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THE first volume of this work, reviewed by Prof. R. A. Fisher in Nature of October 16, 1943, covered the subjects of frequency distributions and their properties ; theories of probability and sampling and the sampling distributions to which they lead; and the theory of correlation. Chapter 12 on the x2 distribution was described by the author as something of an intrusion. A new edition of volume 1 in 1945 had no alterations of substance. The present very welcome volume 2 falls into five sections, dealing with estimation, the theory of statistical tests including the analysis of variance, regression analysis, the design of statistical inquiries, and the analysis of time series.
The Advanced Theory of Statistics
By Maurice G. Kendall. Vol. 2. Pp. vii + 521. (London: Charles Griffin and Co., Ltd., 1946.) 50s. net.
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THOMSON, G. The Advanced Theory of Statistics. Nature 159, 148 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159148a0
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