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Scientific Social Surveys and Research, by Pauline V. Young and Calvin F. Schmid. New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1939. xxix, 619 pp. $3.00. Reviewed by George A. Lundberg. Some Notes on Least Squares by W. Edwards Deming. Washington, D.C.: The Graduate School, Department of Agriculture. 1938. iv, 181...

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Published in:Journal of the American Statistical Association 1939, Vol.34 (208), p.752-783
Main Author: McLaughlin, Glenn E.
Format: Review
Language:eng
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Summary:Scientific Social Surveys and Research, by Pauline V. Young and Calvin F. Schmid. New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1939. xxix, 619 pp. $3.00. Reviewed by George A. Lundberg. Some Notes on Least Squares by W. Edwards Deming. Washington, D.C.: The Graduate School, Department of Agriculture. 1938. iv, 181 pp. Reviewed by F. X. Schumacher. Principles of the Mathematical Theory of Correlation, by A. A. Tschuprow, translated by M. Kantorowitsch. London: William Hodge and Co., Ltd. 12/6. New York: Nordemann Publishing Company, Inc. $3.75. x, 194 pp. Reviewed by J. Neyman. Committee of Statistical Experts, Report to the Council on the Work of the Eighth Session. 10 pp. $0.15. Reviewed by Frances V. Scott. Housing Statistics, A Minimum Programme of Housing Statistics drawn up by the Committee of Statistical Experts. 14 pp. $0.20. Reviewed by Frances V. Scott. Indices of Industrial Production, Report drawn up by the Committee of Statistical Experts. 16 pp. $0.20. Geneva: League of Nations. New York: Columbia University Press. 1939. Reviewed by Frances V. Scott. Truth in Accounting, by Kenneth MacNeal. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 1939. xvii, 334 pp. $3.50. Reviewed by John B. Canning. World Production and Prices 1937-38. Geneva: League of Nations, Economic Intelligence Service. New York: Columbia University Press. 1938. 137 pp. $1.25. Reviewed by Edward B. Hincks. An Econometric Approach to Business Cycle Problems, by J. Tinbergen. Paris: Hermann & Company. 1937. 73 pp. 18 frs. Reviewed by Wilbert G. Fritz. Statistical Testing of Business-Cycle Theories, Volume I: A Method and Its Application to Investment Activity, by J. Tinbergen. Geneva: League of Nations, Economic Intelligence Service. New York: Columbia University Press. 1939. 164 pp. $0.90. Reviewed by Wilbert G. Fritz. Commodity Flow and Capital Formation, Volume One, by Simon Kuznets. New York: National Bureau of Economic Research. 1938. ix, 505 pp. $5.00. Reviewed by Alfred Kähler. Distribution of Incomes and Fortunes, by J. van der Wijk. Haarlem: De Erven F. Bohn N.V. Netherlands Economic Institute. 1939. xv, 295 pp. hfl. 2.50. Reviewed by J. B. D. Derksen. National Income in the United States 1799-1938, by Robert F. Martin. New York: National Industrial Conference Board, Inc. N.I.C.B. Studies Number 241. 1939. xv, 146 pp. $3.50. Reviewed by James G. Smith. The Structure of Manufacturing Production, A Cross-Section View, by-Charles A. Bliss. New York: National Bureau of Economic Research. P
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