Chance Index: Volume 11 (1998)

Articles

Albert, Jim, "The Home-Run Hitting of Mike Schmidt," Vol. 11, No. 3, 
Summer 1998, pp. 3-11.

Anderson-Cook, Christine M., and Thornton, Tim, "Measuring Hockey's Special
Teams Efficiency," Vol. 11, No. 4, Fall 1998, pp. 26-34, 38.

Andersson, Jonas, Carling, Kenneth, and Mattson, Stefan, "Random Ranking of
Hospitals is Unsound," Vol. 11, No. 3, Summer 1998, pp. 34-37, 39.

Bar-Hillel, Maya, Bar-Natan, Dror, and McKay, Brendan, "The Torah Codes: 
Puzzle and Solution," Vol. 11, No. 2, Spring 1998, pp. 13-19.

Bar-Natan, Dror, see Bar-Hillel, Maya.

"Belizaire," "Virtual Dallas Dining," Vol. 11, No. 2, Spring 1998, pp.  31-33.

Bilder, Christopher R., and Loughin, Thomas M., " `It's Good!'  An Analysis
of the Probability of Success for Placekicks," Vol. 11, No. 2, 
Spring 1998, pp.  20-24 & 30.

Bradlow, Eric T., see next entry and also see under Howard Wainer.

Bradlow, Eric T., and Wainer, Howard, "Publication Delays in Statistics
Journals," Vol.  11, No. 1, Winter 1998, pp. 42-45.

Carling, Kenneth, see Andersson, Jonas.

Erber, Robert, see Theus, Martin.

Farebrother, Richard W., "A Genealogy of Charles Darwin, Francis Galton, and
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth," Vol. 11, No. 3, Summer 1998, pp. 31-33.

Grosjean, James H., "Beating the Showcase Showdown," Vol. 11, No. 1, 
Winter 1998, pp. 14-19.

Hurley, W.J., "How Should You Order Players in a Shoot-out?" Vol. 11, No. 2,
Spring 1998, pp. 25-26.

Jarvis, John F., "Chance and Intent:  A Baseball Paradox," Vol. 11, No. 3,
Summer 1998, pp. 12-19.

Kadane, Joseph B., see Terrin, Norma.

Loughin, Thomas M., see Bilder, Christopher R.

Manly, Bryan F.J., and Thomson, Richard, "How to Catch a Thief," Vol. 11,
No. 4, Fall 1998, pp. 22-25.

Mattson, Stefan, see Andersson, Jonas.

McKay, Brendan, see Bar-Hillel, Maya.

Morrison, Donald G., and Schmittlein, David C., "It Takes a Hot Goalie to
Raise the Stanley Cup," Vol. 11, No. 1, Winter 1998, pp. 3-7.

Morton, R. Hugh, "The Human Body as an Engine," Vol. 11, No. 2, 
Spring 1998, pp. 8- 12.

Palmer, Samuel, see Wainer, Howard.

Schmittlein, David C., see Morrison, Donald G.

Searle, Shalye R., "Winning Probabilities of Lotto in the United States,"
Vol. 11, No. 1, Winter 1998, pp. 20-24.

Styan, Evelyn Matheson, "Chance in Aristotle's Physics," Vol. 11, No. 4,
Fall 1998, pp. 11-16.

Terrin, Norma, and Kadane, Joseph B., "Counting Cars in a Legal Case
Involving Differential Enforcement," Vol. 11, No. 3, Summer 1998, pp. 25-27.

Theus, Martin, and Erber, Robert, "How to Survive the Thirty Years' War: 
Analyzing Historical Data of the City of Augsburg," Vol. 11, No. 4, 
Fall 1998, pp. 4-10.

Thomson, Richard, see Manly, Bryan F.J.

Thornton, Tim, see Anderson-Cook, Christine M.

Wainer, Howard, see next entry and also see Bradlow, Eric T.

Wainer, Howard, Palmer, Samuel, and Bradlow, Eric T., "A Selection of
Selection Anomalies," Vol. 11, No. 2, Spring 1998, pp. 3-7.

Westbrooke, Ian, "Simpson's Paradox:  An Example in a New Zealand Survey of
Jury Composition," Vol. 11, No. 2, Spring 1998, pp. 40-42.


Columns

Book Reviews

"Berger's Statistical Superhero:  A Review," [of B. Berger] by Albert Madansky,
Vol. 11, No. 1, Winter 1998, pp. 38-39.

Leading Personalities in Statistical Sciences:  From the Seventeenth 
Century to the Present, edited by Norman L. Johnson and Samuel Kotz, 
reviewed by Steven E. Fienberg, Vol. 11, No. 3, Summer 1998, pp. 38-39.

A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper, by John Allen Paulos, reviewed by
Thomas L.  Moore, Vol. 11, No. 1, Winter 1998, pp. 40-41.

Mathematics and Politics:  Strategy, Voting Power, and Proof, by Alan D.
Taylor, reviewed by Michael C. Munger, Vol. 11, No. 4, Fall 1998, pp. 45-46.

Regression Models for Categorical and Limited Dependent Variables, by J.S. Long,
reviewed by Ulf Bockenholt, Vol. 11, No. 2, Spring 1998, pp. 27-28.

Visual Revelations:  Graphical Tales of Fate and Deception From 
Napoleaon Bonaparte to Ross Perot, by Howard Wainer, reviewed by 
James O. Ramsay, Vol. 11, No. 2, Spring 1998, pp. 29-30.

From the Bookshelf

"A Chance Holiday Reading List - Part Two," Vol. 11, No. 1, 
Winter 1998, pp. 32-33 & 57.

"A Chance Holiday Reading List - Part Three," Vol. 11, No. 4, 
Fall 1998, pp.  46, 53.

Il Campanile Statistico - David Bellhouse

"Literary Probability and Statistics," Vol. 11, No. 1, Winter 1998, pp. 34-37.

"Lotto Mania," Vol. 11, No. 4, Fall 1998, pp. 35-38.

"A Random Walk Into Marxist-Leninist Probability and Statistics," 
Vol. 11, No. 3, Summer 1998, pp. 47-50.

"Stochastic Music," Vol. 11, No. 2, Spring 1998, pp. 43-45.

On the Edge:  Statistics and Computing

"What's Normal," Vol. 11, No. 1, Winter 1998, pp. 54-57.

On the Lighter Side - Miron Straf

"On Time," Vol. 11, No. 2, Spring 1998, pp. 64 & 63.

Personal Crunching - Robert Gentleman

"Data Mining," by Murray Jorgensen and Robert Gentleman, Vol. 11, No. 2,
Spring 1998, pp. 34-39 & 42.

"Review of S-PLUS 4.5," by Duncan J. Murdoch, Vol. 11, No. 4, 
Fall 1998, pp. 42-44.

"A Review of Systat 7.0 by SPSS," Vol. 11, No. 3, Summer 1998, pp. 28-30.

Problem Corner - Gabor Szekely

"Solution to Problem No. 6:  100% Incorrect Optimal Decisions?; 
Problem No. 8:  A Location Maximum Likelihood Estimator," 
Vol. 11, No. 1, Winter 1998, p. 64.

"Solution to Problem No. 7:  Samples of Water From n Sources Are Tested for
Contamination; Problem No. 9:  A Generalization of De Mere's `Grande Scandale',"
Vol. 11, No. 2, Spring 1998, pp. 58-59.

"Solution to Problem No. 8; Problem No. 10: Transformations of Normal Variables,"
Vol. 11, No. 3, Summer 1998, p. 64.

"Solution to Problem No. 9; Problem No. 11:  Fair Games with Coins," 
Vol. 11, No. 4, Fall 1998, pp. 57-58.

Puzzle Corner - Tom Jabine

"Stat-Acrostic No. 4," Vol. 11, No. 1, Winter 1998, pp. 58-59.

