Index to the distributions of mathematical statistics

A fairly compl ct e index of references to r esults on statistical distributions publ ish ed b efore January 1958 is presented. The material giv en for each distribu tion is a li st of references r elatin g to: (a) fun ction s an d constants which characteri ze th e distribution, (b) derived distribu tions, (c) estimation , (d) testing statistical h ypot heses, (e) miscellaneous. The distribu tions covered are characterized as normal, typ e nI, binomial, discrete, distribu tio ns over (a,b) , distribu t ions ove r (a, co), distributions over (co, co), miscellaneo us uni vari ate, miscellan eo us bivari ate, and miscella neo us multivari ate. The numbe r of ent ries vari es from one or two for less well-known distributions to several hundred for the normal dis tribution . This index should serve to elimin ate unnecessary derivat ion of res ults already in the literature.