Correspondence Analysis in Statistical Package Programs

BMDP, Version 7.0: Available from BMDP, Statistical Software, Inc., 12121 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90025; phone: 310-207-8800; fax: 310-207-8844. $695.

NCSS, Version 5.3: Available from NCSS, Attn: Dr. Jerry Hintze, 329 N. 1000 East, Kaysville, UT 84037; phone: 801-546-0445; fax: 801-546-3907. $295.

SAS, Version 6.07: Available from SAS Institute, Inc., SASA Campus Drive, Cary, NC 27513; phone: 919-677-8200; fax: 919-677-8123. $2525 (first year); $1175 (renewal).

SPSS, Version 6.0: Available from SPSS Inc., 444 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611; phone: 800-543-5831; fax: 800-841-0064. $1190.     

Statistical Computing Software Reviews

This department includes the two sections New Developments in Statistical Computing and Statistical Computing Software Reviews; suitable contents for each of these sections is described under the respective section heading. Articles submitted for the department, outside the two sections, should not be highly technical and should be relevant to the teaching or practice of statistical computing.

This section is similar in organization to a Book Review section in other journals; however, software of interest to statisticians is the subject of review here. Emphasis is on software for microcomputers. Programs that operate only in larger mainframe computers will seldom receive review. Normally, producers of programs make a copy of their product available to the Section Editor, who then selects one or more persons to test the product and prepare a review.

Producers of computer software who wish to have their product reviewed are invited to contact the Section Editor, Professor Kenneth Berk, Department of Mathematics, 313 Stevenson Hall, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61761.

Findings and opinions expressed in every review are solely those of the author. They should not be construed as reflecting endorsement of the product, or opinions held, by the American Statistical Association, nor is any warranty implied about any product reviewed.

SYSTAT Leland Wilkinson. Available from Systat, Inc., 603 Main St., Evanston, IL 60202. $495 (multiple copy and site fees available). Reviewed by Mark I. Scherwish

AIDA, Version 9/82 David A. Lingwood, Available from Action-Research Northwest, 11442 Marine View Drive, S.W., Seattle, WA 98146. $235. Reviewed by Walter Liggett

MSUSTAT, MS/PC-DOS and CP/M-80 Version 2.20 Richard E. Lund. Available from Research and Development, Inc., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717–0002. $187.50 (university and multiple-copy discounts available). Reviewed by Mervyn G. Marasinghe     

Statistical Computing Software Reviews

RATS. Thomas A. Doan and Robert B. Litterman. Available from VAR Econometrics, Inc., P.O. Box 19334, Minneapolis, MN 55419. Large memory version $300; small memory version $200; multiple copy discounts available.

SPSS/PC+ Available from SPSS Inc., 444 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3000, Chicago, IL 60611. SPSS/PC +, $795; SPSS/PC + Tables, $295; SPSS/PC+ Advanced Statistics, $295.     

Statistical Computing Software Reviews

This section is similar in organization to a Book Review section in other journals; however, software of interest to statisticians is the subject of review here. Emphasis is on software for microcomputers. Programs that operate only in larger mainframe computers will seldom receive review. Normally, producers of programs make a copy of their product available to the Section Editor, who then selects one or more persons to test the product and prepare a review.

Producers of computer software who wish to have their product reviewed are invited to contact the Section Editor, Professor Kenneth Berk, Department of Mathematics, 313 Stevenson Hall, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61761.

Findings and opinions expressed in every review are solely those of the author. They should not be construed as reflecting endorsement of the product, or opinions held, by the American Statistical Association, nor is any warranty implied about any product reviewed.

STAN, Version II.0. David M. Allen. Available from Statistical Consultants, Inc., 462 E. High Street, Lexington, KY 40508. $300. Reviewed by Peter A. Lachenbruch     

Medical Statistics at the Medical School of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

PowerPack (Version 2.22) Russell V. Lenth. 3061 Hastings Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa 52245; (319) 337–8549. Bitnet: Blarvlpd @ Uiamvs. $195; 50% educational discount. Reviewed by Ralph G. O'Brien

Nwa Statpak (Version 4.1) Northwest Analytical Inc. 520 N.W. Davis Street, Portland, Oregon 97209; (503) 224–7727. $495; discounts for academic users and multiple-copy users. Reviewed by Barbara L. Mann     

Reviews and Notices

Abstract

A Statistical Study of Illegitimacy: Illegitimacy, and the Influence of Seasons upon Conduct. Two studies in Demography. By Albert Leffingwell, M.D. With maps and diagrams. London and New York, 1892. Pp. viii, 160. Reviewed by Charles F. A. Currier.

Mortgage Indebtedness in Europe. Reviewed by George K. Holmes.

Statistics of Divorce in France.

Anthropometry: The results of Anthropometry as derived from the measurements of the Students of Amherst College. Amherst, 1892. Pp. 7, Tables.

A University Course in Statistics.

Convention of Commissioners of Bureaus of Labor Statistics.

Statistics of Prisoners, 1890: Statistics of Prisoners, 1890. Collected by the Wardens' Association of the United States and Canada; with an introduction by Roland P. Falkner, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Statistics, University of Penn. Published by the Association, 1892. 800. Pp. 56. Reviewed by A. G. Warner.     

Case studies in reliability and maintenance

edited by Wallace R. Blischke and D. N. Prabhakar Murthy, 2003, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA, 661 + xxvii pp., [ISBN: 0-471-41373-9]     

Reviews of Books and Teaching Materials

Workshop Statistics: Discovery with Data and Minitab. Allan J. ROSSMAN and Beth L. CHANCE. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1998, xxviii + 486 pp. $39.95 (P).

Data Analysis with Microsoft Excel. Kenneth N. BERK and Patrick CAREY. Pacific Grove, CA: Duxbury, 1998, xxi + 503 pp. $29.95 (P), ISBN: 0-534-52929-1.

Statistical Laboratory Exercises Using Excel: A Guide to Understanding Data. Tania PRVAN and Peter PETOCZ. Brisbane: Jacaranda Wiley, 1998, vi + 57 pp., $15.95 (P + 1 disc), ISBN: 0-471-34050-2. Reviewed by Richard Cleary

Data, Statistics, and Decision Models with Excel. Donald L. HARNETT and James E. HORRELL. New York: Wiley, 1998, xviii + 605, $93.95, ISBN: 0-471-13398-1. Reviewed by Sue B. Schou

Maple V© Student Version: Release 5. Waterloo Maple, Inc., New York: Springer-Verlag, 1998, $99.

Statistics with Stata 5. Lawrence C. HAMILTON. Pacific Grove, CA: Duxbury, 1998, x + 325 pp. $34.95, ISBN: 0-534-26559-6. Reviewed by Richard Goldstein     

Book Reviews

A First Course in Probability Models and Statistical Inference. J.H.C. Creighton. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1994. xxxi + 717 pp. $49.95. Reviewed by Bruce Kino

Statistical Methods: An Introductory Text. J. Mehdi. New Delhi: Wiley Eastern Limited, 1992, xii + 438 pp. $37.97. Reviewed by William D. Warde

Regression Analysis—Concepts and Applications. Franklin A. Graybill and Hariharan K. Iyer. Florence, KY: Wadsworth Inc., 1994, 701 pp. $59.95. Reviewed by Larry Winner     

Reviews and Notices

Abstract

Longstaff's Studies in Statistics: Studies in Statistics. Social, Political, and Medical. By George Blundell Longstaff, M.A., M.B., etc. London: Edward Stanford. 1891. 8vo. Pp. 455. Maps and diagrams. Reviewed by S. W. Abbott.

Keynes on Statistics: The Scope and Method of Political Economy. By John Neville Keynes, M.A., London. Macmillan and Company. 1891. Pp. xiv, 359. Reviewed by Davis R. Dewey.

United States Census Bulletins: 1No. 39. March 16, 1891. Wealth and Resources of Alaska. By Ivan Petroff. Pp. 15.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 40. March 17. Population by Counties, North Central Division. Pp. 9.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 41. March 19. Agriculture, Truck Farming. By J. H. Hale. Pp. 12.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 42. March 20. Population by Counties, South Central and Western Divisions. Pp. 9.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 43. March 21. Coal Product West of the Mississippi River. By John H. Jones. Pp. 8.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 44. March 25. Distribution of Population in Accordance with Mean Relative Humidity of the Atmosphere. By Henry Gannett. Pp. 3.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 45. March 26. Granite. By William C. Day. Pp. 41.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 46. March 27. Railway Statistics of the New England States. By Henry C. Adams. Pp. 18.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 47. March 28. Distribution of Population by Drainage Basins. By Henry Gannett. Pp. 5.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 48. April 7. The White and Colored Population of the South. 1890. Pp. 27.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 49. April 14. Precious and Ornamental Stones and Diamond Cutting. By George Frederick Kunz. Pp. 8.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 50. April 15. Population of Rhode Island by Minor Civil Divisions. Pp. 3.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 51. April 16. Population of Vermont by Minor Civil Divisions. Pp. 4.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 52. April 17. Urban Population in 1890. Cities Containing 8000 Inhabitants or more. Pp. 9.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 53. April 20. Statistics of Education. Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Missouri, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, and forty-two Cities. By James H. Blodgett. Pp. 34.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 54. April 23. Public School Finances. By J. K. Upton. Pp. 12.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 55. April 24. The Relative Economy of Cable, Electric, and Animal Motive Power for Street Railways. By Charles H. Cooley. Pp. 17.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 56. April 25. Population of Maine by Minor Civil Divisions. Pp. 7.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 57. April 27. Population of Delaware by Minor Civil Divisions. Pp. 3.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 58. April 28. Population of Connecticut by Minor Civil Divisions. Pp. 3.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 59. April 29. Commercial Floriculture. By J. H. Hale. Pp. 11.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 60. April 30. Irrigation in New Mexico. By F. H. Newell. Pp. 14.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 61. May 8. The Production of Mica. By L. J. Childs. Pp. 6.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 62. May 9. Asylums for the Insane in the United States. By Dr. John S. Billings and W. H. Olcott. Pp. 32.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 63. May 11. Distribution of Population in Accordance with Latitude and Longitude. With diagrams. By Henry Gannett. Pp. 7.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 64. May 12. Foreign, National, State, and County Indebtedness. By J. K. Upton. Pp. 52.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 65. May 13. Distribution of Population in Accordance with Topographic Features. By Henry Gannett. Pp. 7.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 66. May 14. Floating Equipment on the Great Lakes. By Henry C. Adams. Pp. 11.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 68. May 16. Production of Manganese Ores. By Joseph D. Weeks. Pp. 5.

United States Census Bulletins: Mo. 69. May 18. Population of New Jersey by Minor Civil Divisions. Pp. 6.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 70. May 22. Statistics of Churches. By Henry K. Carroll. Pp. 27.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 71. May 23. Production of Bluestone. By William C. Day. Pp. 6.

Congress of Demography.

Old Age and Pauperism in England.

Mortality of English Clergymen.

Fire Statistics.     

Reviews and Notices

Abstract

Medical Statistics of the Negro: The Surgical Peculiarities of the American Negro. By Rudolph Matas, M.D., Professor of Surgery, Medical Department of Tulane University of Louisiana. Reviewed by Frederick L. Hoffman.

Mulhall's Statistics: Industries and wealth of Nations. By Michael G. Mulhall. Longmans, Green & Co. London, New York, and Bombay. 1896. Pp.451.

New York Bureau of Municipal Statistics.

Boston Department of Statistics.

Memorials.

Washington Meetings.

Municipal Statistical Offices.     

Reviews and Notes

Abstract

An Introduction to the Theory of Statistics. By G. Udney Yule. London: Charles Griffen and Company. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. 1911. Pp. xiii, 376. Reviewed by Wm. B. Bailey

Ungarisches Statistisches Jahrbuch. Neue Folge, XVII, 1909. Reviewed by F. S. Crum

The Public Health Agitation, 1833–48. By B. L. Hutchins. (London 44 Fleet St., E. C., 1909. Pp. 150.) Reviewed by J. Pease Norton

Tenth Annual Report on Strikes and Lockouts, 1908. Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics. (Part II of the Fortieth Annual Report on the Statistics of Labor.) Boston, 1910. Reviewed by Ira B. Cross     

Reviews and Notices

Abstract

Reports of Health and Vital Statistics: Indiana. Ninth Annual Report of the State Board of Health for the fiscal year ending October 31, 1891; and Annual Report of the Bureau of Vital and Sanitary Statistics. Indianapolis, 1891. Reviewed by Gary N. Calkins.

Reports of Health and Vital Statistics: Kansas. Fifth Annual Report of the State Board of Health, ending December 31, 1889. Topeka, 1890. Reviewed by Gary N. Calkins.

Reports of Health and Vital Statistics: Massachusetts. Twenty-Second Annual Report of the State Board of Health. Boston, 1891. Reviewed by Gary N. Calkins.

Reports of Health and Vital Statistics: Michigan. Seventeenth Annual Report of the Secretary of the State Board of Health for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889. Lansing, 1890. Reviewed by Gary N. Calkins.

Reports of Health and Vital Statistics: New Hampshire. Tenth Annual Report relating to the Registration and Returns of Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths, for the year 1889. Manchester, 1891. Reviewed by Gary N. Calkins.

Reports of Health and Vital Statistics: New Jersey. Thirteenth Annual Report of the Board of Health, and Report of the Bureau of Vital Statistics. Camden, 1889. Reviewed by Gary N. Calkins.

