Book review: A great statistical encylopedias

Sheskin has written a  comprehensive (1736 pages) statistical encyclopedia. It gives every variation on every test, with detailed examples and tables. It has plenty of equations for those who want to do calculations themselves. But it is does not derive any equations or prove any theorems. It explains concepts in words (with examples), not equations. This makes it quite understandable by scientists (as well as statisticians). It is extremely well written. Although it purports to be comprehensive, no book really can be. It makes no mention of nonlinear regression, or model comparisons. Its coverage of survival curves is a bit weak (compared to the rest of the book), as is its coverage of modern (computer intensive) statistical methods. If you analyze data, you should have access to this book as a reference. No other book is so comprehensive and yet readable. Per page, it is a bargain.