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Book reviewed in this article: Studying Health and Disease. The Open University, Open University Press. 1985. Statistics—A Self Teaching Guide (3rd Ed.). By Donald Kwsis . 1985. People in Britain. By Daphne Turner . Introduction to Statistics for Geographers and Earth Scientists. By R. B. G. Williams . Intermediate Statistics for Geographers and Earth Scientists. By R. B. G. Williams . Probability Distributions. By V. Rothschild Workout Statistics ‘O’ Level and G.C.S.E. By T. J. Hannagan . Macmillan. 1986.     

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Book reviewed in this Article: Statistics An Introduction By Alan Graham Biodiversity - Measurement and Estimation By D L Hawksworth (ed) Practical Methods for Design and Analysis of Complex Surveys By R Lehtonen & E Pahkinen Models in Biology: Mathematics, Statistics and Computing By D Brown & PRothery     

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Books Reviewed in this Article: Statistical Thinking-A Structural Approach (2nd Ed.) . By JOHN L. PHILLIPS. Statistics for Advanced Level Mathematics. By I. GWYN EVANS. General Statistics . By W. CHASE and F. BROWN. Wiley. Statistics: Problems and Solutions. By E. E. BASSETT et al. Work Out Statistics GCSE . By T. J. HANNAGAN.     

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Advanced Level Statistics. By A. Francis . Studying Society. By Jane L. Thompson Elementary Statistics for Business. By J. S. Croucher Statistics: An Introduction. By J. S. Croucher and E. Oliver Basic Business Statistics. Concepts and Applications. By M. L. Berenson and D. M. Levine .     

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Book reviewed in this Article: Introduction to Probability. D. R. ROBINSON and A. W. BOWMAN. Dice, Data and Decisions-Introductory Statistics. By K. W. KEMP. Simple Statistics. By F. CLEGG. Work Out Statistics A-Level. By A. D. BALL and G. D. BUCKWELL. Matrices for Statistics. By M. J. HEALY. Statistics Management. R. I. LEVIN     

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Books Reviewed in this Article: A Manager's Guide to Quantitative Methods. By Michael Cuming. ELM Publications 1984. A Resource Guide for Introductory Statistics. By R. J. Cruise , R. L. Dudley , J . D. Thayer . Kendall Hunt, 1984. Facts from Figures with Your Micro. By Ryan . Sigma Press. 1985. Basic Statistics for High School. By J. Down .     

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Books Reviewed in this Article: Statistics Template Practical Statistics By Mary Rouncefield and Peter Holmes. Practical Statistics By S. S. Cohen. Statistics for G.C.S.E. By Helen Wright. Pass Packs PROLOG, Children and Students By J. Nichol, J. Briggs and J. Dean (eds.).     

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Introductory Statistics: Volume 1, Probability and Distribution Theory Worked Examples in Probability and Distribution Theory. Elementary Statistics Tables. By Henry R. Neave . Ideas of Statistics. By J. Leroy Folks . Advanced Mathematics Book 1. By M. Perkins and P. Perkins .     

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Books Reviewed in this Article: Concise Statistics by M. G. Godfrey, E M. Roebuck and A. J. Sherlock. Exploring Data: An Introduction to Data Analysis for Social Scientists by Catherine Marsh. Statistics Book 1 (also Book 2) by M. E. M. Jones. Fieldwork Studies in Geography by Jack Gilleft. How to think about Statistics by John Phillips.     

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Book reviewed in this Article: Probability and Statistics with Reliability, Queuing and Computer Science Applications. By K. S. Trivedi Introducing Social Statistics. By R. Startup and E. T. Whittaker. George Allen and Unwin. 1982. Studies in Sociology: 12. 201 pages Success in Statistics. By Fred Caswell. How to Tell the Liars from the Statisticians. By Robert Hooke. Marcel Dekker, 1983. 173 pages (hardback).     

