Preface to First Edition - lib

List of Tables2.1 USmelanoma data. USA mortality rates for white males dueto malignant melanoma. 252.2 CHFLS data. Chinese Health and Family Life Survey. 282.3 household data. Household expenditure for single men andwomen. 402.4 suicides2 data. Mortality rates per 100, 000 from malesuicides. 412.5 USstates data. Socio-demographic variables for ten USstates. 422.6 banknote data (package alr3). Swiss bank note data. 433.1 roomwidth data. Room width estimates (width) in feet andin metres (unit). 453.2 waves data. Bending stress (root mean squared bendingmoment in Newton metres) for two mooring methods in awave energy experiment. 463.3 water data. Mortality (per 100,000 males per year, mortality)and water hardness for 61 cities in England andWales. 473.4 pistonrings data. Number of piston ring failures for threelegs of four compressors. 493.5 rearrests data. Rearrests of juvenile felons by type of courtin which they were tried. 493.6 The general r × c table. 523.7 Frequencies in matched samples data. 534.1 suicides data. Crowd behaviour at threatenedsuicides. 664.2 Classification system for the response variable. 664.3 Lanza data. Misoprostol randomised clinical trial from Lanza(1987). 664.4 Lanza data. Misoprostol randomised clinical trial from Lanzaet al. (1988a). 674.5 Lanza data. Misoprostol randomised clinical trial from Lanzaet al. (1988b). 67© 2010 by Taylor and Francis Group, LLC