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The Mathematical Theory of Quantitative Genetics.by M. G. Bulmer

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Review Source: Biometrics, Vol. 43, No. 1 (Mar., 1987), p. 258 Published by: International Biometric Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2531982 Accessed: 27-02-2016 12:14 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/ info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected] Wiley and International Biometric Society are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Biometrics. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 132.174.255.116 on Sat, 27 Feb 2016 12:14:27 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 258 Biometrics,March 1987 DUDEWICZ,E. J. (ed.). The Frontiers of Modern impressionof students"thatanalysisof varianceand Statistical Inference Procedures.American Sciences regressionanalysisare distinct,even unrelated,analytPress,Columbus,Ohio, 1985, 493 pp. $79.95. ISBN ical tools."The firsttwo chaptersdeal with the general linear model, and the additionalassumptionsneeded 0-935950-07-9. for valid hypothesistests;the remainingchapterscover IPASRASI was the first conference to be held on factorial,Latin square,repeatedmeasures,covariance, InferenceProceduresAssociatedwith StatisticalRank- and regressionanalysisdesigns.The term "generallining and Selection,and was dedicatedto the memoryof ear model"here includesboth qualitativeand quantiJackWolfowitz.It was held at the East-WestCenterof tative components,but it is not as all-embracing,and the Universityof Hawaii,with preplanneddiscussants should not be misread,as "generalisedlinearmodels." for all papers,30-60 minutesfor each paperpresenta- The strength of the book is the empha; sis on data tion, and 15-30 minutesfor each paperdiscussion. analysis, with the use of various statisticalpackages The papers and discussions are collected in these (however,the backgroundto the data is often inadeProceedings,togetherwith the deliberationsof the five quate). discussiongroups (whose topics were:computersoftware for RSM (rankingand selection methodology); suggested syllabus for a semester course in RSM; RSM-where in the undergraduate curriculum?; jour- WEISBERG,S. AppliedLinearRegression,2ndedition. nals and RSM;refereeingof RSM papers).Most of the Wiley,New York, 1985. 324 pp. $46.50/f35.75. ISBN 20 papersare purelytheoretical.The few cited areasof 0-471-87957-6. applicationinclude genetic selection for futurebreeding, the efficacy of solutions of fungicides,and the The first (1980) edition of this book was reviewedby selectionof membranefiltersfor microorganisms. P. Sprentin Biometrics38, p. 867, in 1982;he recommended it stronglyfor advanced undergraduateand postgraduatecourses, and as a referencework. This ROSKAM,E. E. (ed.). Measurementand Personality secondeditionhasbeen updatedto includemanymore Assessment. North-Holland,Amsterdam, 1985, 349 recent proceduresand ideas, and about 60 post-1980 pp. $48.25/Dfl.130.00.ISBN0-444-87788-6. literaturereferences.The book's in-depthcoverageinThis volume of 26 selected/revisedpapers forms the cludes transformationof variables,problemswith asProceedingsof the XXIII InternationalCongresson sumptions, data-imposedlimitations, and the use of Psychologyheld in Mexicoin 1984.Most of the papers graphicalmethods.A new concludingchaptergives an in Part 1, on quantitativemethods,have directpsycho- introductionto nonlinear,logistic,and generalizedlinmetric interest;Part 2 contains articleson qualitative ear regressionmodels. Some older topics have been methods and projectivetechniques,while Part 3 has removed. articleson consistencyof behaviour. The editor comments, ".. . this volume reflects the variety of psychologicalapproachesin assessing the individualpersonalityin terms of traits,attitudesand VAN DILLA,M. A., DEAN, P. N., LAERUM,0. E., abilities."He suggestsin his organizer'saddressthat and MELAMED,M. R. (eds).Flow Cytometry:Instruthere is an acute need for the developmentof a new mentationandDataAnalysis.AcademicPress,London, stochasticprocessmodel for cognitiveand/or attitudi- 1985,288 pp. $59.00/?52.50. ISBN 0-12-712150-1. nal behaviour. "Thereis no one placewherethe interestedindividual can find a comprehensivetreatmentof the instrumenBULMER,M. G. The MathematicalTheoryof Quan- tation of flow cytometryand sorting,the analysisof titative Genetics. Oxford University Press, Oxford, flow cytometricdata, and practicaladvice."This book 1985,255 pp. $19.95/f13.95. ISBN 0-19-857633-1. attemptsto fill this void, and is intendedfor undergraduate and graduatestudents, users of flow systems in This is a paperbackreprintof the 1980 hardbackedi- biomedical research,users in clinical medicine, and tion, which was reviewedby B. S. Weir in Biometrics instrumentdesigners.Fifteenexpertshavecollaborated 37, p. 855, in 1981.A few correctionshave been made. to write eight chapterson: an overviewof flow cytometry;optics,lightsources,filters,and opticalsystems; HORTON, R. L. The General Linear Model: Data flowchambersandsamplehandling;electronicsforflow Analysisin the Social and BehavioralSciences.Robert cytometersand sorters;morphologicalanalysisby scanE. KriegerPublishingCo., Malabar,Florida,1986, 274 ning flow cytometry;methodsof data analysisin flow cytometry;local modificationsto commercialinstrupp. $29.95. ISBN0-89874-906-9. ments; a practicalguide for the use of flow systems. This is a reprintof the 1978 McGraw-Hilledition. It Only about 10%of the book is concernedwith data was writtenas a graduatetext to counteractthe mis- analysis. This content downloaded from 132.174.255.116 on Sat, 27 Feb 2016 12:14:27 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions