Chance Index: Volume 12 (1999)

Articles

Akdeniz, Fikri, and Donmez, Dogan, "The History of Statistics in the
Ottoman Empire," Vol. 12, No. 3, Summer 1999, pp. 37-39.

Ashenfelter, Orley, and Quandt, Richard, "Analyzing a Wine Tasting
Statistically," Vol. 12, No. 3, Summer 1999, pp. 16-20.

Benedict, Jeff, see Blumstein, Alfred.

Blumstein, Alfred, and Benedict, Jeff, "Criminal Violence of NFL Players
Compared to the General Population," Vol. 12, No. 3, Summer 1999, pp. 12-15.

Brimberg, Jack, and Hurley, Bill, "The Penalty-Kick in Soccer:  Does it Make
Sense to Shoot at the Keeper?" Vol. 12, No. 2, Spring 1999, pp. 35-38.

Buoncristiani, John F., see Martin, David E.

Carlin, Bradley P., and Stern, Hal S., "Designing a College Football 
Playoff System," Vol. 12, No. 3, Summer 1999, pp. 21-26.

Donmez, Dogan, see Akdeniz, Fikri.

Farebrother, Richard William, " A Brief History of the British National
Lottery 1567-1826," Vol. 12, No. 1, Winter 1999, pp. 27-31.

Glickman, Mark E., and Jones, Albyn C., "Rating the Chess Rating System,"
Vol. 12, No. 2, Spring 1999, pp. 21-28.

Goodwin, Barry K., see Ker, Alan P.

Grier, David Alan, "Statistical Laboratories and the Origins of Statistical
Computing," Vol. 12, No. 2, Spring 1999, pp. 14-20.

Hastings, Kevin J., "Building a Baseball Simulation Game," Vol. 12, No. 1,
Winter 1999, pp. 32-37.

Hill, Theodore P., "The Difficulty of Faking Data," Vol. 12, No. 3, 
Summer 1999, pp. 27-31.

Hurley, Bill, see Brimberg, Jack.

Johnson, Norman L., see Kotz, Samuel.

Jones, Albyn C., see Glickman, Mark E.

Kadane, Joseph B., "An Allegation of Examination Copying," Vol. 12, No. 3,
Summer 1999, pp. 32-36.

Ker, Alan P., and Goodwin, Barry K., "Statistics and the U.S. Crop Insurance
Program," Vol. 12, No. 4, Fall 1999, pp. 25-30.

Kotz, Samuel, and Johnson, Norman L., "Lifelengths of `Leading Personalities' 
in Statistics," Vol. 12, No. 4, Fall 1999, pp. 31-35.

Martin, David E., and Buoncristiani, John F., "The Effects of Temperature 
on Marathon Runners' Performance," Vol. 12, No. 4, Fall 1999, pp. 21-24.

Murrell, Paul R., "The Statistics of Monopoly," Vol. 12, No. 4, 
Fall 1999, pp. 36-40.

Quandt, Richard, see Ashenfelter, Orley.

Rutledge, Jim, see Warner, Brad.

Salsburg, David, and Salsburg, Dena, "Searching for the `Real' Davy Crockett," 
Vol. 12, No. 2, Spring 1999, pp. 29-34.

Salsburg, Dena, see Salsburg, David.

Stern, Hal, "The Man Who Makes the Odds:  An Interview with `Roxy' Roxborough,"
Vol. 12, No. 1, Winter 1999, pp. 15-21.

Stern, Hal S., see Carlin, Bradley P.

Ullrich, Peter, "An Eulerian Square Before Euler and an Experimental Design
Before R. A. Fisher:  On the Early History of Latin Squares," Vol. 12, No. 1, 
Winter 1999, pp. 22- 26.

Warner, Brad, and Rutledge, Jim, "Checking the Chips Ahoy! Guarantee," 
Vol. 12, No. 1, Winter 1999, pp. 10-14.

Wright, Tommy and Hogan, Howard, "CENSUS 2000: Evolution of Revised Plan,"
Vol. 12, No. 4, Fall 1999, pp. 11-19.

Columns

Book Reviews

"From the Bookshelf," by Ashley Faber and Stanley Wasserman, Vol. 12, No. 4,
Fall 1999, pp. 9-10.

Intelligence, Genes, & Success:  Scientists Respond to The Bell Curve,
edited by Bernie Devlin, Stephen E. Fienberg, Daniel P. Resnick, and 
Kathryn Roeder, reviewed by Peter B. Imrey, Vol. 12, No. 3, 
Summer 1999, pp. 7-11.

Markov Chain Monte Carlo in Practice, by W. R. Gilks, S. Richardson, and 
D. J.  Spiegelhalter, reviewed by John W. McDonald, Vol. 12, No. 1, 
Winter 1999, pp. 7-9.

Statistical Evidence:   A Likelihood Paradigm (Monographs on Statistics and
Applied Probability 71), by Richard Royall, reviewed by David Grayson, 
Vol. 12, No. 2, Spring 1999, pp. 11-13.

Il Campanile Statistico - David Bellhouse

"2001:  A Bayes Odyssey," Vol. 12, No. 3, Summer 1999, pp. 48-50.

"Adventures in Experimental Design," Vol. 12, No. 2, Spring 1999, pp. 48-50.

"What I Did on My Summer Holidays," Vol. 12, No. 1, Winter 1999, pp. 48-50.

On the Edge:  Statistics and Computing - Duncan Murdoch

"ActivStats 2.0," by Angela L. Jonkhans, Vol. 12, No. 3, Summer 1999, pp. 45-47.

