D. J. Hand was awarded the Guy Medal in Silver by the Royal Statistical Society in 2002. A. M. Herzberg is editor of Short Book Reviews, a publication of the International Statistical Institute.

'The style is distinctive: the ideas are at once clearly expressed and at the same time deep and revealing to even experts. A student could do well to adopt these volumes as a major part of the graduate curriculum!' Sankhya: The Indian Journal of Statistics

• Foreword D. J. Hand and A. M. Herzberg; Preface David Cox; Part I. Design of Investigations: Design of experiments; Sampling. Part II. Statistical Methods: Point process data; Binary data; Survival data; Multivariate analysis; Miscellaneous. Part III. Applications.

D. J. Hand was awarded the Guy Medal in Silver by the Royal Statistical Society in 2002. A. M. Herzberg is editor of Short Book Reviews, a publication of the International Statistical Institute.

'The style is distinctive: the ideas are at once clearly expressed and at the same time deep and revealing to even experts. A student could do well to adopt these volumes as a major part of the graduate curriculum!' Sankhya: The Indian Journal of Statistics

• Foreword D. J. Hand and A. M. Herzberg; Preface David Cox; Part I. Design of Investigations: Design of experiments; Sampling. Part II. Statistical Methods: Point process data; Binary data; Survival data; Multivariate analysis; Miscellaneous. Part III. Applications.

D. J. Hand was awarded the Guy Medal in Silver by the Royal Statistical Society in 2002. A. M. Herzberg is editor of Short Book Reviews, a publication of the International Statistical Institute.

'The style is distinctive: the ideas are at once clearly expressed and at the same time deep and revealing to even experts. A student could do well to adopt these volumes as a major part of the graduate curriculum!' Sankhya: The Indian Journal of Statistics

• Foreword D. J. Hand and A. M. Herzberg; Preface David Cox; Part I. Design of Investigations: Design of experiments; Sampling. Part II. Statistical Methods: Point process data; Binary data; Survival data; Multivariate analysis; Miscellaneous. Part III. Applications.