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Volume 154, issue 3, 1991

Editorial: Measuring Sexual Behaviour pp. 367-370

Jane Wadsworth and Anne M. Johnson

Age‐Specific Incidence and Prevalence: A Statistical Perspective pp. 371-396

Niels Keiding

A Review of Methods for the Statistical Analysis of Spatial Patterns of Disease pp. 421-441

Roger J. Marshall

R. A. Fisher and the Role of a Statistical Consultant pp. 443-445

J. H. Bennett

Obituary: Sir Austin Bradford Hill, 1897–1991 pp. 482-484

Peter Armitage

Obituary: David Anthony Williams pp. 484-485

Richard Cormack

The New Palgrave: Econometrics pp. 486-487

P. G. Chapman

The Underground Economies: Tax Evasion and Information Distortion pp. 487-490

J. J. Thomas

Misspecification Tests in Econometrics: The Lagrange Multiplier Principle and Other Approaches pp. 490-491

James Davidson

Stage‐Structured Populations: Sampling, Analysis and Simulation pp. 491-492

Christopher Dye

Women in the World of Work: Statistical Analysis and Projections to the Year 2000 pp. 492-492

P. R. A. Hinde

Modeling Multigroup Populations pp. 493-494

R. A. Darton

Adaptive Control and Identification: Conflict or Conflux? pp. 493-493

Andrew V. Metcalfe

Volume 154, issue 2, 1991

Editorial: Census 1991 pp. 189-190

Tim Holt

Statistical Analysis of Public Lending Right Loans pp. 191-216

Anne Hasted, John Sumsion, Sharon Wheeler and Roger Mead

Improving Doctors' Understanding of Statistics pp. 223-248

Douglas G. Altman and J. Martin Bland

Fewer Felons?: Crime in London in the 1990S pp. 269-286

J. R. Ennis, D. N. Wackett and K. J. Mitchell

A Scoring System to Quantify Illness in Babies Under 6 Months of Age pp. 287-304

T. J. Cole, C. J. Morley, A. J. Thornton, M. A. Fowler and P. H. Hewson

The Case for Samples of Anonymized Records from the 1991 Census pp. 305-340

Catherine Marsh, Chris Skinner, Sara Arber, Bruce Penhale, Stan Openshaw, John Hobcraft, Denise Lievesley and Nigel Walford

Looking for Evolving Growth Rates and Cycles in British Industrial Production, 1700–1913 pp. 341-348

Paul Newbold and Christos Agiakloglou

Obituary: Morris H. Hansen, 1910–90 pp. 352-353

J. P. Fellegi

Obituary: Peter D. Oldham, 1921–89 pp. 353-354

Geoffrey Berry

Obituary: Professor S. D. Silvey, 1924–90 pp. 354-355

D. R. Cox

A Celebration of Statistics: The Isi Centenary Volume pp. 356-357

L. A. Baxter

Extreme Value Theory in Engineering pp. 357-358

C. W. Anderson

Point Processes pp. 358-359

Fergus Daly

British Social Attitudes—Special International Report pp. 359-360

Frank Whitehead

Three‐Way Methods for the Analysis of Qualitative and Quantitative Two‐Way Data pp. 360-361

W. J. Krzanowski

Generalized Linear Models pp. 361-364

Jim Burridge

Formal Theories in International Relations pp. 364-365

Karol J Krótki

Coordinate‐Free Multivariable Statistics: An Illustrated Geometric Progression from Haimos to Gauss and Bayes pp. 365-366

J. C. Gower

Volume 154, issue 1, 1991

Maintaining Public Confidence in Official Statistics pp. 1-6

I. P. Fellegi

Editorial pp. 1-1

Sheila M. Gore and Tim Holt

Responding to User Needs pp. 6-10

Ian Castles

Innovative Statistical Methodology Enables ‘Counting with Confidence’ pp. 10-14

Stephen E. Fienberg

The Organization, Jurisdiction and Responsibilities of Official Statistical Services pp. 15-19

Arne Øien

International Comparability of Statistics: Background, Harmonization Principles and Present Issues pp. 19-22

Yves Franchet

International Conference on Forensic Statistics pp. 45-48

C. G. G. Aitken

Statistical Evidence in the US Courts: An Appraisal pp. 49-59

Stephen E. Fienberg and Miron L. Straf

Legal and Statistical Aspects of Some Mysterious Clusters pp. 61-74

Stephen E. Fienberg and D.H. Kaye

Can Jurors Understand Probabilistic Evidence? pp. 75-81

D. H. Kaye and Jonathan J. Koehler

Subjective Probability, Decision Analysis and Their Legal Consequences pp. 83-92

Dennis V. Lindley

Design of Standards and Regulations pp. 93-96

SØRen Bisgaard

Assessment of Deoxyribonucleic Acid Fingerprinting Evidence in Paternity and Immigration Cases pp. 97-99

R. N. Curnow and Sharon Wheeler

Antitartar Tooth‐Paste: The Statistical Story pp. 101-105

L. Paul Fatti and Michael J. Greenacre

Towards a Dialectic Theory of Proof for Legal Procedure pp. 107-109

John D. Jackson

The Relationship between Plaintiff Success Rates before Trial and at Trial pp. 111-116

Theodore Eisenberg

Statistics in Solving Crime pp. 117-119

Roger Tarling

The Potential Effect of Unchecked Statistical Assumptions pp. 121-123

Joseph L. Gastwirth

Under‐Reporting Income: Who is the Best Judge—Tax‐Payer or Tax Inspector? pp. 125-127

H. Elffers, H. S. J. Robben and D. J. Hessing

Cognitive Science, Bayesian Norms and Rules of Evidence pp. 129-130

Craig R. Callen

Assessing the Teaching Demands of a Given School Curriculum: The Curriculum Entry Theory pp. 131-141

D. Bruce, J. R. Cuthbert and R. E. Lygo

The Detection of Clusters in Rare Diseases pp. 143-155

Julian Besag and James Newell

Estimating Short and Long Run Income Elasticities of Foods and Nutrients for Rural South India pp. 157-174

Alok Bhargava

Obituary: P. S. Puri pp. 178-178

Thomas Kuczek

Analysis of Infectious Disease Data pp. 179-179

R. A. Parker

Statistics for Biologists pp. 180-181

Carol Wickham

Statistical Games and Human Affairs pp. 180-180

P. W. Jones

Theoretical and Computational Aspects of Simulated Annealing pp. 181-182

David Balmer

Analysis of Messy Data, Vol. 2, Non‐Replicated Experiments pp. 182-183

Ann Hasted

The Counties and Regions of the Uk: Economic, Industrial and Social Trends in Local Authority Areas pp. 183-184

Karol J. Krotki

Nonparametric Estimation of Probability Densities and Regression Curves pp. 184-185

S. Loukas

The Index Number Problem pp. 185-186

Peter Congdon

Empirical Model Building pp. 187-188

Chris Chatfield

Random Processes: A First Look pp. 187-187

S. E. Hitchcock