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Volume 156, issue 3, 1993

Editorial: Changes in Local Government Finance pp. 333-335

Mike Derbyshire

Editorial: Government Statistical Service Views on the European Community Draft Data Protection Directive pp. 335-338

John Walker

Long‐Term Demographic Interactions in Precensus England pp. 339-362

R. E. Bailey and Marcus Chambers

On the Analysis of Mortality Events Associated with a Prespecified Fixed Point pp. 363-377

Andrew B. Lawson

Spurious Correlation and the Fallacy of the Ratio Standard Revisited pp. 379-392

Richard A. Kronmal

Estimating Risks of Progressing to Aids When Covariates are Measured with Error pp. 393-406

J. Raboud, N. Reid, R. A. Coates and V. T. Farewell

Methodology of the National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles pp. 407-421

J. Wadsworth, J. Field, A. M. Johnson, S. Bradshaw and K. Wellings

Participation in Post‐Compulsory Education in Scotland pp. 423-442

Chris Robertson

A Statistical Analysis of Batting in Cricket pp. 443-455

Alan C. Kimber and Alan R. Hansford

Obituary: Professor Martin Gardner (1940–93) pp. 498-499

Clive Osmond

Obituary: A. Ross Eckler pp. 499-500

Edwin D. Goldfield and Marie D. Wann

1. A First Course in Order Statistics pp. 501-502

P. Prescott

2. Applied Multivariate Data Analysis pp. 502-502

Clive Osmond

3. Nonparametric Statistical Inference pp. 503-503

M. C. Jones

4. Probability and Random Processes pp. 503-504

R. A. Doney

5. Probability and Random Processes: Problems and Solutions pp. 504-504

W. D. Ray

6. The Bootstrap and Edgeworth Expansion pp. 504-505

G. Alastair Young

7. Multiple Comparisons, Selection Procedures and Applications in Biometry pp. 505-506

Rumana Omar

8. Applied Multivariate Data Analysis: Vol. 2, Categorical and Multivariate Methods pp. 506-506

W. D. Ray

10. Leading Economic Indicators—New Approaches and Forecasting Records pp. 507-508

C. O. Alexander

9. Point Processes and Their Statistical Inference pp. 507-507

Martin Crowder

11. Fractal Attraction: A Fractal Design System for the Macintosh pp. 508-509

Rodney C. L. Wolff

12. Algorithms, Routines, and S Functions for Robust Statistics pp. 509-510

Peter Kelly

13. Reviews of United Kingdom Statistical Sources: Vol. XXIX, Distribution pp. 510-511

Gary Davies

14. Optimal Sequentially Planned Decision Procedures pp. 511-511

D. S. Coad

15. Multivariate Density Estimation: Theory, Practice, and Visualization pp. 511-512

Guy Nason

16. Cross‐Over Trials in Clinical Research pp. 512-513

J. R. Green

17. Sampling pp. 513-514

C. J. Skinner

Volume 156, issue 2, 1993

Editorial: Statistics and Quality pp. 139-141

P. R. Fisk

Editorial: Kipling on 19Th‐Century Quality Control in India pp. 141-143

Mervyn Stone

Populations and Selection: Limitations of Statistics pp. 145-166

T. M. F. Smith

Predictability and Prediction pp. 167-194

A. S. C. Ehrenberg and J. A. Bound

Probabilities of Incorrect Decisions in Paternity Cases Using Multilocus Deoxyribonucleic Acid Probes pp. 207-223

R. N. Curnow and Sharon Wheeler

Alcohol Consumption and Control Policy pp. 225-230

John C. Duffy

Regularity in the Distribution of Alcohol Consumption pp. 231-235

Paul H. H. M. Lemmens

Statistical Graduation in Local Demographic Analysis and Projection pp. 237-270

Peter Congdon

The Research Performance of UK Universities: A Statistical Analysis of the Results of the 1989 Research Selectivity Exercise pp. 271-286

Jill Johnes, Jim Taylor and Brian Francis

Communicating Statistics pp. 287-297

Tony Greenfield

Letter to the Editors pp. 299-299

Michael Dewey

Conference Report: Statistics and the Law pp. 301-304

C. G. G. Aitken

Conference Report: The Role of the Royal Statistical Society in Statistical Computing in the 1990s pp. 304-309