Reports of Health and Vital Statistics: New York. Eleventh Annual Report of the State Board of Health. Volumes I, II. Albany, 1891. Reviewed by Gary N. Calkins.

Reports of Health and Vital Statistics: North Carolina. Third Biennial Report of the Board of Health for the years 1889 and 1890. Raleigh, 1891. Reviewed by Gary N. Calkins.

Reports of Health and Vital Statistics: Ontario. Report relating to the Registration of Births, Marriages, and Deaths for the year ending December 31, 1889. Toronto, 1890. Reviewed by Gary N. Calkins.

Reports of Health and Vital Statistics: Ontario. Ninth Annual Report of the Provincial Board of Health for the year 1890. Toronto. 1891. Reviewed by Gary N. Calkins.

Reports of Health and Vital Statistics: Wisconsin. Thirteenth Report of the State Board of Health, 1889–90. Madison, 1891. Reviewed by Gary N. Calkins.

Reports of Health and Vital Statistics: New York City. Annual Report of the Board of Health of the Health Department for the year ending December 31, 1890. New York, 1891. Reviewed by Gary N. Calkins.

Statistics of Pauperism in Hartford: Report of the Special Committee on Out-door Alms of the Town of Hartford, 1891. Hartford. The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company. 1891. Pp. lxxi, 93. Reviewed by A. G. Warner.

Comparison of Movement of Population in Prussia and France: The following is based upon material published in the Zeitschrift des Königes Preussischen Statistischen Bureaus. 1891. Nos. 1–2. Reviewed by F. C. Norton.

Suicides in Prussia and Italy: The following paragraphs are taken from the Zeitschrift des Kön. Preus. Stat. Bureaus, 1891, Nos. 1–2. Reviewed by F. C. Holmes.

Anthropometric Statistics: Thirtieth Annual Report of the Professor of Hygiene and Physical Education of Amherst College. 1891. Pp. 20. Map. Reviewed by R. Waterman, Jr.

The Census of Berlin: Einstweilige Ergebrisse der Volkszählung vom 1. December, 1890, in der Stadt Berlin. Veröffentlicht vom Statistischen Amt der Stadt. 1891. Pp. 64.

Statistics of Vaccination: Neue Beiträge zur Frage des Impfschutzes. Zweite Beobachtungsserie, 1887–88. Von Josef Körösi, Director des Budapester Communal-statistischen Bureaus. Berlin, 1891.

Statistical Articles in Magazines and Journals: Journal de la Société de Statistique de Paris. April, 1891. ÉAtude sur les placements faits a l'étranger par les differents peuples. By M. Georges Martin. Reviewed by William Z. Ripley.

Journal des Economistes. Sept., 1891. The Progress of Paper Money. By E. Fournier de Flaix. Reviewed by William Z. Ripley.

Revue d'Économie Politique. May, June, 1891.Une statistique des mariages. By Prof. Harald Westergaard. Reviewed by William Z. Ripley.

Revue d'Hygiène. November 20, 1891. De la Morbidité et la Mortalité par Professions. By Dr. Jacques Bertillon. Reviewed by Gary N. Calkins.

The Archiv für Eisenbahnwesen. August, 1891. Prozentbarechnung über den Personenverkehr. Reviewed by Victor Rosewater.

Conrad's Jahrbuch. July, 1891. Die Ergebnisse der Konkursstatistik. By Dr. A. Wirminghaus.

Frauenarbeit. By Prof. Stieda.

Archiv für soziale Gesetzgebnng und Statistik. IV, No. 2, 1891. Neuere Untersuchungen uber die Lage der arbeitenden Klassen in Holland. By Dr. Otto Pringsheim.

Zeitschrift des K. Sachsischen Statistischen Bureaus. 1890. Nos. 3–4. Dresden, August, 1891.

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. London. June, 1891.

Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland. Sept., 1891. The Congested Districts. By Richard J. Kelly.

The Economic Review. October, 1891. London.

Transactions of the Manchester Statistical Society. 1890–91.

The Fortnightly Review. December. The Canadian Census. By J. G. Colmer.

The Charity Organization Review. London. December, 1891. Character and development of the German Labor Colonies, from the opening of the first colony in 1882 to 1889. By Dr. Berthold.     

Reviews and Notices

Abstract

Reports of Bureaus of Labor Statistics: Fifth Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor. 1889. Railroad Labor. Carroll D. Wright. Washington. 1890. Pp. 888. Reviewed by Arthur T. Hadley

Indiana.—Second * Biennial Report (Eighth Volume) of the Department of Statistics 1887–88. Wm. A. Peelle, Jr., Commissioner. Indianapolis. 1888. Reviewed by Frank R. Hathaway.

