Biometrika -- Table of Contents (June 1956, 43 [1-2])

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Contents: Volume 43, Number 1-2, June 1956 [Index by Author]
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M. G. KENDALL: STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS: II. THE BEGINNINGS OF A PROBABILITY CALCULUS
Biometrika 1956 43: 1-14; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.1 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

NORMAN T. J. BAILEY: ON ESTIMATING THE LATENT AND INFECTIOUS PERIODS OF MEASLES: I. FAMILIES WITH TWO SUSCEPTIBLES ONLY
Biometrika 1956 43: 15-22; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.15 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J. H. DARWIN: THE BEHAVIOUR OF AN ESTIMATOR FOR A SIMPLE BIRTH AND DEATH PROCESS
Biometrika 1956 43: 23-31; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.23 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S. R. BROADBENT: EXAMINATION OF A QUANTUM HYPOTHESIS BASED ON A SINGLE SET OF DATA
Biometrika 1956 43: 32-44; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.32 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

I. J. GOOD and G. H. TOULMIN: THE NUMBER OF NEW SPECIES, AND THE INCREASE IN POPULATION COVERAGE, WHEN A SAMPLE IS INCREASED
Biometrika 1956 43: 45-63; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.45 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D. J. BARTHOLOMEW: A SEQUENTIAL TEST OF RANDOMNESS FOR EVENTS OCCURRING IN TIME OR SPACE
Biometrika 1956 43: 64-78; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.64 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A. A. ANIS: ON THE MOMENTS OF THE MAXIMUM OF PARTIAL SUMS OF A FINITE NUMBER OF INDEPENDENT NORMAL VARIATES
Biometrika 1956 43: 79-84; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.79 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

H. A. DAVID: ON THE APPLICATION TO STATISTICS OF AN ELEMENTARY THEOREM IN PROBABILITY
Biometrika 1956 43: 85-91; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.85 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JOHN WISHART: ${chi}$ ² PROBABILITIES FOR LARGE NUMBERS OF DEGREES OF FREEDOM
Biometrika 1956 43: 92-95; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.92 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J. B. S. HALDANE and SHEILA MAYNARD SMITH: THE SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION OF A MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATE
Biometrika 1956 43: 96-103; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.96 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D. E. BARTON and F. N. DAVID: TESTS FOR RANDOMNESS OF POINTS ON A LINE
Biometrika 1956 43: 104-112; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.104 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R. C. BOSE: PAIRED COMPARISON DESIGNS FOR TESTING CONCORDANCE BETWEEN JUDGES
Biometrika 1956 43: 113-121; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.113 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

K. C. S. PILLAI: ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE LARGEST OR THE SMALLEST ROOT OF A MATRIX IN MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
Biometrika 1956 43: 122-127; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.122 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D. N. LAWLEY: TESTS OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE LATENT ROOTS OF COVARIANCE AND CORRELATION MATRICES
Biometrika 1956 43: 128-136; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.128 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R. M. WILLIAMS: THE VARIANCE OF THE MEAN OF SYSTEMATIC SAMPLES
Biometrika 1956 43: 137-148; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.137 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P. G. GUEST: GROUPING METHODS IN THE FITTING OF POLYNOMIALS TO UNEQUALLY SPACED OBSERVATIONS
Biometrika 1956 43: 149-160; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.149 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

G. S. WATSON: ON THE JOINT DISTRIBUTION OF THE CIRCULAR SERIAL CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS
Biometrika 1956 43: 161-168; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.161 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

H. E. DANIELS: THE APPROXIMATE DISTRIBUTION OF SERIAL CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS
Biometrika 1956 43: 169-185; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.169 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

G. M. JENKINS: TESTS OF HYPOTHESES IN THE LINEAR AUTOREGRESSIVE MODEL: II. NULL DISTRIBUTIONS FOR HIGHER ORDER SCHEMES: NON-NULL DISTRIBUTIONS
Biometrika 1956 43: 186-199; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.186 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D. E. BARTON: A class of distributions for which the maximum-likelihood estimator is unbiased and of minimum variance for all sample sizes
Biometrika 1956 43: 200-202; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.200 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

W. H. TRICKETT, B. L. WELCH, and G. S. JAMES: Further critical values for the two-means problem
Biometrika 1956 43: 203-205; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.203 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J. A. McFADDEN: An approximation for the symmetric, quadrivariate normal integral
Biometrika 1956 43: 206-207; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.206 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M. J. R. HEALY: Weighted probits allowing for a non-zero response in the controls
Biometrika 1956 43: 207-208; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.207 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J. C. BUTCHER: Treatment variances for experimental designs with serially correlated observations
Biometrika 1956 43: 208-212; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.208 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R. A. WOODING: The multivariate distribution of complex normal variables
Biometrika 1956 43: 212-215; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.212 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J. WISE: Stationarity conditions for stochastic processes of the autoregressive and moving-average type
Biometrika 1956 43: 215-219; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.215 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

B. I. HARLEY: Some properties of an angular transformation for the correlation coefficient
Biometrika 1956 43: 219-224; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.219 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C. L. MALLOWS: Note on the moment-problem for unimodal distributions when one or both terminals are known
Biometrika 1956 43: 224-227; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.224 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S. N. ROY and A. E. SARHAN: On inverting a class of patterned matrices
Biometrika 1956 43: 227-231; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.227 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J. MEDHI: A note on the risks of error involved in the sequential ratio test
Biometrika 1956 43: 231-234; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.231 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

GUNNAR BLOM: ‘Transformations of the binomial, negative binomial, Poisson and ${chi}$ ² distributions’
Biometrika 1956 43: 235; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.235 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

F. N. DAVID: REVIEWS
Biometrika 1956 43: 236; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.236 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

G. A. BARNARD: REVIEWS
Biometrika 1956 43: 236-237; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.236-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A. R. JONCKHEERE: REVIEWS
Biometrika 1956 43: 237; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.237 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

N. L. JOHNSON: REVIEWS
Biometrika 1956 43: 237-238; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.237-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P. G. MOORE: REVIEWS
Biometrika 1956 43: 238; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.238 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

F. G. FOSTER: REVIEWS
Biometrika 1956 43: 238-239; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.238-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P. G. MOORE: REVIEWS
Biometrika 1956 43: 239; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.239 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D. E. BARTON: REVIEWS
Biometrika 1956 43: 239; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.239-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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Biometrika 1956 43: 240; doi:10.1093/biomet/43.1-2.240 [PDF] [Request Permissions]