TY - JOUR
AU - Ginsborg, B L
AB - advances in knowledge about central neurotransmitters are one, to which is added a new section on the analysis of assays ignored. On the other hand, such a chapter could become dis- based on quantal responses by the method of maximum likeli- proportionately large, although future editions might contain hood, illustrated by extensive facsimile computer output from selected topics. the program currently used by the author. Other important new However, my criticisms of this splendid volume are minor, material includes nine sections on radioligand assays added to and I shall want to keep it within easy reach until a further chapter 16, and an extension of chapter 5 to introduce edition appears. PARLIN, a program which now supersedes the one of 1966. A WCuthbert Alterations in phrasing reflect the author's more critical use of language. Finney 1978 is perhaps over-ferocious with Finney 1952, but the end result is a most elegantly written book. The production is excellent, and to the extent that those who already Statistical Method in Biological Assay rely on Finney's book must find the up-to-date version indispens- able, its public is assured. David J Finney. 3rd ed. London: Charles Griffin, 1978. xii + 508 pages; figures; tables. 
TI - Book Reviews
JF - British Medical Bulletin
DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a071599
DA - 1979-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/book-reviews-08Uf85DKoc
SP - 316
EP - 316
VL - 35
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -