Suggestions for Your Nonparametric Statistics Course

Clint W. Coakley
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Journal of Statistics Education v.4, n.2 (1996)


Appendix A
Partially Annotated Bibliography of Textbooks and Monographs

The purpose of this appendix is to give instructors and students of nonparametric statistics a list of textbooks and reference books in the field. Care has been taken to give adequate coverage to density estimation and nonparametric regression, the most active areas of current research in the field. The bootstrap, which is placed by some under the broad nonparametric umbrella, has been excluded from this bibliography to keep its length manageable. The intention is not to rate each book in terms of its suitability for a particular course, although comments do follow some of the entries. Instead, an extensive list of published reviews follows most of the entries. In addition, a letter appears prior to each of the 93 entries to indicate whether the entry is primarily a bibliography (B), computing manual (C), research monograph (M), proceedings (P), or textbook (T). Some of the monographs would make suitable texts for graduate courses. The format for citations of published reviews is journal (year, volume, page number(s)).


(P) Barnett, W. A., Powell, J., and Tauchen, G. E., editors (1991), Nonparametric and semiparametric methods in economics and statistics, New York: Cambridge University Press, 493 pp. This book contains the proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium in Economic Theory and Econometrics. Reviewed in JASA (1993, 88, 1468), The Statistician (1993, 42, 201-202), and Metrika (1994, 41, 309-311).

(M) Behnen, K. and Neuhaus, G. (1989), Rank tests with estimated scores and their applications, Stuttgart, Germany: B. G. Tuebner, 416 pp. This is a research monograph that presents a class of nonlinear rank tests. Reviewed in Metrika (1991, 38, 334) and Statistics (1992, 23, 298-299; 1994, 25, 376).

(M) Bosq, D. (1996), Non-parametric statistics for stochastic processes, Lecture Notes in Statistics, Volume 110, New York: Springer-Verlag, 184 pp.

(T) Bradley, J. V. (1968), Distribution-free statistical tests, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 388 pp.

(M) Brodsky, B. E. and Darkhovsky, B. S. (1993), Nonparametric methods in change point problems, Dordrecht, Holland: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 209 pp.

(M) Bulle, T. (1990), Comparison of populations. Nonparametric tests and analysis of variance, in French, Paris: Masson Publishing, 132 pp. Reviewed in Revue de Statistique Appliquee (1990, 38/4, 77-78, review in French) and Statistique et Analyse des Donnees (1990, 15/3, 93-94, review in French).

(T) Buning, H. and Trenkler, G. (1978), Nichtparametrische statistische methoden, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 435 pp. Written in German; reviewed in JASA (1982, 77, 939).

(M) Buringer, H., Martin, H., and Schriever, K.-H. (1980), Nonparametric sequential selection procedures, Boston: Birkhauser, 488 pp. Reviewed in Australian J. of Stat. (1981, 23, 374-375) and Statistics (1982, 13, 155-156).

(M) Caperaa, P. and van Cutsem, B. (1988), Methods and models in nonparametric statistics, in French, Paris: Dunod, 358 pp. Reviewed in Statistics and Decisions (1988, 13/3, 103-105).

(T) Conover, W. J. (1980), Practical nonparametric statistics, second edition, New York: Wiley, 493 pp. Revision of a 1971 applied undergraduate textbook. Reviewed in JASA (1981, 76, 1011), Biometrics (1981, 37, 621-622), JRSS-A (1981, 144, 370-371), Technometrics (1981, 23, 415-416), and Applied Statistics (1983, 32, 91).

(M) Critchlow, D. E. (1985), Metric methods for analyzing partially ranked data, New York: Springer-Verlag, 216 pp. Reviewed in JASA (1987, 82, 952-953), Technometrics (1987,29, 385), and Computational Statistics Quarterly (1992, 7, 219).

(T) Daniel, W. W. (1990), Applied nonparametric statistics, second edition, Boston: PWS-Kent, 635 pp. A very good applied book, but it is now out of print. Reviewed in Biometrics (1991, 47, 1634-1635) and Technometrics (1991, 33, 364-365).

(M) Denker, M. (1985), Asymptotic distribution theory in nonparametric statistics, Wiesbaden: Friedrich Vieweg and Sohn, 204 pp. Reviewed in Statistics (1986, 17, 474-475) and Australian J. of Stat. (1987, 29, 109-110).

(T) Devroye, L. (1987), A course in density estimation, Basel: Birkhauser, 183 pp. Reviewed in Biometrical J. (1988, 30, 740; 1989, 31, 442), JRSS-A (1988, 151, 365-366), Statistics and Decisions (1988, 9, 304-305), and Metrika (1989, 36, 253-254).

(M) Devroye, L. and Gyorfi, L. (1985), Nonparametric density estimation: The L_1 view, New York: Wiley, 356 pp. A research monograph; reviewed in Ann. Stat. (1985, 13, 1630-1638) and JASA (1987, 82, 344).

(M) Does, R. J. J. M. (1982), Higher order asymptotics for simple linear rank statistics, Amsterdam: CWI Math. Centrum, 91 pp.

(T) Edgington, E. S. (1969), Statistical inference; the distribution-free approach, New York: McGraw-Hill, 211 pp.

(M) Edgington, E. S. (1987), Randomization tests, second edition, New York: Marcel Dekker, 341 pp. Reviewed in Calcutta Stat. Soc. Bull. (1987, 36, 105-107), Statistics (1988, 19, 615-616), JRSS-A (1989, 152, 118-119), Technometrics (1989, 31, 127), and Comp. Stat. Quarterly (1990, 5, 298).

(M) Eubank, R. L. (1988), Spline smoothing and nonparametric regression, New York: Marcel Dekker, 438 pp. Reviewed in Australian J. Stat. (1986, 30, 684-387), JASA (1989, 84, 623), JRSS-A (1989, 152, 119-120), Technometrics (1989, 31, 380), and Statistics (1992, 23, 375).

(M) Fligner, M. A. and Verducci, J. S., editors (1992), Probability models and statistical analyses for ranking data, New York: Springer-Verlag, 306 pp.

(T) Fraser, D. A. S. (1957), Non-parametric methods in statistics, New York: Wiley, 289 pp. This is the earliest theoretical book in the field. Reviewed in JASA (1957, 52, 384), JRSS-A (1957, 120, 480), Mathematical Reviews (1957, 18, 773), Trabajos de Estadistica (1957, 8, 136), and Biometrica (1958, 45, 591), among others. A more complete list of reviews of this book may be found in Savage (1962).

(T) Gibbons, J. D. (1985), Nonparametric methods for quantitative analysis, second edition, Syracuse, NY: American Sciences Press, 481 pp. Reviewed in Biometric J. (1985, 27, 490; 1986, 28, 782, second review in German), Biometrics (1986, 42, 225-226), Technometrics (1986, 28, 275-277), JASA (1987, 82, 364), and Statistics (1989, 20, 352).

(T) Gibbons, J. D. (1992), Nonparametric measures of association, Sage University Paper series on Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences, 07-91, Newbury Park CA: Sage, 97 pp. Reviewed in JASA (1994, 89, 719).

(T) Gibbons, J. D. (1993), Nonparametric statistics: an introduction, Sage University Paper series on Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences, 07-90, Newbury Park CA: Sage, 87 pp.

(T) Gibbons, J. D. and Chakraborti, S. (1992), Nonparametric statistical inference, third edition, New York: Marcel Dekker, 544 pp. Reviewed in Australian J. Stat. (1993, 35, 383), JRSS-A (1993, 156, 503), and Technometrics (1993, 35, 239-240).

(P) Gnedenko, B. V., Puri, M. L., and Vincze, I., editors (1982), Nonparametric statistical inference, in two volumes, Amsterdam: Elsevier North Holland, 463 pp. Proceedings of a colloquium with the same title held 23-27 June 1980 in Budapest, Hungary.

(M) Good, P. (1994), Permutation tests: A practical guide to resampling methods for testing hypotheses, New York: Springer-Verlag, 228 pp. Reviewed in Journal of Quality Technology (1994, 26, 325) and JASA (1995, 90, 384).

(M) Gore, A. P., Deshpande, J. V., and Shanubhogue, A. (1993), Statistical analysis of non-normal data, New York: Wiley, 400 pp.

(M) Green, P. J. and Silverman, B. W. (1994), Nonparametric regression and generalized linear models, a roughness penalty approach, London: Chapman and Hall, 182 pp. Reviewed in Biometrics (1994, 50, 1228) and JASA (1995, 90, 1489).

(M) Groeneboom, P. and Wellner, J. A. (1992), Information bounds and nonparametric maximum likelihood estimation, Basel: Birkhauser, 136 pp. Reviewed in SIAM Review (1994, 36, 503-504) and Statistics and Decisions (1995, 13, 94-95).

