JASA Book Reviews
NISS Launches
in the June Issue
New Web Site
Actuarial Modelling of Claim Counts: Risk Classification, Credibility, and
Bonus-Malus Systems—Michel Denuit, Xavier Maréchal, Sandra Pitrebois,
Jean-François Walhin
Applied Multiway Data Analysis—Pieter M. Kroonenberg
Bayesian Approaches to Clinical Trials and Health-Care Evaluation—David J.
Spiegelhalter, Keith R. Abrams, and Jonathan P. Myles
Bayesian Methods for Data Analysis (3rd ed.)—Bradley P. Carlin and
Thomas A. Louis
Bayesian Reliability—Michael S. Hamada, Alyson G. Wilson, C. Shane Reese,
and Harry F. Martz
Correspondence Analysis in Practice (2nd ed.)—Michael Greenacre
Design and Analysis of Simulation Experiments—Jack P. C. Kleijnen
Financial Modeling Under Non-Gaussian Distributions—Eric Jondeau,
Ser-Huang Poon, and Michael Rockinger
T
he National Institute of Statistical Sciences
(NISS), an independent research institute
through which the statistics community
Generalized Linear Models with Random Effects: Unified Analysis via
serves the nation, is pleased to announce a major
H-likelihood—Youngjo Lee, John A. Nelder, and Yudi Pawitan
redesign of its web site at www.niss.org.
Markov Processes, Gaussian Processes, and Local Times—Michael B. Marcus and
Along with an attractive design, the new site is
Jay Rosen
easier to navigate and features news and updates
Nonlinear Time Series: Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods—Jiti Gao
about the organization, a calendar of events with
Nonparametric Analysis of Univariate Heavy-Tailed Data: Research and Practice— online registration, and profiles of NISS affili-
Natalia Markovich
ates and postdoctoral fellows. The site also func-
Observed Confidence Levels: Theory and Application—Alan M. Polansky
tions as a comprehensive source of information
Ranks of Elliptic Curves and Random Matrix Theory—J. B. Conrey, D. W.
and resources for the statistical community and
Farmer, F. Mezzadri, and N. C. Snaith (eds.)
provides ways for statistical scientists and others
to become engaged in the programs and activities
Semisupervised Learning for Computational Linguistics—Steven Abney
at NISS.
Statistical Design—George Casella
“We are very happy to have a web site that uses
Statistical DNA Forensics: Theory, Methods, and Computation—Wing Kam Fung
an open-source content management database sys-
and Yue-Qing Hu
tem,” said Alan Karr, director of NISS. “This will
Statistical Framework for Recreational Water Quality Criteria and Monitoring—
make it much easier to add new content to the web
Larry J. Wymer (ed.)
site, and we will be able to add new features as they
Statistical and Inductive Inference by Minimum Message Length—C. S. Wallace are needed in the future.” n
Statistics in the Law—Joseph B. Kadane (ed.)
Stochastic Simulation: Algorithms and Analysis—søren Asmussen and
Peter W. Glynn
Time Series Analysis—Henrik Madsen
Conditional Measures and Applications (2nd ed.)—M. M. Rao Volunteers wanted
Contemporary Psychometrics—Albert Maydeu-Olivares and
Have you ever thought about serving on an
John J. McArdle (eds.)
ASA committee of interest to you? The success
Design and Analysis of Experiments, Volume 1: Introduction to Experimental
of the ASA depends on the ASA committees
Design (2nd ed.)—Klaus Hinkelmann and Oscar Kempthorne
and the volunteers who serve on them.
Functional Data Analysis (2nd ed.)—J. O. Ramsay and B. W. Silverman
each year, vacancies are filled in nearly all of the
Information Efficiency in Financial and Betting Markets—Leighton Vaughan
ASA’s 50+ committees, usually for a three-year
Williams (ed.)
term. A list and description of all the committees
Linear Models and Generalizations: Least Squares and Alternatives (3rd ed.)—
can be found at www.amstat.org/committees.
C. Radhakrishna Rao, Helge Toutenburg, Shalabh, and Christian Heumann
You can volunteer or recommend another
Randomization Tests (4th ed.)—Eugene S. Edgington and Patrick Onghena
by going to www.amstat.org/committees
Simulation and the Monte Carlo Method (2nd ed.)—Reuven Y. Rubinstein
and clicking on “Volunteer or make
and Dirk P. Kroese
committee member recommendations.”
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