Kalpana K MahajanDr Kalpana K. Mahajan Professor & Coordinator, UGC-DSA(III), Department of Statistics, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Since 1977-78, as a member of the Faculty in Statistics, Dr Kalpana Mahajan has grown as a well known statistician, particularly forher `Deshpande-Kusum Statistics' and `MGA Statistics'. Areas of her research interests include Inference, Bayesian Inference, Multiple Comparison Procedures, Income Inequalities, and Environmental Statistics. Besides, she has been contributing to ODE, by developing self-learning martial for some courses in statistics. She had also contributed to the concept and script of education film 'Statistics: An Introduction' which was telecast in UGC's Country-wide Class-Room on a number of occasions in the early 1990s. Besides being on the Reviewer's Panel of a number of International journals, Dr. Mahajan is on Editorial Board of three journals including USA-based International Journal of Statistics. Mrs. Mahajan has delivered over 100 talks/lectures in various capacities at the national/international forums of `statistics' and `distance education'. Starting with 1993, this is the fourth book by the Mahajans. Read More Read Less