August 2005

Volume 47 • Number 3

ARTICLES

• Simplifying Multivariate Second-Order Response Surfaces by Fitting Constrained Models Using Automatic Differentiation (PDF, 248 KB)
  Trevor J. Ringrose; Shaun A. Forth
• Standard Errors for the Multiple Roots in Quadratic Response Surface Models (PDF, 186 KB)
  Xiangrong Yin; Lynne Seymour
• Principal Components and Orthogonal Regression Based on Robust Scales (PDF, 281 KB)
  Ricardo Maronna
• Ridge Analysis With Noise Variables (PDF, 413 KB)
  John J. Peterson; Andrew M. Kuhn
• Biased Regression: The Case for Cautious Application (PDF, 271 KB)
  Tom L. Burr; Herbert A. Fry
• Neural Network Modeling for Small Datasets (PDF, 422 KB)
  Salvatore Ingrassia; Isabella Morlini
• Generalized p Values and Confidence Intervals for Variance Components: Applications to Army Test and Evaluation (PDF, 370 KB)
  Thomas Mathew; David W. Webb
• One- and Two-Sided Tolerance Intervals for General Balanced Mixed Models and Unbalanced One-Way Random Models (PDF, 249 KB)
  C. T. Liao; T. Y. Lin; H. K. Iyer
• Optimal Engineering System Design Guided by Data-Mining Methods (PDF, 284 KB)
  Pansoo Kim; Yu Ding
• Simultaneous Variable Selection (PDF, 800 KB)
  Berwin A. Turlach; William N. Venables; Stephen J. Wright
• Nonparametric Confidence Bands for a Quantile Comparison Function (PDF, 239 KB)
  F. Lombard

BOOK REVIEWS

• Statistical Analysis and Data Display: An Intermediate Course With Examples in S-PLUS, R, and SAS, by Richard M. Heiberger and Burt Holland (PDF, 100 KB)
  Theresa L. Utlaut
• Applied Linear Regression (3rd ed.), by Sanford Weisberg (PDF, 113 KB)
  Malik Beshir Malik
• Linear Models With R, by Julian J. Faraway (PDF, 116 KB)
  Timothy J. Robinson
• Time Series Analysis by State Space Methods, by J. Durbin and S. J. Koopman (PDF, 103 KB)
  Melvin J. Hinich
• Chaos and Time-Series Analysis, by Julien Clinton Sprott (PDF, 103 KB)
  Jeffrey D. Scargle
• Statistical Analysis of Stochastic Processes in Time, by J. K. Lindsey (PDF, 116 KB)
  B. D. McCullough
• Time Series Analysis and Inverse Theory for Geophysicists, by David Gubbins (PDF, 103 KB)
  Donald E. Myers
• Bootstrap Techniques for Signal Processing, by Abdelhak M. Zoubir and D. Robert Iskander (PDF, 114 KB)
  Gutti J. Babu
• A First Course in Stochastic Models, by Henk C. Tijms (PDF, 85 KB)
  Casey A. Volino
• Probability and Random Processes, by Scott L. Miller and Donald G. Childers (PDF, 85 KB)
  Ali Esmaili
• Cognition and Chance: The Psychology of Probabilistic Reasoning, by Raymond S. Nickerson (PDF, 103 KB)
  Ronald D. Fricker Jr
• Procrustes Problems, by John C. Gower and Garmt B. Dijksterhuis (PDF, 103 KB)
  Snigdhansu Chatterjee
• Statistics of Extremes: Theory and Applications, by Jan Beirlant, Yuri Goegebeur, Johan Segers, and Jozef Teugels (PDF, 114 KB)
  Nicole A. Lazar
• Statistics for the Sciences, by Martin Buntinas and Gerald M. Funk (PDF, 113 KB)
  Dean V. Neubauer
• Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists (3rd ed.), by Sheldon M. Ross (PDF, 101 KB)
  Roger M. Sauter
• Multivariate Statistical Methods (4th ed.), by Donald F. Morrison (PDF, 101 KB)
  William J. Wilson
• Statistical Techniques for Data Analysis (2nd ed.), by John K. Taylor and Cheryl Cihon (PDF, 85 KB)
  Julia C. O'Neill
• Optimization, by Kenneth Lange (PDF, 85 KB)
  Marvin H. J. Gruber

EDITOR REPORTS ON NEW EDITIONS, PROCEEDINGS, COLLECTIONS, AND OTHER BOOKS

• Applied Regression Analysis (4th ed.), by Terry E. Dielman (PDF, 85 KB)
• Regression With Social Data: Modeling Continuous and Limited Response Variables, by Alfred DeMaris (PDF, 85 KB)
• Multivariate Statistical Methods (3rd ed.), by Bryan F. J. Manly (PDF, 85 KB)
• Nonlinear Time Series Analysis (2nd ed.), by Holger Kantz and Thomas Schreiber (PDF, 86 KB)
• Introduction to Statistical Quality Control (5th ed.), by Douglas C. Montgomery (PDF, 86 KB)
• Applied Life Data Analysis, by Wayne B. Nelson; Accelerated Testing: Statistical Models, Test Plans, and Data Analysis, by Wayne B. Nelson (PDF, 86 KB)
• Discrete Distributions, by Daniel Zelterman (PDF, 99 KB)
• Practical Business Forecasting, by Michael K. Evans (PDF, 87 KB)
• Data Visualization in the Geosciences, by James R. Carr (PDF, 87 KB)
• Biostatistics: A Bayesian Introduction, by George G. Woodworth (PDF, 98 KB)
• Risk Assessment and Decision Making in Business and Industry: A Practical Guide (2nd ed.), by Glenn Koller (PDF, 85 KB)
• Handbook of Computational Statistics, edited by James E. Gentle, Wolfgang Härdle, and Yuichi Mori (PDF, 95 KB)
• Forthcoming Reviews (PDF, 65 KB)