Iowa.—Third Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics 1888–89. E. R. Hutchins, Commissioner. Des Moines. 1889. Pp. cxiii, 440. Reviewed by Frank R. Hathaway.

Kansas.—Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics. 1889. Frank H. Betton, Commissioner. Topeka. 1890. Pp. 407. Reviewed by Frank R. Hathaway.

Michigan.—Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics. A. H. Heath, Commissioner. Lansing. 1891. Pp. vviii, 451. Reviewed by Frank R. Hathaway.

Minnesota.—Second Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 1889–90. John Lamb, Commissioner. Minneapolis. 1891. Pp. 377. Reviewed by Frank R. Hathaway.

Missouri.— Twelfth Annual Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 1890. Lee Meriwether, Commissioner. Jefferson City. 1890. Pp. 569, 141. Reviewed by Frank R. Hathaway.

Pennsylvania.— Annual Report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs. Part III. Industrial Statistics. Vol. XVII. 1889. Albert S. Bolles, Chief of Bureau. Harrisburg. 1890. Reviewed by Frank R. Hathaway.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 16. Dec. 13, 1890. Population of the United States by States and Territories: 1890. Pp. 10.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 17. Dec. 16, 1890. Preliminary Statistics of Education for Louisiana, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, various cities, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. By James H. Blodgett. Pp. 10.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 18. Dec. 26, 1890. Statistics of Churches. By Henry K. Carroll. Pp. 26.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 19. Dec. 30, 1890. Vital Statistics of the Jews in the United States. By John S. Billings. Pp. 19. Diagrams, 4.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 20. Jan. 5, 1891. The Anthracite Coal Fields of Pennsylvania. By John H. Jones. Pp. 13.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 21. Jan. 15, 1891. Population of New Hampshire by Minor Civil Divisions. Pp. 4.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 22. Jan. 20, 1891. Distilled Spirits Consumed in the Arts, Manufactures, and Medicine. Pp. 9.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 23. Jan. 21, 1891. Areas of States and Counties. Pp. 14.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 24. Jan. 24, 1891. Population of Massachusetts by Minor Civil Divisions. Pp. 6.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 25. Jan. 29, 1891. Statistics of Indians. By Thomas Donaldson, special agent. Pp. 14.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 26. Jan. 30, 1891. Coal-mining Industry of Maryland in 1889. By John H. Jones. Pp. 6.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 27. Jan. 30, 1891. Coal-mining Industry of Alabama in 1889. By John H. Jones. Pp. 6.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 28. Jan. 28, 1891. Freight Traffic on the Great Lakes. By Henry C. Adams. Pp. 21.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 29. Feb. 4, 1891. Transportation. Changes in Floating Equipment on the Great Lakes since 1886. Pp. 10.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 30. Feb. 11, 1891. Alaska, Statistics of Population. 1890. Pp. 9.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 31. Feb. 14, 1891. Convicts in Penitentiaries. 1890. By Frederick Howard Wines.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 32. Feb. 24, 1891. Distribution of Population in Accordance with Mean Annual Rainfall. By Henry Gannett. Pp. 4.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 33. Feb. 25, 1891. Distribution of Population with Reference to Mean Annual Temperature. By Henry Gannett. Pp. 4.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 34. Feb. 26, 1891. Centre of Population: 1890. By Henry Gannett. Pp. 4. Maps 2.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 35. Feb. 27, 1891. Irrigation in Arizona. By F. H. Newell. Pp. 8.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 36. February 28, 1891. Statistics of Education. Arizona, California, Connecticut, District Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, Wyoming, and eighty-three Cities. By James H. Blodgett. Pp. 27.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 37. March 7, 1891. Population by Counties. North Atlantic and South Atlantic Divisions. Pp. 7.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 38. March 10, 1891. Viticulture. Statistics of Grape Growing and Wine Production in the United States. By H. Gardner. Pp. 11.

Reports of State Boards of Charities and Corrections: Twenty-fourth Annual Report of the New York State Board of Charities. Transmitted to the legislature Feb. 5, 1891. Pp. 74.

Reports of State Boards of Charities and Corrections: Twenty-second Annual Report of the Board of State Charities and Corrections of Rhode Island, 1890. Pp. 142.

Reports of State Boards of Charities and Corrections: Twelfth Annual Report of the State Board of Lunacy and Charity of Massachusetts. January, 1891. Pp. 205, lxxxiv.