"Statistical Cryptic Puzzle No. 5," Vol. 11, No. 2, Spring 1998, pp. 56-57.

"Statistical Spiral Cryptic No. 2," Vol. 11, No. 3, Summer 1998, pp. 59-61.

"Anagram Puzzle No. 2," Vol. 11, No. 4, Fall 1998, pp. 54-56.

A Statistician Reads the Sports Pages - Hal Stern

"Best of Seven Playoff Series," Vol. 11, No. 2, Spring 1998, pp. 46-49.

"College Basketball Upsets:  Will a 16-Seed Ever Beat a 1-Seed?" 
by Hal S. Stern and Barbara Mock, Vol. 11, No. 1, Winter 1998, pp. 26-31.

"Football Strategy:  Go For It!" Vol. 11, No. 3, Summer 1998, pp. 20-24.

"How Accurate Are the Posted Odds?" Vol. 11, No. 4, Fall 1998, pp. 17-21.

Visual Revelations - Howard Wainer

"The Graphical Inventions of Dubourg and Ferguson:  Two Precursors to
William Playfair," Vol. 11, No. 4, Fall 1998, pp. 39-41.

"Rounding Tables," Vol. 11, No. 1, Winter 1998, pp. 46-50.

Window on Ottawa

"Bienvenue Statistique Canada - Welcome to Statistics Canada," 
Vol. 11, No. 1, Winter 1998, pp. 8-13.

"Statistics, Taxes, and PIPES," Vol. 11, No. 3, Summer 1998, pp. 42-46.

Window on Washington - Connie Citro

"The Census Under Attack," by David B. McMillen, Vol. 11, No. 2, 
Spring 1998, pp. 50- 55.

"Model-Based Small-Area Estimates:  The Next Major Advance for the Federal
Statistical System for the 21st Century," Vol. 11, No. 3, 
Summer 1998, pp. 40-41 & 50.

"Science and Politics in Numbers," by Janet L. Norwood, Vol. 11, No. 1,
Winter 1998, pp. 51-53.

Letters to the Editor

"Choice of Choices," by Doron Witztum and Eliyahu Rips, Vol. 11, No. 4, 
Fall 1998, pp.  48-49.

"Follow-up on `A Selection of Selection Anomalies,' " by Howard Wainer,
Samuel Palmer, and Eric T. Bradlow, Vol. 11, No. 3, Summer 1998, p. 58.

"Lost Chance," by Kelly Witherspoon, Vol. 11, No. 4, Fall 1998, p. 48.

"NonRANDom Selection of Statisticians," by David A. Vaccari 
(with reply from Marc N. Elliott), Vol. 11, No. 3, Summer 1998, p. 55.

"Norway Won the Nagano Olympics!" by Paul M. Sommers, Vol. 11, No. 2, 
Spring 1998, p. 26.

"A Note on Multivariable Testing in Marketing Research," by John Daws 
(with reply from Eric T. Bradlow), Vol. 11, No. 3, Summer 1998, p. 54.

"On Graphs and Histograms," by Max Wigbout (with reply from Willard C.
Losinger), Vol. 11, No. 3, Summer 1998, p. 55.

"Rounding Tables on My Bicycle," by Friedrich Pukelsheim, Vol. 11, No. 3,
Summer 1998, pp. 57-58.

"Shame," by Michael Drosnin, Vol. 11, No. 4, Fall 1998, pp. 50-51.

"Sequential Analysis," by David Wolfson, Vol. 11, No. 4, Fall 1998, pp. 51-53.

"Statisticians Who Are Afraid of the Real World," by Irwin D. Bross 
(with reply from Leonard R. Haff), Vol. 11, No. 3, Summer 1998, pp. 51-53.

"To Wax & Lenin or Marx," by Gareth Penn (with reply by David R. Bellhouse),
Vol.  11, No. 4, Fall 1998, p. 47-48.

"`Visual Revelations' and Publication Delays," by Susan E. Hodge 
(with reply from Howard Wainer), Vol. 11, No. 3, Summer 1998, pp. 55-57.