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Volume 152, issue 3, 1989

Statistical Responsibility pp. 277-285

John Kingman

School Roll Forecasts: Their Uses, Their Accuracy and Educational Reform pp. 287-304

Stephen Simpson

Royal Statistical Society Meeting on Cancer Near Nuclear Installations pp. 305-305

Colin Muirhead and Sarah Darby

Review of Reported Increases of Childhood Cancer Rates in the Vicinity of Nuclear Installations in the Uk pp. 307-325

Martin J. Gardner

The Assessment of Risk of Radiation‐Induced Childhood Leukaemia in the Vicinity of Nuclear Installations pp. 327-339

T. E. Wheldon

The Epidemiology of Childhood Leukaemia pp. 341-351

Richard Doll

Statistical Methods Used in Assessing the Risk of Disease Near a Source of Possible Environmental Pollution: A Review pp. 353-363

Michael Hills and Freda Alexander

Obituary: Harold Jeffreys, 1891–1989 pp. 417-418

D. V. Lindley

Obituary: Pat Moran, 1917–1988 pp. 419-419

Cedric A. B. Smith

Repeat‐Buying: Facts, Theory and Applications pp. 420-421

Mick Silver

British Social Trends since 1900: A Guide to the Changing Social Structure of Britain pp. 421-421

George Stern

National Income and Economic Progress: Essays in Honour of Colin Clark pp. 422-423

Mick Silver

The Statistical Theory of Linear Systems pp. 422-422

H. Tong

Quality Control and Reliability pp. 423-424

A. Veevers

Linear Structures pp. 424-425

John Bibby

Applied Time Series Analysis for Business and Economic Forecasting pp. 425-426

Kenneth Holden

Probability, Method and Measurement pp. 426-427

John Gates

Introduction to Probability pp. 427-427

Ian Plewis

Volume 152, issue 2, 1989

A Revised Set of Blast Casualty Rates for Civil Defence Use: An Overview pp. 139-156

S. Hadjipavlou and G. Carr‐Hill

Computer Models of the Effects of Nuclear Attack on Britain: The Home Office and its Critics pp. 157-168

J. P. Steadman

The Statistics of Phytotoxic Air Pollutants pp. 183-198

R. I. Smith, D. Fowler and J. N. Cape

Statistical Analysis of Deoxyribonucleic Acid Sequence Data—A Review pp. 199-220

R. N. Curnow and T. B. L. Kirkwood

The Scientists' View of Statistics—A Neglected Area pp. 221-240

Glen McPherson

Significant Sameness pp. 241-247

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

Letter to the Editors pp. 249-250

W. F. F. Kemsley and S. Rosenbaum

Pareto Distributions pp. 253-254

D. N. Shanbhag

Introduction to Optimization pp. 254-255

Byron J. T. Morgan

Data Distributions pp. 255-255

D. N. Shanbhag

Seminar on Stochastic Processes, 1987 pp. 255-255

R. Grübel

Lognormal Distributions: Theory and Applications pp. 256-256

P. Holgate

Bayesian Analysis and Uncertainty in Economic Theory pp. 256-257

M. Goldstein

The Method of Paired Comparisons pp. 258-258

F. R. Jolliffe

Asymptotics for Generalized Chi‐Square Goodness‐Of‐Fit Tests pp. 258-259

Noel Cressie

Pascal's Arithmetical Triangle pp. 259-260

John Bibby

Introduction to Optimization Methods and Their Application in Statistics pp. 260-261

John Hinde

Maximum‐Entropy and Bayesian Methods in Science and Engineering pp. 260-260

Alan Watkins

Linear Least Squares Computations pp. 261-262

J. F. Bell

A Guide to Spss/Pc+ pp. 262-263

Robert Gilchrist

Road Accident Statistics pp. 263-263

J. P. Nicholl

Essentials of Medical Statistics pp. 263-264

L. D. Sharpies

Principles of Multivariate Analysis pp. 264-265

B. S. Everitt

Information Theory, Statistical Decision Functions, Random Processes pp. 265-266

R. Ahmad

Genstat 5: An Introduction pp. 266-266

John Hinde

Misclassification of Smoking Habits and Passive Smoking: A Review of the Evidence pp. 266-267

Sarah C. Darby

Linear Structures pp. 267-267

D. A. Quinney

Matrix Differential Calculus with Applications in Statistics and Econometrics pp. 268-269

Martin Crowder

Pattern‐Analytic Clustering: Theory, Method, Research and Configural Findings pp. 269-269

A. J. Baczkowski

Distribution‐Free Tests pp. 269-270

Iain D. Currie

A Manual of Crop Experimentation pp. 271-272

G. H. Freeman

24. Selected Tables in Mathematical Statistics pp. 271-271

H. J. Stephens

Estimation of Variance Components and Applications pp. 272-273

Jan Magnus

Econometrics of Planning and Efficiency pp. 273-273

John Bibby

Elementary Applications of Probability Theory pp. 273-274

W. D. Ray

Tauberian Theorems for Generalised Functions pp. 274-275

R. Ahmad

Store Choice, Store Location and Market Analysis pp. 275-275

Mick Silver

Two Models of an Open Economy pp. 276-276

D. A. Conway

Volume 152, issue 1, 1989

Population Registers: Some Administrative and Statistical Pros and Cons pp. 1-28

Philip Redfern

Trends and Cycles in British Industrial Production, 1700–1913 pp. 43-60

Nicholas Crafts, Stephen Leybourne and T. C. Mills

Childhood Leukaemia and Nuclear Installations pp. 61-86

Richard Wakeford, Keith Binks and David Wilkie

The Measurement of a Nation's Terms of Trade Effect and Real National Disposable Income Within a National Accounting Framework pp. 87-107

Mick Silver and Khashayar Mahdavy

Multivariate Interpretation of Clinical Laboratory Data pp. 113-114

M. K. Palmer

The Teaching of Practical Statistics pp. 114-115

A. J. Lawrance

Plots, Transformations and Regression: An Introduction to Graphical Methods of Diagnostic Regression Analysis pp. 115-116

R. W. Farebrother

Means and Their Inequalities pp. 116-117

L. A. Baxter

Applied Statistics: A First Course pp. 116-116

F. R. Jolliffe

The World Fertility Survey: An Assessment pp. 117-118

I. Diamond

Randomization Tests pp. 118-119

R. Schlittgen

Spline Smoothing and Nonparametric Regression pp. 119-120

M. C. Jones

Regression Analysis and Empirical Processes pp. 120-120

Rudolf Grübel

Decision Analysis pp. 121-121

P. W. Jones

Probabilistic Methods in Mathematical Physics pp. 121-122

Carl M. O'Brien

Reason and Being pp. 122-122

P. A. K. Covey‐Crump

Linear Structures pp. 123-124

B. L. Burrows

Don and Mandarin—Memoirs of an Economist pp. 123-123

J. P. Burman

Reviews of United Kingdom Statistical Sources: Vol. XX, Religion pp. 124-125

Nigel Smeeton

Reviews of United Kingdom Statistical Sources: Vol. XXI, Finance pp. 125-126

P. A. Bull

Mixture Models: Inference and Applications to Clustering pp. 126-127

D. N. Geary

The European Economic Recovery: A Need for New Policies? pp. 127-128

Mick Silver

British Imports of Consumer Goods: A Study of Import Penetration 1974–1985 pp. 128-129

Pat Lovie

The Process of Science: Contemporary Philosophical Approaches to Understanding Scientific Practice pp. 129-130

Frank Hansford‐Miller

Automation in Survey Processing pp. 130-131

M. G. Schimek

Lecture Notes on Medical Statistics pp. 131-131

Michael Dewey

A Study on the Future of the Census of Population: Alternative Approaches pp. 132-133

Karol J. Krotki

Robust Regression and Outlier Detection pp. 133-134

A. H. Seheult and P. J. Green

Linear Models for Unbalanced Data pp. 134-135

K. Parramore

Understanding Data pp. 135-135

F. R. Jolliffe

Counterexamples in Probability pp. 135-136

Geoffrey Grimmett

Probability and Bayesian Statistics pp. 136-137

Michael Goldstein

Directory of Statistical Microcomputer Software, 1988 Edition pp. 137-138

John Hinde

Statistics for Health Management and Research pp. 137-137

Harper Gilmour