Reports of State Boards of Charities and Corrections: Eleventh Biennial Report of the Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities of Illinois, 1888–1890. F. H. Wines, Secretary, Springfield. 1890. Pp. 322.

Reports of State Boards of Charities and Corrections: Fourth Biennial Report of the State Board of Supervision of Wisconsin Charitable, Reformatory, and Penal Institutions for the two years ending Sept. 30, 1890. Madison. 1891. Pp. 239.

Health and Vital Statistics: Forty-eighth Report to the Legislature of Massachusetts Relating to the Registry and Return of Births, Marriages, and Deaths for the year ending Dec. 31, 1889, together with Returns of Libels for Divorce and the Returns of Deaths Investigated by the Medical Examiners. Editorial remarks by Samuel W. Abbott, M.D. Boston. 1890. Reviewed by Davis R. Dewey.

Health and Vital Statistics: Twelfth Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Rhode Island for the Year 1889, and including the Report upon the Registration of Births, Marriages, and Deaths in 1888. Providence. 1890. Reviewed by Davis R. Dewey.

Health and Vital Statistics: Twenty-second Annual Report of Births, Marriages, and Deaths in Michigan for the Year ending 1888. Lansing. 1890. Pp. viii, 260. Reviewed by Davis R. Dewey.

Health and Vital Statistics: Fourth Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Ohio for the Year ending October 31, 1889. Columbus. 1889. Pp. 350. Reviewed by Davis R. Dewey.

Health and Vital Statistics: Fourth Annual Report of the State Board of Health and Vital Statistics of Pennsylvania. Harrisburgh. 1889. Pp. 1200. Reviewed by Davis R. Dewey.

Health and Vital Statistics: Eleventh Biennial Report of the State Board of Health of California for the two years ending June 30, 1890. Sacramento. 1890. Pp. 284.

Health and Vital Statistics: Fifth Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Maine for 1889. Augusta. 1890. Pp. xvi, 304. Reviewed by Davis R. Dewey.

Health and Vital Statistics: Medical Education, Medical Colleges, and the Regulation and Practice of Medicine in the United States and Canada. 1765–1891. By John H. Rauch, M.D., Secretary Illinois State Board of Health. Springfield. 1891. Pp. 222. Reviewed by Davis R. Dewey.

Health and Vital Statistics: A Manual of Public Health. By H. Wynter Blyth. London. 1890. Pp. 23, 653. Reviewed by Davis R. Dewey.

Statistical Year-Book of Uruguay: Anuario Estadístico de la República Oriental del Uruguay 1889. Montevideo. 1890. Pp. lxxvii, 727. Reviewed by R. R. de Carvalho.

Report of the Comptroller of the Currency: Annual Report of the Comptroller of the Currency, December 1, 1890. Edward S. Lacey, Comptroller. Washington. 1890. Pp. 307.

Municipal Finance: Third Annual Report of the Executive Committee of the Citizens Association of Boston. 1891. Pp. 80.

Municipal Finance: Bulletin Annuel des Finances des Grandes Villes. Dixiěme Année: 1886. By Joseph Körösi, BudapeSt. 1890. Pp. 93.

Minor Notices: Three Papers read before the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. By Henry Heyleyn Hayter, Government Statist of Victoria. Melbourne. 1890. Pp. 37.

Minor Notices: Report on the Beef Supply of the United States, and the Export Trade in Animals and Meat Products. By Dr. D. E. Salmon. United States Department of Agriculture. 1890. Pp. 15.

Minor Notices: Abandoned Farms in Massachusetts. (From the Twenty-first Annual Report of the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor.) By Horace G. Wadlin. Boston. 1891. Pp. 177–258.

Minor Notices: Shoe and Leather Reporter Annual for 1891. Boston. Pp. 701.

Minor Notices: Maps of the United States showing the Central Station Plants of Electric Railways and System in Operation. Thomson-Houston Electric Company. Boston. 1891. Pp. 110.     

Reviews and Notes

Abstract

The Standard of Living Among Workingmen's Families in New York City. By Robert Coit Chapin, Ph.D., Professor of Economics in Beloit College. Russell Sage Foundation Publication, 1909. (New York: Charities Publication Committee, 105 East Twenty-Second Street, pp. xv., 372, $2.00, postpaid.) Reviewed by Warren M. Persons

Women and the Trades. By Elizabeth Beardsley Butler. Russell Sage Foundation Publication, 1909. (New York: Charities Publication Committee, 105 East Twenty-Second Street, pp. 440, $2.00, postpaid.) Reviewed by Warren M. Persons

Housing Reform, A Handbook for Practical Use in Modern Cities. By Lawrence Veiller. Copyright, Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 1910. Reviewed by Eleanor H. Woods.