(M) Gyorfi, L., Hardle, W., Sarda, P., and Vieu, P. (1989), Nonparametric curve estimation from time series, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 153 pp. Reviewed in Metrika (1992, 39, 66).

(T) Hajek, J. (1969), A course in nonparametric statistics, San Francisco: Holden-Day, 184 pp. A short undergraduate textbook, reviewed in JASA (1978, 73, 222).

(M) Hajek, J. and Sidak, Z. (1967), Theory of rank tests, New York: Academic Press, 297 pp. An advanced, theoretical treatment. Reviewed in Ann. Math. Stat. (1968, 39, 1765- 1768).

(M) Hardle, W. (1990), Applied nonparametric regression, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 333 pp. Reviewed in Biometric J. (1991, 33, 704), Economica (1991, 58, 538-539), Applied Statistics (1992, 41, 431-432), Econometric Theory (1992, 8, 413-419), SIAM Review (1992, 34, 341-342), JASA (1993, 88, 1467-1468), Technometrics (1993, 35, 225-226), JRSS-A (1993, 156, 128-129), Metrika (1993, 40, 136), and The Statistician (1993, 42, 195-196).

(M) Hardle, W. (1991), Smoothing techniques, with implementation in S, New York: Springer-Verlag, 261 pp.

(C) Hardle, W., Klinke, S., and Turlach, B. A. (1995), XploRe: An interactive statistical computing environment, New York: Springer-Verlag, 387 pp.

(M) Henley, S. (1981), Nonparametric geostatistics, New York: Halsted Press, 145 pp. A monograph, reviewed in Biometrics (1982, 38, 528) and JASA (1983, 78, 510).

(T) Hettmansperger, T. P. (1991), Statistical inference based on ranks, second edition, Malabar, FL: Krieger, 323 pp. Originally published by Wiley; copyright now owned by Krieger. A graduate text; moderate to high level of difficulty. Reviewed in Biometrics (1985, 41, 1099-1100), J. Marketing Research (1985, 22, 350), Australian J. Stat. (1986, 28, 259-260), Mathematical Geology (1986, 18, 859), The Statistician (1986, 35, 397-398), Technometrics (1986, 28, 179-180), Psychometrika (1987, 52, 153), and JASA (1988, 83, 1216-1217).

(T) Hollander, M. and Wolfe, D. A. (1973), Nonparametric statistical methods, New York: Wiley, 503 pp. Graduate level text with very extensive tables. Reviewed in J. Quality Technology (1976, 8, 117).

(M) Janssen, A. and Mason, D. M. (1990), Non standard rank tests, New York: Springer-Verlag, 252 pp. Reviewed in JASA (1992, 87, 254) and SIAM Review (1995, 37, to appear).

(M) Kendall, M. and Gibbons, J. D. (1990), Rank correlation methods, fifth edition, New York: Oxford University Press, 272 pp. The first edition of this classic appeared in 1948. Reviewed in JASA (1992, 87, 249-250) and Technometrics (1992, 34, 108).

(P) Khasminskii, R. Z., editor (1992), Topics in nonparametric estimation, Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society, 150 pp. Eight mathematically sophisticated papers presented at the Seminar on Mathematical Statistics in the Institute for Problems of Information Transfer of the Academy of Science of the U.S.S.R.

(T) Kraft, C. H. and van Eeden, C. (1968), A nonparametric introduction to statistics, New York: Macmillan, 342 pp.

(M) Krishnaiah, P. R. and Sen, P. K. (1984), Handbook of statistics, volume 4: Nonparametric methods, Amsterdam: North-Holland, 968 pp. Reviewed in The Statistician (1986, 35, 567), Biometrical J. (1987, 29, 1002, review in German), Biometrics (1987, 43, 735), and Statistische Hefte (1988, 27, 317).

(T) Landenna, G. and Marasini, D. (1990), Nonparametric statistical methods, in Italian, Bologna: Il Mulino, 511 pp. Reviewed in Metron (1991, 49, 534, Italian review).

(T) Leach, C. (1979), Introduction to statistics: a nonparametric approach for the social sciences, New York: Wiley, 339 pp. Reviewed in Biometrics (1979, 35, 904), Applied Statistics (1980, 29, 309-310; 1981, 30, 77), The Statistician (1980, 29, 145), JASA (1980, 75, 757), and Technometrics (1980, 22, 445).

