"The book is well written…a timely book that appears to cover a gap in existing literature." (Journal of the American Statistical Association, June 2005)

“…provides an accessible guide for students in an applied statistics sequence as well as for practising researchers and professionals...” (Zentralblatt Math, Vol.1038, No.13, 2004)

"It is highly recommended for academic and research libraries supporting programs of demography, public health, and other interdisciplinary programs related to population health.” (E-STREAMS, August 2004)

“...assembles the information...investigators need most often in the course of several long-term population-based observational studies.” (Quarterly of Applied Mathematics, Vol. LXII, No. 1, March 2004)

"...this book...provides the most pages of illustrations relative to pages of text of any book that I can recall...a fantastic book for practitioners..." (Technometrics, Vol. 46, No. 1, February 2004)