Analyzing Rater Agreement: Manifest Variable Methods
these topics and why they are not included. Fair enough, although a reference or two to opposing points of view would have been a nice touch. A thirteen-page Appendix gives a handful of exercises for each chapter. The exercises are primarily of the “show this” or “construct a design with these parameters” varieties and appear appropriate for the level of the book. The existence of these exercises seems to suggest the possibility that the book might be used in a formal course with homework and exams. As an advanced text in a specialty that is not even represented in many departments of statistics and biostatistics, I doubt the book will make many appearances in the “required course texts” part of the bookstore. I suspect this excellent book will be used most often by specialists in design. I think the book’s importance is largely as a reference for experts, due to its deep coverage of its topics, or as an independent learning tool for aspiring experts, due to its thoroughness and didactic presentation.