(M) Lecoutre, J. P. and Tassi, P. (1987), Robust and nonparametric statistics, in French, Paris: Economica, 455 pp. Reviewed in Revue de Statistique Appliquee (1988, 36/1, 72, French review).

(M) Lee, A. J. (1990), U statistics: theory and applications, New York: Marcel Dekker, 302 pp.

(T) Lehmann, E. L. (1975), Nonparametrics: statistical methods based on ranks, San Francisco: Holden-Day, 457 pp. This book is not as theoretical as Lehmann's other books. Reviewed in Australian J. Stat. (1976, 18, 176-178), Biometrics (1976, 32, 492), Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (1977, 83, 967-973), Calcutta Stat. Soc. Bull. (1977, 26, 127-128), JRSS-A (1977, 140, 108-109), JASA (1978, 73, 892), and Technometrics (1979, 21, 272-273).

(T) Manoukian, E. B. (1986), Mathematical nonparametric statistics, New York: Gordon and Breach, 326 pp. Reviewed in JASA (1988, 83, 1217) and SIAM Review (1988, 30, 524- 525).

(T) Marascuilo, L. A. and McSweeney, M. (1977), Nonparametric and distribution-free methods for the social sciences, Monterey, CA: Brooks-Cole, 556 pp. Reviewed in JASA (1978, 73, 678-679).

(M) Maritz, J. S. (1984), Distribution-free statistical methods, London: Chapman and Hall, 264 pp. A updated edition appeared in 1995. Reviewed in Australian J. Stat. (1983, 25, 145-149), Technometrics (1983, 25, 208-209), J. Appl. Stat. (1984, 11, 237), JASA (1984, 79, 473-474, and Biometrical J. (1986, 28, 218).

(M) Meddis, R. (1984), Statistics using ranks: a unified approach, Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 455 pp. Reviewed in Contemporary Psychology (1988, 33, 905).

(M) Milton, R. C. (1970), Rank order probabilities: two sample normal shift alternatives, New York: Wiley. 302 pp.

(M) Mosteller, F. (1973), Sturdy statistics: nonparametrics and order statistics, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 395 pp. Reviewed in Technometrics (1975, 17, 140-141).

(M) Muller, H. G. (1988), Nonparametric regression analysis of longitudinal data, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 199 pp. A monograph, reviewed in JASA (1990, 85, 261) and Technometrics (1990, 32, 220-221).

(M) Nadaraya, E. A. (1989), Nonparametric estimation of probability densities and regression curves, Dordrecht, Holland: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 213 pp. Translated by Samuel Kotz from the 1983 Russian version. Reviewed in JASA (1990, 85, 598) and JRSS-A (1991, 154, 184-185).

(M) Neave, H. R. and Worthington, P. L. (1988), Distribution-free tests, London: Unwin Hyman Ltd., 430 pp. Reviewed in JRSS-A (1989, 152, 269-270), J. Quality Technology (1990, 22, 83), Technometrics (1990, 32, 454-455), and The Statistician (1990, 39, 471-472).

(M) Nikitin, Y. (1995), Asymptotic efficiency of nonparametric tests, New York: Cambridge University Press, 274 pp.

(T) Noether, G. (1967), Elements of nonparametric statistics, New York: Wiley, 104 pp.

(T) Noether, G. E. (1991), Introduction to statistics: the nonparametric way, New York: Springer-Verlag, 414 pp. This is an introductory textbook in statistics from the nonparametric perspective. It is the successor to similar texts by Noether in 1971 and 1976. Reviewed in Technometrics (1992, 34, 240), Allgemeines Statistisches Archiv (1993, 77, 228-229), J. Quality Technology (1993, 25, 223-224), and The Statistician (1994, 43, 465).

(M) Papantoni-Kazakos, P. and Kazakos, D., editors (1977), Nonparametric methods in communications, New York: Marcel Dekker, 293 pp. Reviewed in JASA (1979, 74, 736).

(M) Pfanzagl, J. (1990), Estimation in semiparametric models, some recent developments, New York: Springer-Verlag, 112 pp. Reviewed in Allgemeines Statistisches Archiv (1992, 76, 198), and Metrika (1993, 40, 24).

(T) Pierce, A. (1970), Fundamentals of nonparametric statistics, Belmont, CA: Dickenson Publishing Company, 301 pp. This unique book lacks coverage of the traditional topics in the field. Instead it offers an in-depth treatment of background material in probability theory.

(T) Pratt, J. W. and Gibbons, J. D. (1981), Concepts of nonparametric theory, New York: Springer-Verlag, 462 pp. Reviewed in Australian J. of Stat. (1983, 25, 145-149).

(P) Puri, M. L. (1970), Nonparametric techniques in statistical inference, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 623 pp. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Nonparametric Techniques in Statistical Inference, held at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana in 1969.

(M) Puri, M. L. and Sen, P. K. (1971), Nonparametric methods in multivariate analysis, New York: Wiley, 440 pp. This is a theoretical book, written for "specialists, teachers, and advanced graduate students," according to the preface.

(M) Puri, M. L. and Sen, P. K. (1985), Nonparametric methods in general linear models, New York: Wiley, 399 pp. Reviewed in JRSS-A (1986, 149, 277-278), Biometrics (1986, 42, 678-679), J. Official Stat. (1986, 2, 347), Technometrics (1986, 28, 400), and JASA (1987, 82, 691-693).

(T) Randles, R. H. and Wolfe, D. A. (1979), Introduction to the theory of nonparametric statistics, New York: Krieger, 450 pp. Originally published by Wiley; copyright now owned by Krieger. A graduate text. Reviewed in JASA (1980, 75, 756-757), JRSS-A (1980, 143, 376-377), SIAM Review (1981, 23, 260-261), and J. Japan Stat. Soc. (1983, 13, 89).

(M) Rao, B. L. S. P. (1983), Nonparametric functional estimation, Orlando, FL: Academic Press, 322 pp. Primarily a reference on density estimation. Reviewed in Ann. Stat. (1985, 13, 1630-1638), Statistics and Decisions (1986, 4, 395-396), Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (1986, 14, 310-312), and JASA (1986, 81, 264).

(M) Raoult, J. P., editor (1980), Asymptotic methods in nonparametric statistics, in French, Berlin: Springer- Verlag, 182 pp. Reviewed in Statistics (1983, 14, 633, French review).

(P) Rasch, D. and Tiku, M. L., editors (1986), Robustness of statistical methods and nonparametric statistics, Dordrecht, Holland: D. Reidel, 172 pp. Proceedings of a conference on these topics held 29 May - 4 June 1983 at Schwerin, Germany.

(M) Reiss, R.-D. (1989), Approximate distributions of order statistics: with applications to nonparametric statistics, New York: Springer-Verlag, 355 pp. Reviewed in JASA (1990, 85, 260-261), Metrika (1991, 38, 316-317), and Statistics (1994, 25, 376-377).

(P) Roussas, G., editor (1991), Nonparametric functional estimation and related topics, Dordrecht, Holland: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 708 pp. This book contains 51 papers presented at a NATO Advanced Study Institute, held on Spetses, Greece, 29 July - 10 August 1990.

(T) Runyon, R. P. (1977), Nonparametric statistics: a contemporary approach, Reading, MA: Addison Wesley, 218 pp. Reviewed in JRSS-A (1978, 141, 264), The Statistician (1978, 27, 255), and Applied Statistics (1979, 28, 87).

(P) Saleh, A. K. Md. E., editor (1992), Nonparametric statistics and related topics, New York: Elsevier North Holland, 434 pp. Partial proceedings of a 1991 symposium; contains about 30 papers.

(B) Savage, I. R. (1962), Bibliography of nonparametric statistics, Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 284 pp. Difficult to find at present, this bibliography contains over 2700 citations.

(M) Scott, D. W. (1992), Multivariate density estimation: theory, practice and visualization, New York: Wiley, 318 pp. Reviewed in JRSS-A (1993, 156, 511-512), Technometrics (1993, 35, 451-452), Allgemeines Statistisches Archiv (1994, 78, 362-363), Biometrical Journal (1994, 36, 204), Biometrics (1994, 50, 891), Journal of Applied Statistics (1994, 21, 336-337), Journal of Classification (1994, 11, 261-262), Statistics and Computing (1994, 4, 41-46), and The Statistician (1994, 43, 218-219).

(M) Sen, P. K. (1981), Sequential nonparametrics: invariance principles and statistical inference, New York: Wiley, 421 pp. An advanced book, reviewed in The Statistician (1983, 32, 357), Technometrics (1983, 25, 214-215), Statistics and Decisions (1984, 2, 389-392), and JASA (1984, 79, 734).

(M) Sen, P. K. (1985), Theory and applications of sequential nonparametrics, CBMS-NSF Regional Conference Series in Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, PA: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 100 pp. This publication contains the notes from lectures presented in 1983.

(P) Sen, P. K. and Salama, I. A., editors (1992), Order statistics and nonparametrics: theory and applications, Amsterdam: Elsevier North Holland, 469 pp. Proceedings of the satellite conference of the International Statistical Institute, held at Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, 18-20 September 1991.

(T) Siegel, S. (1956), Nonparametric statistics for the behavioral sciences, New York: McGraw-Hill, 312 pp. The first applied book in the field; second edition has been published (Siegel and Castellan 1988). Reviewed in Biometrika (1957, 44, 538), JASA (1957, 52, 331), JRSS-A (1957, 120, 221), Trabajos de Estadistica (1957, 8, 136), and Mathematical Reviews (1958, 19, 694), among others. A more complete list of reviews of this book may be found in Savage (1962).

(T) Siegel, S. and Castellan, Jr., N. J. (1988), Nonparametric statistics for the behavioral sciences, second edition, New York: McGraw-Hill, 399 pp. This is an update of Siegel (1956). Reviewed in Applied Psychological Measurement (1989, 13, 217-219), and Contemporary Psychology (1989, 34, 773-774).

(M) Silverman, B. W. (1986), Density estimation for statistics and data analysis, London: Chapman and Hall, 175 pp. Reviewed in JRSS-A (1987, 150, 403-404), The Statistician (1987, 36, 420-421), Technometrics (1987, 29, 495), Biometrical J. (1988, 30, 876-877), Biometrics (1988, 44, 914), JASA (1988, 83, 269-270), Statistics (1988, 19, 631), Metrika 1988, 35, 58-59), Applied Statistics (1988, 37, 120-121), and Statistics and Decisions (1988, 6, 197-198).

(T) Simonoff, J. S. (1996), Smoothing Methods in Statistics, New York: Springer-Verlag, 353 pp.

(T) Sprent, P. (1993), Applied nonparametric statistical methods, second edition, New York: Chapman and Hall, 342 pp. A French version of this text has been published by l'Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique. Reviewed in Applied Statistics (1990, 39, 268), Biometrie-Praximetrie (1990, 30, 41), Biometrics (46, 541-542), JASA (1990, 85, 264), J. Quality Technology (1990, 22, 79), Statistics in Medicine (1990, 9, 858-859), Teaching Statistics (1990, 12, 57), Technometrics (1990, 32, 455-456; 1994, 36, 216-217), and Statistics (1991, 22, 244).

(M) Tapia, R. A. and Thompson, J. R. (1978), Nonparametric probability density estimation, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 176 pp. Reviewed in SIAM Review (1982, 25, 364-365).

(M) Thompson, J. R. and Tapia, R. A. (1990), Nonparametric function estimation, modeling, and simulation, Philadelphia, PA: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 304 pp. A ' book primarily on density estimation. Reviewed in JASA (1993, 88, 697-698).

(M) Ullah, A., editor (1989), Semiparametric and nonparametric econometrics, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 172 pp.

(M) van Es, A. J. (1991), Aspects of nonparametric density estimation, The Hague: Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, 138 pp. Reviewed in JRSS-A (1992, 155, 473-474), Statistics and Decisions (1992, 10, 405), and Metrika (1994, 41, 123-124).

(M) Wahba, G. (1990), Spline models for observational data, Philadelphia, PA: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 169 pp. Reviewed in JASA (1991, 86, 834), SIAM Review (1991, 33, 502), and Technometrics (1992, 34, 113-114).

(M) Walsh, J. E. (1962), Handbook of nonparametric statistics: Investigation of randomness, moments, percentiles, and distributions, Volume I, Princeton, NJ: Van Nostrand, 549 pp.

(M) Walsh, J. E. (1965), Handbook of nonparametric statistics: Results for two and several sample problems, symmetry, and extremes, Volume II, Princeton, NJ: Van Nostrand, 686 pp.

(M) Walsh, J. E. (1968), Handbook of nonparametric statistics: Analysis of variance, Volume III, Princeton, NJ: Van Nostrand, 747 pp.

(M) Wertz, W. (1978), Statistical density estimation: a survey, Gottingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 108 pp. Reviewed in Applied Statistics (1979, 28, 308), Australian J. Stat. (1980, 22, 370-371), JASA (1980, 75, 241), JRSS-A (1980, 143, 80), Metrika (1980, 27, 216), and Statistics (1981, 12, 457).


Clint W. Coakley
Department of Statistics
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0439
coakley@vt.edu

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