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This is a list of books added 01 -- 29 February 2012 purchased on the Statistics reporting fund or of probable interest but purchased from another fund.

GENERAL LIBRARY
006.3 R15     Agent-based and individual-based modeling : a practical introduction / Steven F. Railsback and Volker Grimm. -- Princeton University Press, 2012 [Statistics]
153.75 S63f     Feeling of risk : new perspectives on risk perception / Paul Slovic. -- Earthscan : In association with the International Institute for Environment and Development, 2010 [Statistics]
297.265 G93     Islam's quantum question : reconciling Muslim tradition and modern science / Nidhal Guessoum. -- I. B. Tauris, 2011 [Science general]
300.727 C97     Understanding the new statistics : effect sizes, confidence intervals, and meta-analysis / Geoff Cumming. -- Routledge, 2012 [Sociology]
302.2301 A54     Media research methods : understanding metric and interpretive approaches / James A. Anderson. -- SAGE Publications, 2012 [Anthropology]
303.4830973 M84     Body politic : the battle over science in America / Jonathan D. Moreno. -- Bellevue Literary Press, 2011 [Science general]
303.49015193 B92     Predictioneer's game : using the logic of brazen self-interest to see and shape the future / Bruce Bueno de Mesquita. 1st Random House trade paperback ed. -- Random House, 2010 [Statistics]
320.6 H442     Uncertainty in policy making : values and evidence in complex decisions / Michael Heazle. (Science in society series) -- Earthscan, 2010 [Science general]
330.015195 G23     Finitary probabilistic methods in econophysics / Ubaldo Garibaldi, Enrico Scalas. -- Cambridge University Press, 2010 — Reviewed: MR2839542 (in process) [Statistics]
332 R16     Lectures on insurance models / S. Ramasubramanian. (Texts and Readings in Mathematics; 54) -- Hindustan Book Agency, 2009 — Reviewed: 2010i:91003; 1168.91002 [Statistics]
338.926 F28     Science of science policy : a handbook / edited by Kaye Husbands Fealing ... [et al.]. (Innovation and technology in the world economy) -- Stanford Business Books, 2011 [Science general]
378.12023 M47     How to succeed in academics / Linda L. McCabe and Edward R.B. McCabe. 2nd ed. -- University of California Press, 2010 [Science general]
410.1 H14     On the death and life of languages / Claude Hagege; translated by Jody Gladding. -- Yale University Press, 2009 [Science general]
500 A54     More and different : notes from a thoughtful curmudgeon / Philip W. Anderson. -- World Scientific, 2011 [Physics]
500 B864f     Future science : essays from the cutting edge / edited and with a preface by Max Brockman. -- Vintage, 2011 [Science general]
500 S45     Lies, damned lies, and science : how to sort through the noise around global warming, the latest health claims, and other scientific controversies / Sherry Seethaler. -- FT Press, 2009 [Statistics]
510 A51    Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society. Numbers 1010-1014. [Mathematics]
510.922 A18     Strange wilderness : the lives of the great mathematicians / Amir D. Aczel. -- Sterling, 2011 [Mathematics]
515.355 S19     Qualitative and asymptotic analysis of differential equations with random perturbations / Anatoliy M. Samoilenko, Oleksandr Stanzhytskyi. (World Scientific Series on Nonlinear Science. Series A: Monographs and Treatises, 78) -- World Scientific, 2011 — Reviewed: MR2829538 (in process); pre05800141 (in prep) [Mathematics]
519.20285 B12     Introduction to probability with R / Kenneth Baclawski. (Texts in Statistical Science Series) -- Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2008 — Reviewed: 2009g:60001; 1156.60001 [Statistics]
519.23 B64     Surveys in stochastic processes / Jochen Blath, Peter Imkeller, Sylvie Rlly, editors. (EMS Series of Congress Reports) -- European Mathematical Society, 2011 — Reviewed: 1222.60006; Zbl reviews articles individually [Statistics]
519.5 C87pr     Principles of applied statistics / D.R. Cox, Christl A. Donnelly. -- Cambridge University Press, 2011 — Reviewed: MR2817147 (in process); pre05938003 [Statistics]
519.50285 R62     Statistical computing with R / Maria L. Rizzo. (Chapman & Hall/CRC Series Computer Science and Data Analysis) -- Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2008 — Reviewed: 1137.65012 [Statistics]
519.542 K94     Doing Bayesian data analysis : a tutorial with R and BUGS / John K. Kruschke. -- Academic Press, 2011 — Reviewed: pre05935370 [Statistics]
523.1015195 M33     Random fields on the sphere : representation, limit theorems and cosmological applications / Domenico Marinucci, Giovanni Peccati. (London Mathematical Society lecture note series; 389) -- Cambridge University Press, 2011 — Reviewed: MR2840154 (in process); pre05993447 [Mathematics]
530.01 S82f     Fallacy of fine-tuning : why the universe is not designed for us / Victor J. Stenger. -- Prometheus Books, 2011 [Science general]
530.12 M699     World according to quantum mechanics : why the laws of physics make perfect sense after all / Ulrich Mohrhoff. -- World Scientific, 2011 — Reviewed: pre05878269 [Physics]
570.151 H79     Mathematical methods for analysis of a complex disease / Frank C. Hoppensteadt. (Courant Lecture Notes in Mathematics; 22) -- Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences; American Mathematical Society, 2011 — Reviewed: MR2839327 (in process); pre05956213 [Statistics]
570.151 R89     Introduction to mathematical biology / S.I. Rubinow. Dover ed. -- Dover Publications, 2002 — Reviewed: 2004b:92002; 1037.92002 [Biological scences]
570.15195 M25     Statistical learning for biomedical data / James D. Malley, Karen G. Malley, Sinisa Pajevic. (Practical Guides to Biostatistics and Epidemiology) -- Cambridge University Press, 2011 — Reviewed: pre05867451 [Statistics]
650.072 S46 2010     Research methods for business : a skill-building approach / Uma Sekaran and Roger Bougie. 5th ed. -- Wiley, 2010 [Bus & Econ General]
809.38762 A82     Out of this world : science fiction, but not as you know it / Mike Ashley. -- British Library, 2011 [Science general]
809.38762 B76r     Routledge concise history of science fiction / Mark Bould and Sherryl Vint. -- Routledge,2011 [Film, TV & Media]
831.914 E61foY     Fatal numbers : why count on chance / Hans Magnus Enzensberger; translated from the German by Karen Leeder; with a foreword by Gerd Gigerenzer. (Subway line; no. 3) -- Upper West Side Philosophers, 2011 [Statistics]