An Analysis of the United States Steel Corporation With Chart of Quarterly Earnings Since Its Organization. By Charles Wilson Taintor. Boston, 1909.     

Book Review

Subjective and Objective Bayesian Statistics: Principles, Models, and Applications, by James Press, 2003, John Wiley &; Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA, 558?+?xxx pp. [ISBN: 0-471-34843-0]     

A sampling plan for one-shot systems considering destructive inspection

Abstract

The paper is concerned with an acceptance sampling problem under destructive inspections for one-shot systems. The systems may fail at random times while they are operating (as the systems are considered to be operating when storage begins), and these failures can only be identified by inspection. Thus, n samples are randomly selected from N one-shot systems for periodic destructive inspection. After storage time T, the N systems are replaced if the number of working systems is less than a pre-specified threshold k. The primary purpose of this study is to determine the optimal number of samples n*, extracted from the N for destructive detection and the optimal acceptance number k*, in the sample under the constraint of the system interval availability, to minimize the expected cost rate. Numerical experiments are studied to investigate the effect of the parameters in sampling inspection on the optimal solutions.     

Reviews and Notices

Abstract

Statistics of Infectious Diseases: Statistik der Infectiosen Erkrankungen in den Jahren 1881-91, und Untersuchung der Einflusses der Witterung. By Josef Körösi, Director des Communal-statistischen Bureaus, Budapest. Berlin, 1894. Puttkammer und Mühlbrecht.

Mortality in Australia: Tropical Mortality. By Richard Teece, F.I.A., F.F.A., Actuary of the Australian Mutual Provident Society. Reviewed by Miles Menander Dawson.

Labor Statistics: Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Industrial Statistics of Maryland. 1895. A. B. Howard, Jr., Chief. Pp. 196.

Labor Statistics: Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Industry and Labor Statistics for Maine. August, 1895. Pp. 219.

Labor Statistics: Annual Report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Part III. Industrial Statistics, Vol. XXI. 1893. Harrisburg, 1894.

Labor Statistics: Sixth Biennial Report of the Commissioner of Labor, Wisconsin, 1893-94. J. Dobbs, Commissioner. Madison, 1894. Pp. 119, 221.

Labor Statistics: Seventh Annual Report of the Commissioner of Industrial Statistics of Rhode Island. 1884. Providence. Pp. xii, 337.

Labor Statistics: Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Industrial Statistics of Maryland. A. B. Howard, Jr., Chief. 1894. Annapolis. Pp.387.

Labor Statistics: Statistics of Coal in Illinois. Twelfth Annual Report. A Supplementary Report of the State Bureau of Labor Statistics, containing the 10th Annual Report of the State Inspectors of Mines. George A. Schilling. Springfield, 1894. Pp. lxxix, 162.

Labor Statistics: Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Statistics of Labor and Industry of New Jersey for the Year Ending October 31, 1893. Trenton, 1894. Pp. iv, 490.

Labor Statistics: Seventh Annual Report of the Board of Mediation and Arbitration of the State of New York. January 22, 1894. Albany. Pp. 334.

Labor Statistics: Jahrsbericht Deutsche Erwerbs-und Wirthschaftsgenossenschaften. By D. F. Schenck. Leipzig.

Labor Statistics: Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Inspection of Missouri for the Year Ending November 5, 1894. Jefferson City. Pp. 531.

Labor Statistics: Tenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Connecticut, for the Year Ending November 30, 1894. Hartford. Pp, 398.

Charities and Corrections: The Sixty-Fifth Annual Report of the Inspectors of the Penitentiary for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, 1894. Pp. 178.

Charities and Corrections: Fifth Report of the Board of State Charities of Indiana for the Year Ending October 31, 1894. Indianapolis. 1894. Pp. 104. Part 2. Proceedings of the Third Annual State Conference of Charities. Pp. 62.

Charities and Corrections: Semi-Centennial of the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor. October, 1894. Pp. 275.

Charities and Corrections: The 19th Annual Session of the Directors of the Poor of Pennsylvania, held at Williamsport, October 17-19, 1893. Pittsburg, 1894. Pp.201.

Charities and Corrections: Twelfth Biennial Report of the Michigan State Board of Corrections and Charities, 1893-94. Lansing, 1895. Pp, 263.

Charities and Corrections: Twenty-Sixth Annual Report of the Board of State Charities and Corrections of Rhode Island. 1895. Pp. 164.

Statistical Year-Books and Almanacs: The Statesman's Year-Book, 1895. Edited by J. Scott Keltie. Thirty-second Annual Publication. London, 1895. Pp, xxxi, 1156.

Statistical Year-Books and Almanacs: The Statistical Year-Book of Canada for 1893. Department of Agriculture. Ottawa, 1894.

Statistical Year-Books and Almanacs: The Financial Reform Almanac, 1895. Thirty-first issue. London. Pp.296.

Statistical Year-Books and Almanacs: Album de Statistique Graphique de 1893. Ministry of Public Works. Paris, 1894. Pp. xviii. Plates, 21.

Statistical Year-Books and Almanacs: Statistisches Jahrbuch der Schweiz. Fourth year. 1894. Statistical Bureau of the Department of the Interior. Berne, 1894. Pp. xviii, 444.

Statistical Year-Books and Almanacs: Mineral Resources of the United States. 1893. David T. Day. Chief of Division of Mining Statistics. United States Geological Survey. Washington, 1894. Pp.810.

Statistical Year-Books and Almanacs: The Tradesman's Annual. Chattanooga, Tenn. Pp.218. January 1, 1895.

Statistical Year-Books and Almanacs: The Wool Book and Statistical Manual, Containing Latest Financial Information of the Production, Movement, and Consumption of Wool in all Countries, Textile Schedules of the Tariff of 1894, Manufacturing Tables, etc. By S. N. D. North, Secretary of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers. Boston, 1895. Pp 142.

Statistical Year-Books and Almanacs: The World Almanac and Encyclopedia, 1895. Pp. 481.     

Book reviews

S.M.Kendall:Multivariate Analysis.Charles Griffin & Co. Ltd., London and High Wycombe 1975, 210 pp

C.T.Leondes (ed.):Control and Dynamic Systems, Advances in Theory and Applications. Vol. 11, Academic Press, New York and London 1974, 516 pp., $ 24.50.

CH. R.Nelson:Applied Time Series Analysis for Managerial Forecasting. Holden Day, Inc., San Francisco 1973, 231 pp., $ 14.95.

B.DE Finetti:Theory of Probability. Vol. 1, 2, John Wiley & Sons, New York, London, Sydney, Toronto. Vol. 1, 1974, 300 pp., £ 7.50 - Vol. 2 1975, 375 pp., £ 10.50.

P.Erdördos, J. Spencer:Probabilistic Methods in Combinatorics. Akadémic Press, New York and London; Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest 1974, 106 pp., $ 11.75.

J.S.R.Ustagi:Variational Methods in Statistics.Academic Press, New York and London 1975.

J.S.Rustagi:Optimizing Methods in Statistics.Academic Press, New York and London 1971,488 pp., $ 17.00.

Karl V. Bury:Statistical Models in Applied Science. John Wiley & Sons, New York-London-Sydney-Toronto 1975,.625 pp., £ 15.60; $ 28.00.

Michael R. Anderberg:Cluster Analysis for Applications. Academic Press, New York-San Francisco-London 1973, 359 pp., $ 27,–.

J.L.Fleiss:Statistical Methods for Rates and Proportions. John Wiley & Sons, New York-London-Sydney-Toronto 1973. 223 pp., £ 6.50.

J.Tanur et al. (Ed.):Statistics:A Guide to the Unknown. Holden Day, Inc., San Francisco 1972, 430 pp.

H.VÁliaho, T. Pekkonen:A Procedure for Stepwise Regression Analysis.Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1976, 90 pp., 18,– M.

M.Reinfeldt, U. TrÁnkle:Signifikanztabellen statistischer Testvertellungen. R. Oldenbourg Verlag, Mnchen, Wien 1976, 151 S., DM 44,–.

R.E.Barlow, D.J.Batholomew, J.M.Bremner, H.D.Brunk:Statistical Inference Under Order Restrictions.(The Theory and Applications of Isotonic Regression.) John Wiley & Sons, New York 1972, 388 pp., £ 7.50.

H.J.Larson:Introduction to Probability Theory and Statistical Inference. Wiley, New York 1974, 430 pp., £ 6.85.

R.A.Carlson:Statistics. Holden Day, Inc., San Francisco 1973, 393 pp.

E. Page:Queueing Theory in OR. Butterworths, London 1972, 187 pp., £ 3.60.

H.Krampe, J.Kubat, W.Runge:Bedienungsmodelle. Ein Leitfaden für die praktische Anwendung, Verlag Die Wirtachaft, Berlin 1973, 512 S., 79,– M.

G.S.Fishman:Concepts and Methods in Discrete Events Digital Simulation. John Wiley & Sons, New York 1973, 385 pp., £ 8,75.