"Programming 3-D Graphics," Vol. 12, No. 2, Spring 1999, pp. 45-47.

"Programming With Components," Vol. 12, No. 4, Fall 1999, pp. 47-49.

"What's Java?" Vol. 12, No. 1, Winter 1999, pp. 44-47.

On the Lighter Side - Miron Straf

"Garbology," Vol. 12, No. 1, Winter 1999, pp. 63-64.

Problem Corner - Gabor Szekely

"Solution to Problem No. 10:  Transformations of Normal Variables; 
Problem No. 12: Expected Time to Sell Your House," Vol. 12, No. 1, 
Winter 1999, pp. 59-60.

"Solution to Problem No. 11:  Fair Games with Coins; 
Problem No. 13:  How to Impress Bill Gates in an Interview," Vol. 12, No. 2, 
Spring 1999, pp. 59-60.

"Solution to Problem No. 12:  Expected Time to Sell Your House; 
Problem No. 14:  A Characterization of the Bernoulli Distribution," 
Vol. 12, No. 3, Summer 1999, p. 60.

"Solution to Problem No. 13:  How to Impress Bill Gates in an Interview;
Problem No. 15: Voting and Independence," Vol. 12. No. 4, Fall 1999, pp. 58-59.

Puzzle Corner - Tom Jabine

"Cryptic Acrostic No. 1; Solution to Anagram Puzzle No. 2" Vol. 12, No. 2,
Spring 1999, pp. 56-58.

"Statistical Cryptic Puzzle No. 6; Solution to Statistical Spiral Puzzle No. 2,"
Vol. 12, No. 1, Winter 1999, pp. 57-58, 60.

"Statistical Cryptic Puzzle No. 7; Solution to Statistical Cryptic Puzzle No. 6," 
Vol. 12, No. 3, Summer 1999, pp. 58-59.

"Statistical Spiral Cryptic No. 3; Solution to Cryptic Acrostic No. 1," 
Vol. 12, No. 4, Fall 1999, pp. 56-57.

A Statistician Reads the Sports Pages - Scott Berry

"Does `The Zone' Exist for Home-Run Hitters?" Vol. 12, No. 1, 
Winter 1999, pp. 51-56.

"Drive for Show and Putt for Dough," Vol. 12, No. 4, Fall 1999, pp. 50-55.

"A Geometry Model for NFL Field Goal Kickers," Vol. 12, No. 3, 
Summer 1999, pp. 51- 56.

"How Many Will Big Mac and Sammy Hit in '99?" Vol. 12, No. 2, 
Spring 1999, pp. 51- 55.

Visual Revelations - Howard Wainer

"A Graphical Investigation of the Scourge of Vietnam," Vol. 12, No. 4, 
Fall 1999, pp. 44-46.

"A Puzzle Solved?" Vol. 12, No. 1, Winter 1999, pp. 42-43.

"Scaling the Market," Vol. 12, No. 3, Summer 1999, pp. 43-44.

"Simpson's Paradox," Vol. 12, No. 2, Spring 1999, pp. 43-44.

Window on Washington - Connie Citro

"Five Years Later - Reflections From Inside the Federal Statistical System,"
by Katherine K. Wallman, Vol. 12, No. 1, Winter 1999, pp. 38-41.

"The Global Statistical System:  What Is It and Why Should We Care?" 
by Hermann Habermann, Vol. 12, No. 2, Spring 1999, pp. 39-42.

"Penny Wise, Pound Foolish:  The Case of Environmental Accounting," 
Vol. 12, No. 4, Fall 1999, pp. 41-43.

"Reviewing the Metropolitan Area Standards," by James D. Fitzsimmons, 
Vol. 12, No. 3, Summer 1999, pp. 40-42.

Letters to the Editor

"The Chess Rating System," by Ray Stefani 
(with response from Mark Glickman and Albyn Jones), 
Vol. 12, No. 4, Fall 1999, pp. 3-5.

"The Conceptual Nature of Chance," by Foster Lindley 
(with reply from Evelyn Matheson Styan), Vol. 12, No. 2, Spring 1999, p. 6.

"Counting Cars in a Legal Case," by John Bear 
(with reply from Norma Terrin), Vol. 12, No. 1, Winter 1999, p. 4.

"Critical Thinking," by Douglas Stalker, Vol. 12, No. 1, Winter 1999, p. 4.

"The First Move in Chess," by Kurt T. Taube 
(with response from Mark Glickman and Albyn Jones), 
Vol. 12, No. 4, Fall 1999, p. 3.

"Leninist Statistics," by Samuel Kotz (with reply from David Bellhouse),
Vol. 12, No. 2, Spring 1999, p. 5.

"New Journals Launched to Fight Rising Prices," by Willard C. Losinger, 
Vol. 12, No. 4, Fall 1999, p. 3.

"On Winning College Basketball Pools," by Tom Adams 
(with reply from Brad Carlin), Vol. 12, No. 3, Summer 1999, p. 3.

"Shorthanded," by James R. Lackritz 
(with reply from Christine Anderson-Cook and Tim Thornton), 
Vol. 12, No. 2, Spring 1999, pp. 3-5.

The Reader Speaks Out

"An Honest Comparison," by Hal Stern, Vol. 12, No. 3, Summer 1999, p. 64.

"Spreadsheets and Statistics: The Formulas and the Words," 
by Herman Callaert, Vol. 12, No. 2, Spring 1999, p. 64.

"Toward a More Accurate Census," by Congressman Tom Sawyer,
Vol. 12, No. 4, Fall 1999, p. 64.