Engineering Library
QA164 .A46 2008     Probabilistic method / Noga Alon, Joel H. Spencer. 3rd ed. -- Wiley, 2008.
QA274.2 .K63 2012     Probability, random processes, and statistical analysis / Hisashi Kobayashi, Brian L. Mark, William Turin. -- Cambridge University Press, 2012.
QA274.25 .J46 2011     Taylor approximations for stochastic partial differential equations / Arnulf Jentzen, Peter E. Kloeden. -- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2011.
QA278.5 .E75 2006     Multi- and megavariate data analysis / [L. Eriksson ... et. al.]; by Umetrics AB. 2nd rev. and enl. ed. -- Umetrics AB; 2006.
TA355 .T58 2012     Nonlinear random vibration : analytical techniques and applications / Cho W.S. To. 2nd ed. -- CRC Press/Balkema, 2012.

Epsom Library
300.72 MCN     Action research for professional development : concise advice for new (and experienced) action researchers / Jean McNiff. New rev. ed. -- September Books, 2010.
370 CRO     Literacy is not enough : 21st-century fluencies for the digital age / [Lee Crockett, Ian Jukes, Andre Churches]. -- 21st Century Fluency Project; Corwin, 2011.
370.152 BRO     Teaching for critical thinking : tools and techniques to help students question their assumptions / Stephen D. Brookfield. -- Jossey-Bass, 2012.
370.72 CHE     Research methods in education / Joseph Check, Russell K. Schutt. -- Sage Publications, 2012.
370.72 HOL     Pocket glossary for commonly used research terms / Michael J. Holosko, Bruce A. Thyer. -- Sage Publications, 2011.
374.0072 WHA NZ     Literacy, language and numeracy : connecting research to practice in the tertiary sector : research summary / Jenny Whatman, Helen Potter and Sarah Boyd. -- Ako Aotearoa, 2011.
378.170281 KHO NZ     Conversations with academics : secrets of promising PhD scholars revealed / Catheryn Khoo-Lattimore. -- Enzed Publishing House, 2011.
378.19425 CAR     Career development in higher education / edited by Jeff L. Samide, Grafton T. Eliason, John Patrick. -- Inforamtion Age Pub., 2011.
507.1 DUN     Primary science : a guide to teaching practice / edited by Mick Dunne and Alan Peacock. -- Sage, 2012.
510.71 WRI     Developing number knowledge : assessment, teaching & intervention with 7-11 year olds / Robert J. Wright, David Ellemor-Collins, Pamela D. Tabor. -- SAGE, 2012.
Epsom Library, Junior Non-fiction
510.71 DEG NZ     At home with maths. Stage 6 : maths reinforcement for Kiwi kids / Suzi de Gouveia, Jackie Andrews and Jude Callaghan. -- Essential Resources, 2012.

Tamaki Library
300.2855133 L84     Longitudinal data analysis for the behavioral sciences using R / Jeffrey D. Long. -- SAGE, 2012.
519.5 F82 2012     Essentials of social statistics for a diverse society / Anna Leon-Guerrero, Chava Frankfort-Nachmias. -- SAGE Publications, 2012.

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