John Hinde

Obituary: K. A. Brownlee, 1918–90 pp. 315-315

William Kruskal

Obituary: Jean Bourgeois‐Pichat, 1912–90 pp. 316-316

E. Grebenik

Obituary: Abraham Manie Adelstein, 1916–92 pp. 316-318

Frank Whitehead

1. Bayesian Statistics 4 pp. 319-320

J. Q. Smith

2. Confidence Intervals on Variance Components pp. 320-321

A. P. Grieve

4. Alcohol and Illness: The Epidemiological Viewpoint pp. 321-322

Dave Collett

3. Truncated and Censored Samples: Theory and Applications pp. 321-321

M. G. Schimek

5. Essentials of Econometrics pp. 322-323

F. R. Oliver

6. Fundamentals of Exploratory Analysis of Variance pp. 323-324

Terence Iles

8. Fundamentals of Biostatistical Inference pp. 324-325

David Hirst

7. Panel Surveys pp. 324-324

Myra O'Regan

9. Introduction to Multiple Time Series Analysis pp. 325-326

Terence C. Mills

10. Quadratic Forms in Random Variables: Theory and Applications pp. 326-327

E. F. Harding

11. Discriminant Analysis and Statistical Pattern Recognition pp. 327-328

Ian Ford

12. Statistical Methods for the Process Industries pp. 328-328

J. W. Thompson

13. Biopharmaceutical Sequential Statistical Applications pp. 329-329

John Whitehead

15. Managing for World‐Class Quality—A Primer for Executives and Managers pp. 329-331

David Newton

16. The Design and Analysis of Sequential Clinical Trials pp. 331-332

Peter Armitage

Volume 156, issue 1, 1993

Editorial: Changes in the Collection of Trade Statistics Following the Introduction of the Single Market in January 1993 pp. 1-4

Ian Maclean

Editorial: Clarifying the Scope of Government Economic Statistics pp. 4-7

W. McLennan

Exchangeability and Data Analysis pp. 9-28

David Draper, James S. Hodges, Colin L. Mallows and Daryl Pregibon

The Effect of an Artificial Pitch Surface on Home Team Performance in Football (Soccer) pp. 39-50

V. Barnett and S. Hilditch

The Political Consequences of Social Mobility pp. 51-61

P. Clifford and A. F. Heath

Statistics and the Nature of Depression pp. 63-87

G. Dunn, P. C. Sham and D. J. Hand

Balanced Estimates of National Accounts When Measurement Errors are Autocorrelated: The Uk, 1920–38 pp. 89-105

Solomos Solomou and Martin Weale

A Formula for the Allocation of Resources Based on Uncertain Predictions of Need pp. 107-113

J. B. Copas

Obituary: George (‘Toby‘) Paine Cb, Dfc, 1918–92 pp. 121-122

Philip Redfern

1. Statistics Tutor: Tutorial and Computational Software for the Behavioral Sciences pp. 123-124

Jim Freeman

2. Handbook of the Logistic Distribution pp. 124-124

M. W. Green

3. Correspondence Analysis Handbook pp. 124-125

Gavin J. S. Ross

4. The Linear Complementarity Problem pp. 125-126

M. E. Brigden

5. Statistics for Spatial Data pp. 126-127

Mike Rees

6. Lone Parenthood: An Economic Analysis pp. 127-128

Jane Humphries

7. Applied Nonparametric Regression pp. 128-129

Daniel Barry

8. Design and Inference in Finite Population Sampling pp. 129-130

Eddie Shoesmith

9. Scientific Reasoning: The Bayesian Approach pp. 130-131

Michael Goldstein

10. Exploratory and Multivariate Data Analysis pp. 131-132

Ian T. Jolliffe

11. Exploring the Limits of Bootstrap pp. 133-133

A. C. Davison

12. Sampling of Populations: Methods and Applications pp. 134-134

Antony Fielding

13. Computer‐Interactive Data Analysis pp. 134-135

Carl M. O'Brien

14. Sample Size Choice pp. 135-136

G. H. Freeman

15. Biopharmaceutical Statistics for Drug Development pp. 136-137

Simon Jennings

16. L'Analyse Statistique Bayesienne pp. 137-138

P. M. Lee