and Analysis of Algorithms, by S.
E. Goodman and S. T. Hedetniemi . . . . 85--86
Tony Greenfield Book Reviews: \em Statistics and
Experimental Design in Engineering and
the Physical Sciences (2nd Edition), by
Norman L. Johnson and Fred C. Leone . . 86--87
Tony Greenfield Book Reviews: \em Nonparametric
Statistics: A Contemporary Approach, by
Richard P. Runyon . . . . . . . . . . . 87--87
B. E. Cooper Book Reviews: COMPSTAT 1976, by Johannes
Gordesch and Peter Naeve . . . . . . . . 87--88
Graham Watts Book Reviews: \em Statistical Methods
for Business and Economics, by Roger C.
Pfaffenberger and James H. Patterson . . 88--89
B. E. Cooper Book Reviews: GEM. A General Econometric
Matrix Program, by Lucy Joan Slater . . 89--89
A. C. Atkinson and
J. Whittaker Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
134: The Generation of Beta Random
Variables with one Parameter Greater
than and One Parameter Less than $1$ . . 90--93
Ronald D. Armstrong and
David S. Kung Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
135: Min-Max Estimates for a Linear
Multiple Regression Problem . . . . . . 93--100
J. A. Hartigan and
M. A. Wong Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
136: A $K$-Means Clustering Algorithm 100--108
B. D. Ripley Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
137: Simulating Spatial Patterns:
Dependent Samples from a Multivariate
Density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109--112
M. A. Porter and
D. J. Winstanley Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R29:
Remarks on AS 110: $ L_p $ Norm Fit of a
Straight Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112--113
G. E. Thomas Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R30: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 76: An Integral
Useful in Calculating Non-Central $t$
and Bivariate Normal Probabilities . . . 113--113
J. C. Young and
Ch. E. Minder Statistical Algorithms: Correction: AS
76: An Integral Useful in Calculating
Non-Central $t$ and Bivariate Normal
Probabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4]
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
Patricia M. E. Altham Detecting relationships between
categorical variables observed over
time: a problem of deflating a
chi-squared statistic . . . . . . . . . 115--125
A. N. Pettitt A non-parametric approach to the
change-point problem . . . . . . . . . . 126--135
V. T. Farewell An application of Cox's proportional
hazard model to multiple infection data 136--143
Eryl A. C. Shirley The comparison of treatment with control
group means in toxicological studies . . 144--151
D. J. Best and
N. I. Fisher Efficient Simulation of the von Mises
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152--157
Niels Bache Approximate percentage points for the
distribution of a product of independent
positive random variables . . . . . . . 158--162
T. P. Hutchinson A Comment on Replicated Paired
Comparisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163--169
Francis C. Hsuan Generating Uniform Polygonal Random
Pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170--172
G. H. Jowett Miscellanea: Statistical tests with
hand-calculator standard deviations . . 173--174
Bruce W. Schmeiser Miscellanea: Approximations to the
inverse cumulative normal function for
use on hand calculators . . . . . . . . 175--176
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Technology. 2nd Edition, by C. Chatfield 177--177
R. L. Holder Book Reviews: \em Data Analysis and
Regression, by Frederick Mosteller and
John W. Tukey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177--178
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Statistical and Financial Tables for the
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Biostatistics for the Health Sciences,
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and M. Clinton Miller . . . . . . . . . 179--180
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Contingency Tables, by D. V. Gokhale and
S. Kullback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180--181
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Analysis: A Practical Primer, by D. R.
McNeil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--181
Tony Greenfield Book Reviews: \em An Introduction to
Linear Control Systems, by Thomas E.
Fortmann and Konrad L. Hitz . . . . . . 181--182
Derek Bissell Book Reviews: \em Elementary Statistics:
An Applied Approach, by Neil R. Ullman 182--183
A. Springall Book Reviews: \em Applied Statistics for
Science and Industry, by Albert Romano 183--183
P. D. Oldham and
D. J. Newell Letter to the Editors . . . . . . . . . 184--184
M. S. Wolynetz Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
138: Maximum Likelihood Estimation from
Confined and Censored Normal Data . . . 185--195
M. S. Wolynetz Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
139: Maximum Likelihood Estimation in a
Linear Model from Confined and Censored
Normal Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195--206
Gary W. Oehlert Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
140: Clustering the Nodes of a Directed
Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206--214
Philippe Kent Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
141: Inversion of a Symmetric Matrix in
Regression Models . . . . . . . . . . . 214--217
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [8]
Anonymous Editorial: Invitation to Potential
Authors of ``Case Study'' Papers . . . . [1]
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
Stella Y. Cunliffe and
H. Goldstein Ethical Aspects of Survey Research . . . 219--222
M. A. Moran and
B. J. Murphy A closer look at two alternative methods
of statistical discrimination . . . . . 223--232
Murray Aitkin A simultaneous test procedure for
contingency table models . . . . . . . . 233--242
A. C. Kimber Tests for a Single Outlier in a Gamma
Sample with Unknown Shape and Scale
Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243--250
C. A. Glasbey Correlated Residuals in Non-Linear
Regression Applied to Growth Data . . . 251--259
A. C. Atkinson Recent developments in the computer
generation of Poisson random variables 260--263
R. J. Prescott Models for Local and Systemic Effects in
Bilateral Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 264--270
Hans K. Ury and
David C. Kleinecke Tables of the Distribution of Spearman's
Footrule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271--275
Graham Kalton and
Richard Stowell A Study of Coder Variability . . . . . . 276--289
R. C. H. Cheng and
G. M. Feast Some Simple Gamma Variate Generators . . 290--295
D. Walley and
T. Fearn Trapezium Rules, O.K. . . . . . . . . . 296--297
M. J. Newby Miscellanea: The simulation of order
statistics from life distributions . . . 298--300
Philip M. North Miscellanea: A Novel Clustering Method
for Estimating Numbers of Bird
Territories: An Addendum . . . . . . . . 300--301
Ian Clarke Letter to the Editors . . . . . . . . . 302--302
V. Barnett Book Reviews: \em Applied Statistics, by
John Neter, William Wasserman and G. A.
Whitmore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303--303
I. D. Hill Book Reviews: Compatible Fortran, by A.
Colin Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304--304
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J. A. Nelder Book Reviews: \em The Analysis of
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Upton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--307
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The Working Party on Statistical Computing The Construction and Description of
Algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--318
Leonard Bayer and
Christopher Cox Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
142: Exact Tests of Significance in
Binary Regression Models . . . . . . . . 319--324
F. K. Bedall and
H. Zimmermann Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
143: The Mediancentre . . . . . . . . . 325--328
James M. Boyett Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
144: Random $ R \times C $ Tables with
Given Row and Column Totals . . . . . . 329--332
P. R. Freeman Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
145: Exact Distribution of the Largest
Multinomial Frequency . . . . . . . . . 333--336
Anonymous Statistical Algorithms: Corrections:
Algorithm AS 141 . . . . . . . . . . . . 336--336
Anonymous Statistical Algorithms: Corrections:
(Algorithm AS 76): Remark AS R30 . . . . 336--336
Anonymous Recent Statistical Algorithm . . . . . . 337--340
Anonymous Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2]
Anonymous Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
Anonymous Volume Information . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
Chi-Leung L. Lau Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
147: A Simple Series for the Incomplete
Gamma Integral . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113--114
J. T. Casagrande and
M. C. Pike and
P. G. Smith Correction to: The power function of the
``exact'' test for comparing two
binomial distributions . . . . . . . . . 118--118
R. W. Farebrother Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
153: Pan's Procedure for the Tail
Probabilities of the Durbin-Watson
Statistic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224--227
M. S. Wolynetz Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R31: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 139. Maximum
Likelihood Estimation in a Linear Model
from Confined and Censored Normal Data 228--228
Chi-Leung Lau Corrigenda: Algorithm AS 147. A Simple
Series for the Incomplete Gamma Integral 229--229
Robert B. Davies Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
155: The Distribution of a Linear
Combination of $ \chi^2 $ Random
Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323--333
M. S. Wolynetz Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R32: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 139: Maximum
Likelihood Estimation in a Linear Model
from Confined and Censored Normal Data 105--105
I. D. Hill and
R. E. Wheeler Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R33: A
Remark on Algorithms AS 99: Fitting
Johnson Curves by Moments and AS 100:
Normal-Johnson and Johnson-Normal
Transformations . . . . . . . . . . . . 106--106
T. M. M. Farley Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R34: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 112: Exact
Distributions Derived from Two-way
Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106--107
J. T. Casagrande Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R35: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 129: The Power
Function of the ``Exact'' Test for
Comparing Two Binomial Distributions . . 108--108
W. Douglas Stirling Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
169: An Improved Algorithm for Scatter
Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345--349
Robert Bohrer Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R36: A
Remark on AS 122: Weights for One-Sided
Multivariable Inference . . . . . . . . 352--353
E. L. Frome Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R37: A
Remark on AS 73: Cross-Spectrum
Smoothing via the Finite Fourier
Transform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
E. L. Frome Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R38: A
Remark on AS 125: Maximum Likelihood
Estimation for Censored Exponential
Survival Data with Covariates . . . . . 355--355
R. England and
D. Beynon Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R39: A
Remark on AS 136: A $K$-Means Clustering
Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355--356
M. J. Campbell Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R40: A
Remark on AS 141: Inversion of a
Symmetric Matrix in Regression Models 356--356
Mohamed el Lozy Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R41: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 126: Probability
Integral of the Normal Range . . . . . . 99--99
Martin A. Tanner and
Ronald A. Thisted Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R42: A
Remark on AS 127. Generation of Random
Orthogonal Matrices . . . . . . . . . . 190--192
P. R. Freeman Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R44: A
Remark on AS 6 and AS 7: Triangular
Decomposition of a Symmetric Matrix and
Inversion of a Positive Semi-Definite
Symmetric Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . 336--339
R. G. Harris Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R46:
Remark on AS 169: An Improved Algorithm
for Scatter Plots . . . . . . . . . . . 340--340
J. H. Dodgson and
I. D. Hill Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R48: A
Remark on Algorithm 100: Normal-Johnson
and Johnson-Normal Transformations . . . 345--345
P. M. Grant and
T. R. Hopkins Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R49: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 135: Min-Max
Estimates for Linear Multiple Regression
Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345--347
R. W. Farebrother Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R52:
The Distribution of a Linear Combination
of Central $ \chi^2 $ Random Variables:
A Remark on AS 153: Pan's Procedure for
the Tail Probabilities of the
Durbin-Watson Statistic . . . . . . . . 363--366
R. W. Farebrother Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R53: A
Remark on Algorithms AS 106, AS 153 and
AS 155: The Distribution of a Linear
Combination of $ \chi^2 $ Random
Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366--369
Michael E. Dewey Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R54: A
Remark on Algorithms AS 169: An Improved
Algorithm for Scatter Plots . . . . . . 370--372
Youn-Min Chou Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R55: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 76: An Integral
Useful in Calculating Noncentral $T$ and
Bivariate Normal Probabilities . . . . . 100--101
Youn-Min Chou Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R56: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 5: The Integral
of the Noncentral $t$-Distribution . . . 102--102
Lory R. Rice and
Rose E. Gaines Das Statistical Algorithms: A Remark on
Algorithms AS 32 and AS 147. The
Incomplete Gamma Integral . . . . . . . 326--326
M. E. Dewey Statistical Algorithms: Remark ASR 60: A
Remark on AS 112 Exact Distributions
Derived from Two-Way Tables . . . . . . 86--88
G. E. Thomas Statistical Algorithms: Remark ASR 65: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 76: An Integral
Useful in Calculating Non-Central $t$
and Bivariate Normal Probabilities . . . 310--312
R. W. Farebrother Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R68:
Constrained and Unconstrained $ L_1 $
Estimation A Remark on AS 108: Multiple
Linear Regression with Minimum Sum of
Absolute Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
I. D. Hill Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R70: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 16. Maximum
Likelihood Estimation from Grouped and
Censored Normal Data . . . . . . . . . . 119--120
B. L. Shea and
A. J. Scallon Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R72: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 128.
Approximating the Covariance Matrix of
Normal Order Statistics . . . . . . . . 151--155
G. W. Cran Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R79:
Comment on: A Remark on Algorithms AS 32
and AS 147: The Incomplete Gamma
Integral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423--423
Richard J. Boys Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
R80: A Remark on Algorithm AS 76: An
Integral Useful in Calculating
Noncentral $t$ and Bivariate Normal
Probabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580--582
Michael E. Dewey Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R81: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 131: Tabulating
Frequency Distributions for Variables
with Structured Code Sets . . . . . . . 582--582
R. W. Payne Statistical Algorithms: Remark AS R82: A
Remark on Algorithm AS 65: Interpreting
Structure Formulae . . . . . . . . . . . 167--175
K. J. Berry and
P. W. Mielke, Jr. and
G. W. Cran Statistical Algorithms: Algorithm AS
R83: A Remark on Algorithm AS 109:
Inverse of the Incomplete Beta Function
Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--310
K. J. Berry and
P. W. Mielke and
G. W. Cran Correction of Algorithm AS R83 --- A
remark on Algorithm AS 109: Inverse of
the incomplete beta function ratio . . . 236--236