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Modem Elementary Statistics. By John E. Freund . Elementary Statistics in a World of Applications. By Ramakant Khazanie . Part Source: Pearson, E. S. and Kendall Instructor's Guide for Statistics: Concepts and Controversies. By David S. Moore . MANEC: Using Statistics in Managing the Economy MARCS: Market Research Case Studies.     

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F rom S chool to U niversity By R. R. D ale .
T he L atin L anguage . By L. R. P almer .
R eason and D iscontent : T he T ask of L iberal A dult E ducation . By L yman B ryson .
P hilosophical E ssays . By A. J. A yer .
S cience and the C ommon U nderstanding . By J. R obert O ppenheimer .     

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Books Reviewed in this Article: Statistics in Your World. By the SCHOOLS COUNCIL PROJECT ON STATISTICAL EDUCATION. Statistics: A First Course. By JOHN E. FREUND. Exercises and Worked Examples in Statistics. By G. E. SKIPWORTH Statistical Concepts, with Applications to Business and Economics. By RICHARD W. MADSEN and MELVIN L. MOESCHBERGER Check up Tests in Mathematics. MELVYN NOLAN     

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Books Reviewed in this Article: Elementary Statistics, By Donna H. Skane . Statistics: Principles and Methods. By R. Johnson and G. Beiattacharyya .     

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Books Reviewed in this Article: Elementary Statistics. By DONALD R. BURLESON. The Readable Maths and Statistics Book. By B. EDWARDS. The Penguin Book of Mathematical and Statistical Tables. By R. D. NELSON Reason by Numbers. By PETER G. MOORE. Do you Panic about Maths. By LAURIE BUXTON     

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Books Reviewed in this Article: Interpreting Data, A First Course in Statistics by Alan J. B. Anderson. Maths and Statistics for Accounting and Business Studies by Gordon Bancroft and George O'Sullivan. Applied nonparametric statistical methods by P. Sprent Statistics by W M Harpet: M&E Handbooks.     

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Applied Multilevel Analysis. Joop J. Hox, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: TT‐Pub‐likaties, 1994, 112 pages.

Neural Networks for Statistical Modeling. Murray Smith, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold International Thomson Publishing, 1993, 235 pages.

Reading and Understanding Multivariate Statistics. Lawrence G. Grimm and Paul R. Yarnold (Eds.), Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1995, 371 pages.     

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D emocracy and the L abour M ovement : Essays in honour of Dona Torr. Edited by J ohn S avtlle .
P roblems of S tability and P rogress in I nternational R elations . By Q uincy W right .
T he F eudal K ingdom of E ngland , 1042–1216. By F rank B arlow .
S ome A spects of W orld P opulation and F ood R esources . By L ord S imon
M ethod and T heory in E xperimental P sychology . By C. E. O sgood .     

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S OVEREIGN R EASON . By Ernest Nagel.
T HE S OCIOLOGY OF E DUCATION AND E DUCATIONAL S OCIOLOGY . A Sociology of Education by Wilbur B. Brookover. New York: American Book Company, 1955; and Applied Principles of Educational Sociology and Educational Sociology, A Resource Book . Edited by Harold R. Bottrell.
W HY J OHNNY C AN ' T R EAD AND W HAT Y OU C AN D O A BOUT I T . By Rudolf Flesch.
T HE F LEXIBLE S CHOOL : A R EPORT OF THE C OMMITTEE FOR THE S TUDY OF F LEXIBILITY IN THE E LEMENTARY S CHOOL .     

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Books Reviewed in this Articles: The Statistician at Work: A Glimpse of a Profession in Action Centre for Statistical Education, University of Sheffield, 1987. Devised by Toby Lewis Statistical Investigations in the Secondary School, Open University. Understanding Data By P. Sprenf The Teaching of Practical Statistics By C. W Anderson and R. M. Loynes. Statistics Explained: Basic Concepts and Met hods, By R. Kapadia and G. Anderson.