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Presents an abstract of the report `Speculations Concerning the Future of Statistics,' by I.J. Good, published in a special issue of the `Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference.' Consideration of the logic of statistics and trends of the past in order to forecast the future; Familiarity of the hierarchical Bayes approach in multivariate problems.

Focuses on the concept of the degrees of freedom. Definition of degrees of freedom in a chi-squared distribution; Description on the pair of degrees of freedom in an F-distribution; Rank of a quadratic form.

Presents a mathematical estimation of instances where a batterer may be the same murderer of a mate, based on a statement by lawyer Alan Dershowitz in a television interview in 1995. Calculating probabilities; Formula.

Presents letter to the editor of the February 1985 issue of the 'American Statistician' journal in the United States. Dissatisfaction of the term nonparametric framework; Use of semiparametric in connection with the analysis of regression methods; Error found in the article 'Improved Confidence Statements for the Binomial Parameter,' by J.E.Angus and R.E. Schafer.

Presents letters on mathematical statistics in the United States. Interpretation of Bode's law; Relationship between the mean of skewed distribution and the distribution itself; Definition of mathematics.

Presents letters to the editor. Corrections on the article written by L.C. Freeman and R. Werner; Comments from a winner of prizes given during Spring statistics meeting at Florida State University; Acknowledgement of an epistle by John Myers.