Selected Papers of Frederick Mosteller Book

1	Unbiased estimates for certain binomial sampling problems with applications	57
2	On some useful "inefficient" statistics	69
3	A k-sample slippage test for an extreme population	101
4	The uses and usefulness of binomial probability paper	111
5	The education of a scientific generalist	147
6	Remarks on the method of paired comparisons : I. the least squares solution assuming equal standard deviations and equal correlations	157
7	Remarks on the method of paired comparisons : II. the effect of an aberrant standard deviation when equal standard deviations and equal correlations are assumed	163
8	Remarks on the method of paired comparisons : III. a test of significance for paired comparisons when equal standard deviations and equal correlations are assumed	167
9	An experimental measurement of utility	179
10	A mathematical model for simple learning	221
11	A model for stimulus generalization and discrimination	235
12	The world series competition	251
13	Principles of sampling	275
14	Stochastic models for the learning process	295
15	Factorial 1/2 : a simple graphical treatment	309
16	A comparison of eight models	317
17	Optimal length of play for a binomial game	333
18	Tables of the Freeman-Tukey transformations for the binomial and poisson distributions	337
19	Understanding the birthday problem	349
20	Recognizing the maximum of a sequence	355
21	The distribution of sums of rounded percentages	399
22	The expected coverage to the left of the ith order statistic for arbitrary distributions	413
23	Bias and runs in dice throwing and recording : a few million throws	417
24	An empirical study of the distribution of primes and litters of primes	435
25	A conversation about Collins	445
26	Statistics and ethics in surgery and anesthesia	457
27	Experimentation and innovations	473
28	New statistical methods in public policy. Part I : experimentation	487
29	Classroom and platform performance	499
30	The clinician's responsibility for helping to improve the treatment of tomorrow's patients	513
31	Innovation and evaluation	515
32	Combination of results of stated precision : I. the optimistic case	531
33	Combination of results of stated precision : II. a more realistic case	549
34	Allocating loss of precision in the sample mean to wrong weights and redundancy in sampling with replacement from a finite population	575
35	Reporting clinical trials in general surgical journals	583
36	Compensating for radiation-related cancers by probability of causation or assigned shares	597
37	Methods for studying coincidences	605
38	A modified random-effect procedure for combining risk difference in sets of 2 x 2 tables from clinical trials	623
39	The case for smaller classes and for evaluating what works in the schoolroom	643
40	Frederick Mosteller and John W. Turkey : a conversation	647