TY - JOUR AU - Balestracci, Davis AB - BOOK REVIEWS Intermediate Statistics, A Modern Approach, by James Statistical Theory and Modelling, edited by D. Hinkley, Stevens, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1990, xvi N. Reid, and E. J. Snell, London: Chapman and Hall, + 303 pp., $24.95. 1991, xxiv + 349 pp., $45. This book has some admirable goals, but the result is yet another Here are 12 chapters collected and published in honor of Sir traditional approach to statistical analysis for nonstatistical prac- David COX. There is a definite intent, however, The editors de- titioners. The “Intermediate” in the title assumes an introductory cided, as noted in the preface, to honor Sir David by having a course through t test, and the book “is written for applied social book in which students might find introductions to several of the science researchers at the advanced undergraduate or beginning current important subject areas of statistics. The level is intended graduate level.” The material covered includes one-way analysis as “suitable for postgraduate reading and teaching.” of variance (ANOVA) (planned comparison and post hoc anal- First there are two overview chapters, “Statistical Theory” and yses), factorial ANOVA, analysis of covariance and repeated “Applied Statistics.” Next are three data-analysis chapters, “Gen- measures. TI - Intermediate Statistics, A Modern Approach JF - Technometrics DO - 10.1080/00401706.1993.10485013 DA - 1993-02-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/intermediate-statistics-a-modern-approach-7xYBuWWyMa SP - 98 EP - 98 VL - 35 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -