Book Reviews

• Published in: Journal of the American Statistical Association Vol. 94; no. 447; pp. 979 - 989
• Format: Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 01.09.1999
• ISSN: 0162-1459; 1537-274X
• DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1999.10474202

Regression Graphics: Ideas for Studying Regression Through Graphics. R. Dennis Cook. New York: Wiley, 1998. ISBN 0-471-19365-8. xviii + 349 pp. $79.95 (H). Reviewed by Ker-Chau Li Information Graphics: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference: Visual Tools for Analyzing, Managing, and Communicating. Robert L. Harris. Atlanta: Management Graphics, 1996. ISBN 0-9646925-0-3. 448 pp. $14.95. Reviewed by Paul F. Velleman Statistical Graphics for Visualizing Multivariate Data. William G. Jacoby. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1998. ISBN 0-7619-0899-4. viii + 103 pp. $11.95. Reviewed by Susan Holmes Applied Smoothing Techniques for Data Analysis: The Kernel Approach With S-PLUS Illustrations. Adrian W. Bowman and Adelchi Azzalini. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. xi + 193 pp. ISBN 0-19-852396-3. $50. Reviewed by Karen Kafadar Records. B. C. Arnold, N. Balakrishnan, and H. N. Nagaraja. New York: Wiley, 1998. ISBN 0-471-08108-6. xviii + 312 pp. $79.95. Reviewed by Dietmar Pfeifer The Total Least Squares Problem: Computational Aspects and Analysis. Sabine Van Huffel and Joos Vandewalle. Frontiers in Applied Mathematics Series, 9. Philadelphia, PA: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1991. ISBN 0-89871-275-0. xiii + 300 pp. $35.75 (P). Reviewed by Russell V. Lenth Solving Least Squares Problems. Charles L. Lawson and Richard J. Hanson. Classics in Applied Mathematics Series, 15. Philadelphia, PA: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1995. ISBN 0-89871-356-0. xii + 337 pp. $33.00 (P). Reviewed by Russell V. Lenth Theoria Combinatoris Observationum Erroribus Minimus Obnoxlae. Pars Prior. Pars Posterior. Supplementum. Theory of the Combination of Observations Least Subject to Errors. Part One, Part Two, Supplement. Carl Friedrich Gauss (trans. by G. W. Stewart). Classics in Applied Mathematics Series, 11. Philadelphia, PA: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1995. ISBN 0-89871-347-1. xi + 241 pp. $28.50 (P). Reviewed by Russell V. Lenth Comparisons of Stochastic Matrices With Applications In Information Theory, Statistics, Economics, and Population Sciences. Joel E. Cohen, J. H. B. Kemperman, and Gh. Zbaganu. Boston: Birkhauser, 1998. ISBN 0-8176-4082-7. viii + 158 pp. $59.95 (H). Reviewed by Persi Diaconis Regression Analysis of Count Data. A. Colin Cameron and Pravin K. Trivedi. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-521-63201-3 (H), 0-521-63567-5 (P). xvii + 411 pp. $69.95 (H), $24.95 (P). Reviewed by Robert L. Strawderman Introducing Multilevel Modeling. Ita Kreft and Jan De Leeuw. London: Sage Publications, 1998. ISBN 0-7619-5141-5. x + 149 pp. $24.95. Reviewed by Dalene Stangl A Modern Approach to Probability Theory. Bert Fristedt and Lawrence Gray. Boston: Birkhäuser, 1997. ISBN 0-8176-3807-5. xx + 756 pp. $64.50. Reviewed by Rüdiger Frey Probabilistic Modelling. Isi Mitrani. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-521-58530-9. x + 220 pp. $24.95 (H). Reviewed by Jem N. Corcoran Introduction to Probability and Random Processes. Jorge I. Auñón and V. Chandrasekar. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997. ISBN 0-07-001563-5. xv + 532 pp. $73.15. Reviewed by Barbara Gentz Probability and Random Processes. Donald G. Childers. Chicago: McGraw-Hill-Irwin, 1997. ISBN 0-256-13361-1. xii + 433 pp. $84.05 (H). Reviewed by Mary C. Meyer Topics in Disordered Systems. Charles M. Newman. Boston: Birkhäuser, 1997. ISBN3-7643-5777-0. viii + 88 pp. $22.50 (P). Reviewed by Martin P. W. Zerner Algorithms on Strings, Trees, and Sequences: Computer Science and Computational Biology. Dan Gusfield. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-521-58519-8. xviii + 534 pp. $59.95. Reviewed by Susan P. Holmes