"The overall quality of the book is excellent. The material is well-written and well laid out…an indispensable, authoritative source of information…" (Zentralblatt MATH Database)

“…an indispensable, authoritative source of information on a remarkably diverse variety of parametric models for applied statisticians and researchers…” (Zentralblatt Math, Vol.1044, No.19, 2004)

"As a reference book, it is exceptionally well done, as are all of the projects undertaken by Prof. Kotz…The statistics profession has been greatly enriched by this particular effort." (Technometrics, November 2004)

"…the authors have gone a long way towards achieving their ideal that 'a useful book on this subject matter should be interesting.” (Short Book Reviews, August 2004)

“...traces the numerous statistical models of income distribution for Pareto’s model in the late 19th century to the latest ones.” (Quarterly of Applied Mathematics, Vol. LXII, No. 1, March 2004)