One. Formalization of statistical problems -- 1 Statistical description of empirical phenomena -- 2. A scheme of statistical problems -- Two. Selected theoretical topics -- 3. Discriminant analysis -- 4. Screening problems -- 5. Evaluation of stochastic dependence -- Three. Selected practical...

The TBP Manual, issued in 1990, serves as a standard method for surveys and data collection for trade in disembodied technology between countries which continue to be difficult to compare because of differences in coverage and in the grouping of categories of data. It also makes a contribution...